What’s been happening

Well it’s been some time since I was able to post here and a lot has happened on the ranch since my first post.

The saddest thing that happened was my beautiful horse Rebel became ill. We took him to the vet and they were unsure what was wrong with him. For weeks he just seemed to go down hill and was looking worse and worse. They ran test after test trying to figure out what was wrong with him and still was unable to tell. My horse swelled up so bad on his front end that it looked like he was just going to burst wide open. his front legs were so swollen you couldn’t even see where his knee’s were anymore. He could hardly walk and on a few occasions fell to his knees. My poor baby Finally we took him to LSU’s animal clinic and they confirmed our worst fear. My horse had cancer… We had to put him down at the end of June. We were totally heartbroken and replacing him is going to be so hard. He was such a wonderful animal… *sigh*… After he passed they did an autopsy on him and found a tumor in him the size of a vollyball. The people at LSU were so sweet though, they took such good care of him and cremated him for us. They put his remains in a little treasure chest style box and they all signed a card to send with it and mailed it all to me. So now Rebel is on our mantle in the living room along with clippings of his mane and tail. It’s all I have left of such a beautiful horse

There is more to tell but I don’t really have much time to post it now but I will try and keep my blog updated more often.

I’m going to go get ready because today we are going to take Gelly to the zoo!!!! She is so excited and ready to go!!!!!

Talk to ya’ll later,
Mardell