After a two year battle with Cushings disease, I lost my beloved Misty...
I came home at lunchtime on Friday to find Misty extremely distressed - whinnying loudly, circling the paddock in a fast pace, covered in sweat and her whole body was shaking. I was able to get her into her stall, took her temp and it was 104. I immediately called the vet, gave her banamine, kept wiping her down with cool water. She would lay down, stretch her neck far out, and twist her head sideways, but it just did not seem like it was colic. I did listen to her gut sounds which sounded a little gassy on one side, but nothing alarming. Vet came within an hour - tubed her with mineral oil, antibiotics, and then 3 ringers of iv fluids. Temp was not dropping, and she was still distressed, even after banamine. Her heart rate was between 90-100 (should be 60).
Then Misty started coughing. Vet went back to listen to her heart, and at that moment, she said the heart sound went from a thump-thump to a washing machine sound, which meant a valve in her heart burst. Within a matter of seconds, Misty went down to her knees and my vet told me we were euthanizing her.
I held her head on my lap, stroking her face and asking her to just let go, while the vet helped her over to the other side. She went peacefully, knowing that I was there with her all the way.
I left her body with her son Cody for about 2 hours, while waiting for the animal pick up person to come, to try to help him deal with the loss of his mother. He's taking it really hard, and that's just killing me. 'm bringing down Misty's daughter Gracie today, to come live with me and Cody. I am blessed to have two of Misty's offspring.
It has been a long, hard battle with the Cushings disease, and I do feel lucky that Misty went as fast as she did, and that I was here when she needed help to the other side. I do believe in my heart that Misty waited for me to come home at lunchtime, as I do every day, to make sure I was with her.
Thank you, everyone on the forum for your support and help over the last few years with Misty. I don't know what I would have done without you guys. For those of you who didn't know Misty, she was my 21 year old Just mare (Just Brandy/Just Teena).
Goodbye, my Misty-Mama. You will be in my heart forever.
The Dance - Garth Brooks
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared beneath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I the king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance
I came home at lunchtime on Friday to find Misty extremely distressed - whinnying loudly, circling the paddock in a fast pace, covered in sweat and her whole body was shaking. I was able to get her into her stall, took her temp and it was 104. I immediately called the vet, gave her banamine, kept wiping her down with cool water. She would lay down, stretch her neck far out, and twist her head sideways, but it just did not seem like it was colic. I did listen to her gut sounds which sounded a little gassy on one side, but nothing alarming. Vet came within an hour - tubed her with mineral oil, antibiotics, and then 3 ringers of iv fluids. Temp was not dropping, and she was still distressed, even after banamine. Her heart rate was between 90-100 (should be 60).
Then Misty started coughing. Vet went back to listen to her heart, and at that moment, she said the heart sound went from a thump-thump to a washing machine sound, which meant a valve in her heart burst. Within a matter of seconds, Misty went down to her knees and my vet told me we were euthanizing her.
I held her head on my lap, stroking her face and asking her to just let go, while the vet helped her over to the other side. She went peacefully, knowing that I was there with her all the way.
I left her body with her son Cody for about 2 hours, while waiting for the animal pick up person to come, to try to help him deal with the loss of his mother. He's taking it really hard, and that's just killing me. 'm bringing down Misty's daughter Gracie today, to come live with me and Cody. I am blessed to have two of Misty's offspring.
It has been a long, hard battle with the Cushings disease, and I do feel lucky that Misty went as fast as she did, and that I was here when she needed help to the other side. I do believe in my heart that Misty waited for me to come home at lunchtime, as I do every day, to make sure I was with her.
Thank you, everyone on the forum for your support and help over the last few years with Misty. I don't know what I would have done without you guys. For those of you who didn't know Misty, she was my 21 year old Just mare (Just Brandy/Just Teena).
Goodbye, my Misty-Mama. You will be in my heart forever.
The Dance - Garth Brooks
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared beneath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I the king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance
