The ML saga: The end of stage 1
| October 10, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Last night was the last day of IV antibiotics for ML. She will be switched to orals today. Thank goodness. I’m not sure I could continue to amuse the improving 2 year old for the hour it takes for the antibiotics to run IV. If I wasn’t sure she was feeling better, I could […] more
What the heck happened to MerryLegs?
| October 9, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
If you are my facebook friend and saw this status update Tuesday afternoon, you probably have some questions: “Whelp spoke too soon. After 24 hours of looking really good, Merrylegs has relapsed to a fever of 107F. Why she isn’t on the ground seizuring and dead I have no idea. I’m suitably freaked out, as […] more
The difference between endurance rides and ultras
| October 7, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
For almost a year I’ve had one foot in the trail running ultra world, and one foot in the trail riding endurance world. While the two sports are very similar at the core, there are some surprising differences. Here’s what I’ve learned this year. Ultras aren’t short Oh sure, there are exceptions on both sides…but […] more
Getting Real
| October 6, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I have a fifty miler on saturday. That I am running without the benefit of a horse. Five days. That, my Dear Reader, is getting real. It’s time to start doing some damage control now that *MerryLegs seems to be on the mend. Do you realize I haven’t run in a week? Ruh roh. Time to […] more
Vet students animals are cursed
| October 5, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yes, they really are. Pigeon fever. This video was taken Sunday morning, almost a week after I saw the first abscess. Saturday I noticed that her right leg was really swollen. Desperately hoping it was just filling edema from the inflammation in her chest, I couldn’t ignore it when it was still there and worse […] more
September 2014 IRL
| October 4, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Let’s do this in the style of life…..Fortunately/Unfortunately. Ready? Farley Farley got out more in September than in August (YEAH!) But, we only hit the trail 3x (and one of those was a very slow ML pony ride) because of enforced time off after her fly blanket made her withers sore. (BOOO!) We did not […] more
ML and MeL updates
| October 1, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The ML update is intimately entwined with the Mel update, so let’s start at the beginning and see where it takes us. When I checked on ML this morning, after writing the previous blog, she was a LOT worse than last night. Last night I didn’t actually notice anything until half way through a ride […] more
