The bracelet that I made for Liz out of Chancey’s tail hair. <3
M came out to work with Chancey today, and he had an amazing session with her.
He helped to prepare Chancey for moving out of her body and out of this life. Willow has been very protective of Chancey the past few days and will get grumpy or aggressive-looking when we work on Chancey, but within a few minutes of M working on Chancey, Willow had totally relaxed and was munching away while M worked on Chancey. Chancey very quickly entered a relaxed, sleepy, almost trance-like state (not uncommon for the horses when there is energy work being done on them). She stood perfectly, unwaveringly still for half an hour while she and M conversed.
At the end, M explained it as a journey that he was able to start her on. He was able to walk with her through all of her life and experiences up to this point and take all of the dark, heavy energy away and fill it with light. At the end of the walk they reached a bright place with a white tree and lush white grass all around. He described a bright door-like area near the tree. Chancey was eating grass there, and was happy and pain-free. He said that the doorway would be the next step, where she leaves her body. For the next two days she gets to sit in this wonderful, beautiful, peaceful place and wait. He said that her passing should be gentle and easy because her soul is already parting from her body, and all we will need to do is help her to take that last step. He said that the way she experiences pain for the next couple days will be very separate from her body (there is pain in her physical body, but she is separating from that), and that she may appear kind of out of it, or sleepy, while she is in this limbo state. Now she gets to explain it all to Willow, and prepare, so that the relationship that they have now can come to a close as Chancey moves on. He said that she is okay, that she is ready, and that we have made the right decision.
M is going to be there Friday too, to make that last step very gentle and easy for Chance, and to help Willow after Chancey is gone. I think that he is coming just as much for my sake too, but I’m not going to argue. There is a reason he is one of my best friends and I am very very grateful that he can (and is willing) to be there.
I have Chancey on a lot of bute, and I’ve finally managed to get her comfortable. So now she just gets to enjoy being calm and happy and at peace, and she gets to love on Willow until its time to take that last step. Thank you to everyone for all your support. It means the world to Liz and I both. Now forgive me as I go cry and curl up in a hole.
This is a horse at one of the places I work. I believe the owner got him two months ago, and he’s called George.
He’s a full standardbred, with a tattoo that seems to end in 0140, and the beginning letter is faded beyond recognition. His show name is unknown.
By the way he’s moving I’m pretty sure he’s a trotter (not a pacer, which is a shame because I love pacers). The dark spots are actually just scrapes, so he’s a solid light gray. I’m not sure how old he is either.
So if anyone knows anything about him, I’d love to hear about him. He’s a sweet gelding, just won’t stand still enough to take photos :)
Do you know about how old he is? That will help to track him down because you can narrow down what the first digit is.
To the anon who sent me the ask about the holisitic vet:
While I wish something like that was feasible around here, its just realistically not something that we can do. As much as it hurts, this is the right decision for her. Thank you though <3 :(
Just a few little details left to do. This is pretty much done.
Can I have your skills please? omg
Qualities
Thought this was pretty cool, especially since the one is blind.
Chancey’s x-ray, with an explanation, so that folks can see it. There is no saving her… :( so so so sad…
ETA: Just realized that you couldn’t really read the text on here. So here is what it says:
1. The coffin bone should be running along the (thicker) line, parallel to the hoof wall. Here we see severe rotation of her coffin bone.
2. Here you see a “ski tip” like protrusion from the bone. This develops when laminitis is left untreated and becomes “chronic.”
3. This small, dark grey line is a “gas pocket.” It forms when the coffin bone begins to descend through the sole of the hoof.
This x-ray wasn’t perfectly lateral which is why you can see double images of some of the bones.
I seriously wish I could kill the fucker who let willow and chancey get so bad. Thanks to him/her/them, chancey isn’t going to make it.
