BLOG UPDATE:Almost at the five month mark, Charm seems to be doing well. I took a trail ride out yesterday, and one of the riders asked me if Charm knows she's pregnant. I don't think so, but what would she be thinking if she did know? Would she worry about the health of her foal like we, as mothers-to-be, worry about our unborn babies? Maybe horses are better off -- they can skip that whole part of the process. When I was in my early pregnancy with Jordan, I had a lot to worry about: my mother was in one hospital with advanced colorectal cancer, and my husband was in another hospital with MRSA. Good times. The only thing that got me through was knowing that I was pregnant, that I had to take care of myself for the sake of my baby. It created a bond between me and my son that I can't really explain. Of course, now that he is a mouthy 17-year-old, it's a bit hard to remember what that felt like.
On a completely
unrelated topic, if you're looking for a good read, check out: The Eighty Dollar
Champion, by Elizabeth Letts. It's the incredible but true story of a plow
horse rescued off a trailer bound for a slaughterhouse in Northport, L.I.
(Northport had a horse slaughterhouse???), who was used as a trusted lesson
horse but eventually became a champion Hall of Fame jumper. Amazing.
Wellington resident Ron Davis is working on a documentary about this called
Harry and Snowman (Harry is Harry deLeyer who rescued, owned, trained and rode
the horse,Snowman). Anyone who loves and appreciates horses will be blown away by Snowman's story.Our vet Dr. Bob Smith will be doing a five month pregnancy check at the end of the month. Stay tuned -- hopefully we'll get some sonogram pictures.
