I am so so sorry. I know how you are feeling. I think it is the things like this that show us how fragile life is, so we can appreciate the healthy little ones.
Susan from Hilliards, has heard this story, I will share it with you. We bought Camper from her as a weanling. I so wanted to add champagne to our program. We put him with his first mares last spring. Just three weeks, after being with them he fell ill. The local vets, two of which I think are very good, could do nothing. We took him to Coosa Valley Clinic two hours away...... and lost him a few days later. I still had hope that we would get a foal from the mares. After he had been gone a few weeks, I realized, we had not yet had him DNA tested, and the clinic took care of his remains after the neocropsy, which revealed nothing. After checking with them, I found the clinic had retained a single blood sample. I talked with AMHA and UC Davis, they agred to do the testing using the blood sample. On Feburary 16, we went to feed in the afternoon and my favorite mare Cheyenne was rolling by the barn. She had lost her foal, a few spot leopard by Camper.
It was wreck for days. The little colt this morning sure seemed precious, even though he was not sired by Camper. We still have 3 mares that may bring us a Camper foal. I am still hoping and praying for it.
Just keeping loving the ones you have, they truly are special. Again, I am sorry for your loss.
