Yesterday morning Annie suffered through an episode of choke. I am not entirely sure what caused it but thankfully she was able to clear the blockage and is back to her normal self.
I have had mild bouts of colic, plenty of stitches (thank you Houston), cellulitis, the list goes on… But I have never had a horse suffer from choke. I was not prepared to get that dreaded phone call this morning that my sweet mare was having difficultly breathing and was in distress. Cue panic. Annie is in Louisville with me which is both good and bad. I can’t help but feel like this is somehow my fault even though I know that rationally I give my horses the best care that I can. I take as much precaution as possible while traveling yet I still feel as though I did my horse a disservice.
I planned to recap this weekend yesterday and today… I was going to go into detail and share amazing pictures about how much fun I had with Annie. I’ll still get to that but today I am just thankful that my sweet mare worked through the issue with minimal interference and will be back to normal in no time. Some of you might think I am a drama queen and maybe I am. But I am a thankful DQ!
I bought Annie thinking she might be a fun horse for awhile or a project but I ended up falling in love wth an off track red headed thoroughbred mare. We should all be so lucky!
Choke is so terrifying, glad she’s okay!
Poor Bananners.
That must have been so scary for you. SO glad she’s ok.
Fiction is very prone to choke. The only way we’ve been able to eliminate it completely is by making his food a soup at every meal. Glad Annie is OK. Choke can be super scary.
Choke is very scary. So glad she is okay.
So frightening! Glad Annie is doing well now.
So glad she is ok
How scary! Glad Annie is ok 🙂
Glad she’s ok!
Yikes!! Glad she’s ok.
So glad to hear she’s feeling better!
So scary! I’m so glad she’s ok. I don’t think you’re being dramatic, choke is terrifying. Definitely up there on my list of things I worry about.
I’ve had a couple horses choke at my barn before, and it’s very scary. I’m glad it didn’t turn into a bigger issue. No dramatics whatsoever.
Choke is downright terrifying to see. Glad she is okay!
Choke is scary! Glad she got through it ok!