Magic
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sometime between her last feeding at 10:30 pm and midnight when I went out all bundled up to spend the night with her in the stall, sweet little baby Noodle died.
I'm shocked and can't stop crying.
Thank you, all of you. Your prayers and good thoughts mean so much to me. I've never lost a "full term" foal before-- and I call her "full term" because I've had foals born earlier than she was that were just fine--- and, well, it hurts.
It hurts that I did everything I could for her, and bonded with her and loved her and it still didn't help.
Noodle is still out in the stall with Treasure, and it's breaking my heart to watch Treasure nuzzle her baby and try to get her to wake up. I'm hoping that by morning she will realize that her baby is gone and accept it. When I found Noodle dead, she just looked to be peacefully sleeping and Treasure was lying next to her straw-bale "crib", I had left the stall door open so that Treasure could wander the barn aisle as she liked, so she wouldn't be too bored in the jury-rigged neonatal unit, but she was almost always right by her foal's side.
I thought that I wouldn't be able to write much about her right now, but it's the last time and I feel like when I quit writing, she'll really be gone. I know that makes no sense, but oh, this hurts.
Here's the last picture I took of her, earlier today. Looking back at her pictures, I can see that she was slowly losing strength and I apparently didn't want to see it.
I love you baby. Goodbye.
Thank you, all of you. Your prayers and good thoughts mean so much to me. I've never lost a "full term" foal before-- and I call her "full term" because I've had foals born earlier than she was that were just fine--- and, well, it hurts.
Noodle is still out in the stall with Treasure, and it's breaking my heart to watch Treasure nuzzle her baby and try to get her to wake up. I'm hoping that by morning she will realize that her baby is gone and accept it. When I found Noodle dead, she just looked to be peacefully sleeping and Treasure was lying next to her straw-bale "crib", I had left the stall door open so that Treasure could wander the barn aisle as she liked, so she wouldn't be too bored in the jury-rigged neonatal unit, but she was almost always right by her foal's side.
I thought that I wouldn't be able to write much about her right now, but it's the last time and I feel like when I quit writing, she'll really be gone. I know that makes no sense, but oh, this hurts.
Here's the last picture I took of her, earlier today. Looking back at her pictures, I can see that she was slowly losing strength and I apparently didn't want to see it.
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