Gini I remember that night when I had to wake up part of the BOD for emergency approval on "stuff" because of the way Emmy landed in your back yard. It was so late at night when you called and I said to you "You are doing what? and Now?" and you replied what a horrifying emergency was going down and there was no time to waste. Starving, ripped from her mama as she was still nursing, wormy, colicing to death, feet so long she couldn't barely get around, Emmy was barely alive. Her butt hole protruding out of her because they thought they could ram their hands up there to stop the colic that had gone on with her for days.
And here you were, recovering from a nasty surgery and confined to a wheelchair determined to save this baby. Nothing stopped you. You worked with this little thing so hard and finally got her over her colic, with your vet who is a saint, only to realize that now, she had something wrong with her eye. And then came more bad news and there you were again, day in and day out administering meds in her eye, trying to save it, still wheelchair bound. She had her very first hoof trim and de-worming in this midst of all this, and seemed like so much was happening to this filly fast. Day after day, week after week, around the clock with little to no sleep, you constantly put yourself in harms way taking care of this little one that you fondly named "Emmy" and in doing so, you became madly in love with her, and she with you. She finally told you that her eye hurt so bad, it was time to have it removed, and that was another heartbreaker for you to deal with. And then we all wondered, who is going to want to adopt an unregistered baby missing an eye. This little girl just was having a terrible time trying to get her life together.
Then practically out of no where comes a home available who seemed to need Emmy just as much as Emmy needed them, and a match was made almost instantly. We all know that your heart is aching because today you had to tell Emmy good bye. But we also know this is one of the happy endings that we don't get to see happen every day so please hold on to that and cherish it. You truly saved a life, Emmy's life. If not for you, she would have been dead that night. But because of your love and determination, Emmy will now live the life that I wish in my heart for all animals and she will always remember you.
I know I speak for everyone on your board when I say thank you and We Love You Gini
And here you were, recovering from a nasty surgery and confined to a wheelchair determined to save this baby. Nothing stopped you. You worked with this little thing so hard and finally got her over her colic, with your vet who is a saint, only to realize that now, she had something wrong with her eye. And then came more bad news and there you were again, day in and day out administering meds in her eye, trying to save it, still wheelchair bound. She had her very first hoof trim and de-worming in this midst of all this, and seemed like so much was happening to this filly fast. Day after day, week after week, around the clock with little to no sleep, you constantly put yourself in harms way taking care of this little one that you fondly named "Emmy" and in doing so, you became madly in love with her, and she with you. She finally told you that her eye hurt so bad, it was time to have it removed, and that was another heartbreaker for you to deal with. And then we all wondered, who is going to want to adopt an unregistered baby missing an eye. This little girl just was having a terrible time trying to get her life together.
Then practically out of no where comes a home available who seemed to need Emmy just as much as Emmy needed them, and a match was made almost instantly. We all know that your heart is aching because today you had to tell Emmy good bye. But we also know this is one of the happy endings that we don't get to see happen every day so please hold on to that and cherish it. You truly saved a life, Emmy's life. If not for you, she would have been dead that night. But because of your love and determination, Emmy will now live the life that I wish in my heart for all animals and she will always remember you.
I know I speak for everyone on your board when I say thank you and We Love You Gini