Week ending 5/28/08

Since it's been eighteen days since our last post, I'll try to cover some ground and get us up to speed.

On Thursday May 15, wwe had the three girls in Special Ed from Pavilion High School here doing their work. They brought home made horse cookies in honor of Cali's first birthday on May 16th. They were outside the fence line at the gate nearest the house with the bag of cookies and Cloud was standing near them hoping for treats. The fence was on which we normally don't energize when someone is around the paddock area and Cloud got zapped right between the eyes. I was walking toward the barn and I was about 12-15 from Cloud when she got shocked. She spun around and took off at a dead run. I heard her footsteps and started to turn around and as I did she ran right into me. Half a second later I was on the ground clutching my left knee in pain. Chris came running over and knelt down to see how I was. I asked to help me get up. I felt like I had been hit by a semi truck. I limped into the house with Chris' help and grabbed a couple of ibuprophen to try and ease the pain. I was starting to go into shock and went and laid down on the couch. I went to the doctor the following Tuesday and nothing was broken but I had obvious soft tissue damage in the knee and reinjured the rotator cuff on my right shoulder. Almost two weeks later I am still hobbling around.

On Tuesday the 27th, Chris went for a myelogram on her lower back and she has a ruptured disc. She can't do much for the next several days so we are in great shape. Good thing the volunteers have stepped in to assist as both of us are basically useless at this point.

On Friday the 23rd, two young ladies from Livonia High School, Sara and Courtney, held a barrel racing night at the Hemlock Fairgrounds as a fundraiser to help the rescue. They had a pretty good crowd and right now we don't know how much money they raised but we should know in a couple of days when the check arrives. They did a great job and we really appreciate their efforts to help out.

For the past month we have had a new volunteer up here visiting from Virginia. Levi Gangi heard about us from his mom who lives in Livonia. He was planning on coming up to visit and wanted to help out here at the rescue. He has been a great help to us and we hate to see him go in another week. He's a hard worker but we think he has been enjoying himself. He has learned how to do just about everything on a horse farm from feeding, mucking, grooming, spreading manure from the tractor and even riding Gabe a few times.

On Wednesday the 28th, Cloud and little Rain will be leaving for their new home in Newfane with Avie Townsend. We will miss them but know they are going to a great home. Avie and her husband Dann have worked so hard getting the stall ready for them and Avie is so excited and nervous. We wish them all well.