This will be a quick post…

 

 

I thought this evening was winding down…

 

I had everything done that needed doing for the day…

I was ready for an evening of watching TV…

 

 

 

I fed the horses their dinner, and Addy looked off…

 

 

 

 

I just “happened” to have a rectal thermometer in Patrice’s (my bib over-alls) pocket…………….(doesn’t everyone carry around rectal thermometers, just in case the moment is right?)

So I took her temperature…

Augh!

 

It was high again……….even though today was hot and muggy……….it was still way too high…

 

Sigh……………..double-sigh…

 

Soooooooooooooooo…………..I started hosing…

I gave an IM (intramuscular) shot of Banamine (muscle relaxant & fever reducer)…

 

 

 

And I kept hosing.

 

 

 

 

I hosed,  and I hosed,  and I hosed…

 

 

 

It’s almost midnight……………..I got Addy’s temperature down to 102.0F from way over 103.0F……………..(I think the first temperature was actually 103.8F but I didn’t have my bi-focals and I couldn’t read the thermometer clearly)…

 

Patrice is soggy and heavy…

I didn’t have dinner…

I’m not hungry…

 

 

 

I’m just tired…

 

 

 

I’m waiting for Dr. Stevie Wonder to text back with the next stage of our game-plan…

And the beat goes on……………..if we are lucky enough…

***Addendum—–Addy’s temperature is now 100.6F.  That’s definitely acceptable.  I’m going to bed…………..

…to quote Scarlett O’Hara—“After all, tomorrow is another day.”

Sigh…