well Bounty got much worse, has been at the vet on IV since Sunday night. hence my non-bloggingness. it's a long story, will update you all later. at this point we still don't know what he has, will hopefully know tomorrow. he is getting worse slowly, i am hoping and praying he pulls through <3 i need him to, he is my everything.

xoxo Frances

What do you think about that//Montgomery Gentry

so my horse has Purpura Haemorrhagica, google it if you would like! Will do a much better explanation than I would.. actually, I'll post the definition here:

"Purpura haemorrhagica, which is an immune-mediated acute inflammation of peripheral blood vessels that occurs within 4 weeks of strangles, while the animal is convalescing. It results from the formation of immune complexes between the horse's antibodies and bacterial components. These immune complexes become trapped in capillaries where they cause inflammation, visible in the mucous membranes as pinpoint haemorrhages. These haemorrhages lead to a widespread severe edema of the head, limbs, and other parts of the body. Purpura can also be a complication of routine vaccination."

Basically, his legs got veryyy swollen, the reason he caught it (we beleive) is because he was exposed to Strangles, then we gave him a vaccine against it causing this condition. Glad we caught it, so I've been giving him Penicillin shots 2x a day, then after today he only gets it 1x per day. He got 2 shots of Steroids, and since yesterday he's been getting powdered steroids 2x a day for 6 more days including today, then 1x a day for 7 more days. So after 2 weeks he should be better! I also have to cold hose his legs (running ice cold water on them for 20 mins each to help with swelling), and his legs must always stay wrapped, but they cant be left on for more than 12 hours so at least 2x aday I have to take them off, walk him around and rewrap him. *phew* lots of work.

anyways I actually have to go to the barn now, just wanted a quick update.

xoxo Frances

honey honey//ABBA

Well, things have been busy lately! Working lots, man has it ever been HOT out here already +30 during the afternoon, it's gonna be a warm summer for sure.

Bounty is about the same back legs still swollen, front ones aren't toooo bad. But he's just not improving! May have to have the vet back out to look at him, my mom talked to him today and he said to keep doing what I'm doing, making sure Bounty's legs are wrapped at nighttime, and he can give him some penicillin / steroids to help him get better, and also bring down the swelling. It would be nice to know exactly what is wrong with him though.

Me and Nick are doing really awesome though I think we've worked out all our issues, I can tell he really does love me as much as he says he does (or at least I really hope so!) but things are happy between us. It's been a year since he asked me out for the first time, and he got me a really pretty heart necklace. I got him a flask with his name engraved on it! His bday is coming up (June 18th!) and he'll be 19. Already got him a gift, but I won't say what it is in case he reads this! You just never know. It's late, I should be sleeping. I have an early morning of taking care of horses tomorrow!



xoxo Frances

hear you me//jimmy eat world

I realize I have the same song on there 2x, but it still describes my current mood.

Things have been really tough the past couple days for me, everything with Liam. His funeral (celebration of life) was monday, and seeing his coffin there really hit home for me. I bauled throughout the whole thing, and my thoughts are especially with his family, and his younger sister. Maddy and I are friends and i can see how hard this is on her, but we're hopefully going horseback riding this week together. Nothing heals a broken heart better than horses <3

It really makes me rethink what I know about life... there's so much I still want to do, and I don't want to be wasting my time with things I don't enjoy any longer!! I want to live my life, take nothing for granted, and do what I love. it's not about how much money or things I have, I just want to DO things I enjoy, spend time with people who matter, and forget about the ones who don't.

bounty's legs are slowly getting better!! but today I didn't get out to the barn again tonight, so his legs didn't get wrapped... and I hope that doesn't make them swell up again!! I'm very worried about this. But I'll go out first thing tomorrow, and pray pray pray they aren't swollen!

xoxo Frances