MRF Had to go to Georgia

[pahobs]

Such sad news!
Thoughts, prayers and hugs for all!
RIP Mystery.

[Claire]

:'(I am at a loss for words. So very sorry to all at Mulligans, and Cinny. Mystery is in good company over the bridge.

[lesliew]

Oh my goodness, I too am at a loss for words how quickly things change.. My deepest sympathies and prayers to everyone at MRF! RIP baby Mystery

[Sarah]

Oh no!!! Praying for everone at MRF... Rest In Peace little girl.

[RansMom]

Sending my prayers and thoughts out to everyone at MRF...I am sooo sorry for your loss Run free lil one....

[Jennifer]

Heather, my heart and soul goes out to you all at MRF. May you rest in peace little Mystery, you are in wonderful company at the Rainbow Bridge now....{{{{HUGS}}}} You are all in our prayers.

[lilpondarosamini]

Heather I am truly sorry for your whole familys loss. I do pray God will give you the peace you all need. I sure hope Cinny will be ok. Thank you so much for sharing all the good and bad with us even when its as hard as this. I pray Cinny will be ok also.

[MaryKansas]

Just came back to see if there were any updates on Mystery, I certainly wasnt expecting this. I'm so sorry Heather, Shannon and Frank.

[tnmare]

Heather,so sorry for your lost.
Mary

[Heather T]

I'm at a loss...I truly am. We've had alot of first this year and some of them were good and some were bad.

Had a twisted cord - first time we've lost a foal. Had a foal born didn't make it out of the sack. Had a mare give birth standing up and then try to kill us when we went in the stall. Had two mares foal unattending outside. Had a preemie who is doing great. And now we've had a septic foal.

Mystery was fine at birth....and when I watched her on the cam the first day she was in the stall with Cinny, I noticed that there were times she would stumble. I attributed that to her being newborn. Heaven knows, I'm 45 and I still stumble, so goodness...she should have that right.

Then Frank jr took the video cam to the barn yesterday morning to film Cinny and Mystery going out for the first time. I'm fighting a bad case of bronchitis and I haven't been to the barn in days....but I wanted to see this even. Something about that little filly touched me and I was planning to keep her. So I wanted to see her first outing and see her run.....well, she didn't - never did run.

When she left the stall Grandpa said on cam, "She has the runs". No one told me - I caught it Saturday afternoon when I was editing the video. I asked my son about it and he said that he forgot to tell me. I understand that - he's new to the horses and doesn't realize how important diarrhea is in a newborn. And he's been doing all my work while I've been trying to recover from this bronchitis.

I should have called our vet Amy right then - and maybe we'd have a live foal. Maybe Mystery would not have died needlessly. But I didn't.

Discovery had diarrhea for several days when he was born - and he was fine....so I assumed that Mystery would be too.

This morning Frank jr. called and told me that we had a problem. Mysterm was weak and wouldn't get up. I ran to the barn with baby bottles prepared to make her drink. No luck...she was cold around her mouth and her gums were purple. She wouldn't even swallow as I poured the milk into her mouth - it all ran back out.

Amy came and told us to get on the road NOW to Georgia....the prognosis wasn't good. She gave her a bolust of Glucose which perked her up a bit. Guess I should have insistedon an IV for the ride, but Amy was afraid it would blow her vein.

We made it 1 1/2 hours - exactly 1/2 way to the hospital when she left us. She just didn't want to stay any more in her sick little body.

I was good until I had to put her in the stall with Cinny - then I lost it. It just broke my heart. Now everytime I walk in the stall Cinny goes to the spot that I had laid her - she smells it and looks at me. I'm not sure if she's wondering why or if she just wants me to put her back.

I would have left her with Cinny longer, but we had to preserve her body for the Necropsy. We want to know what caused this so maybe we can prevent it in our next foals.

Naturally I'm going to be more paranoid with Rowdy and Shandy now.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers, well wishes and concern. My heart is broken, but I can't imagine what Cinny is going through. She needs the prayers...... I'm giving her herbs to help calm her as she deals with this. Hopefully they will give her some peace.

I'll update as soon as I know more.

[Precious]

Heather and MRF, i'm soo sorry to hear this you're in our thoughts and prayers...

[Claire]

My heart is breaking for you dear Heather. Please don't blame yourself. we are here for you

[melody]

Oh Heather Im so very sorry....
Big Hugs to all of you..and a special hug for Cinny

[lovelyepona]

Heather I'm so sorry. Please accept my condolences!

PS Honey there wasn't much you could have done. Its so bad when their septic. Please don't beat yourself up over this!

[downundermum]

Oh Heather l'm so sorry for you loss. May the grace of God be with you all and may his strength help you through this sad time. Run free in Heavens green pastures little Mystery. Big ((((HUGS)))) for Cinny.
Heather dont blame yourself for this. The world is full of 'iffs' but one thing is for certain. You HAVE done all that you could.

Prayers from all of us here.