Thank you God for answered prayers. Like, a lot of answered prayers today!
This morning I headed to Powder Springs for my work day. I had no idea how many ponies I had scheduled but it's usually a full day, especially as it's 1.5 hrs drive home usually. On my in I called Dr Barrows office to see if they could fit Funny in sometime. Unfortunately she was going out of town Tues through Thurs. They could see me this afternoon... or Friday. Except.. I work! So then I asked about next Tuesday, which... is really quite long to wait, but.... and they couldn't see me then. But they could next Thursday. Except that is when Dan goes to see Keelin. Sigh.. So I asked how late they could see me today and she said the latest she could probably do was a 3 pm haul in appt. I told her to let me see how many patients I had because maybe, just maybe, I could make it. I also figured I could see how many the Dabneys had for me on Friday because maybe I could make Friday work too.
So while I drove to Pony Tail Acres I prayed... and I got there... and they only had 4 ponies for me. "Sorry... guess everyone is pinching pennies"! No... that's actually perfect! I shouldn't have any problem making a 3 pm vet appt then! Yay! Thank you God. So I called Dr Barrows office back and told them I could make it!
I adjusted the 4 ponies who were all wonderful and even added in shockwave to one patient! Yay. Thank you God for that because at some point... I have to start making payments on that machine and my clients need to be using it and not just me. I finished up and headed home. My ETA for home was a little after 2 pm even with me stopping to grab food. Super!! I drove through a bad storm on my way home but it wasn't raining when I got home. Awesome. I grabbed Funny who was in her stall hanging out and she loaded right up. Super!! As we headed out... it was getting black! That storm was heading right where we were going. I prayed that we could get Funny unloaded before it hit, as that would make her a bit more feisty than usual. Not to mention it didn't seem particularly safe. And sure enough.... we got there and got her unloaded and into the barn and within 1 minute it started storming! There was lightning, rain, and the lights even flickered on and off a few times. And bless her heart, she was so good! She was in a new place... with new people... the rain was loud on the roof. But she was so good. She didn't even try to kick or anything. Because it was storming we had to jog her in the barn aisle, which isn't very long. So we tried. Dr Connelly did some palpating and then flexions. She was mildly positive in her hocks, but really not bad. I'm so grateful because I was really hoping it wasn't from her chips or secondary to her OCD's in her stifles. Then Dr. Barrow came in and checked her too. She did say that her stifles felt fine... no effusion, so phew! She watched the last bit of flexions and we were all laughing because Funny finally noticed the donkey. They had a cute little donkey with an abscess in his neck that was laying down in his stall and she was like "Wait?!? What the heck is that?!". Um girl.. you've jogged past him like 6 times already. Hee hee. But she was still so good.
So after some talking Dr Barrow palpated her and her and Dr. Connelly talked and we decided that most likely, I had overdone it with the poles and/or riding her. And, she might be having a little bit of a growth spurt too... and given that she was just about to come into heat, her hormones may have softened things up a bit too, so.. it was just a perfect storm for her to get sore. Dr Barrow felt like she was pretty tight in her IT band especially and her sacroiliac joints. Dr. Connelly said we could start with medical management... ie rest, robaxin, bute... or do something a bit more aggressive like injecting her. I reminded them that I had a shockwave so... that's what we opted for. Rest, adjust her, shockwave her, bute, and robaxin and then slowly keep working her. Yay! Thank you God for that too!
We chatted a bit because I was asking about Regumate and then had some questions about her allergy shots and then wanted to ask about Dan's cough. And then it was time to go and... glory be the rain had stopped and I was able to haul her home without any more rain! Thank you again God!
And I got home and I still have bute and robaxin AND she even ate her robaxin pills in her grain. Whooo hooo! And then Mike made me beignets. So yay! A good day. And a good reminder to not get sucked into the miserableness because of one bad day. One BIG worry... granted. But... give it to God. He's got me. So.. I'm going to trust that my gut was right... Dr. Barrow and Dr. Connelly are right... and that Funny will be good to go in a few days and we can carefully put her back to work.
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