So I think the last time I posted things were looking pretty bleak for Drifter. He'd had a huge setback and was the most poorly I have ever seen him. To see him lying down constantly and looking so helpless, I have to admit I feared the worst. I felt sick to my stomach for the period it went on for, it lasted just under a week at the chronic stage.
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| Still looking rather sorry for himself! |
Unfortunately due to the fact that we thought Drifter had colic on the first night, things got dealt with rather slowly and so although he had pretty much every test under the sun conducted on the following Monday, the results were inconclusive, except for a raised ACTH level, (though not at an alarming rate). I can only put this down to the fact that he tied up on the Wednesday evening, and when it came to having the tests, his levels were already reducing ( I don't know enough of the science!).
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| Having some well deserved respite time with his bestie Rush! |
Of course, following this Drifter was sore for several weeks; he was slow, tired and had definitely lost his sparkle. Even his stubbornness was pretty much non-existent. It was a really tough time, but thankfully he stopped going down. In a months time, he returned to normal in himself and so we set about bringing him slowly back into work, with a rehab and exercise plan.
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| Which included hacking out and bringing Princess along! |
To cut an excessively long story short, a few months on and he is back at the top of his game. He has a sense of maturity this year which I have never seen in him before. He seems to trust the world a little more, and perhaps even put more trust in me. He is back to jumping every week, he's been to the farm ride and even to the beach again. I'm determined to keep his muscles healthy alongside keeping my own back in shape. I think about things a lot more now and he is more mollycoddled than ever!
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| There's no place I'd rather be... |
But he's happy and I count my lucky stars, that boy is there waiting for me every morning in the field; I honestly can't imagine life without him.
Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms:: Alyssa Knight
