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Dancer Sold
As I went to bed early last night it was easy to wake up at 5:00 am and get the dishwasher started. Mark went over with me at 7:00 am to get the truck hooked up to the stock trailer and we got that done just in time for the walk. Ruth, Diane and I walked to Joan's and about then the rain started up. We walked back to Ruth's car and quit. Mike helped load Harli, Merlin and Lucy in the front of the trailer then Dancer in the back. It was raining when I arrived at Dr. Hoerr's, hard enough we decided to check Harli's abscess first. You can see it in the picture below. As this is the second time this popped up we thought it must be a tooth.
Above Dr. Hoerr was getting the x-ray machine ready. Chris came in to help with that.
Dr. Hoerr took a couple different views in hopes to show which tooth was causing the problem.
Neither of them showed a tooth going through the bone. We thought that was good news as the abscess must be caused by a foreign object so Harli was given a sedative, numbed, and the area blocked before Dr. Hoerr went looking for the object. Unfortunately there wasn't one. He was able to follow the channel the pus was coming from all the way to the bone. The bone itself has an abnormality and the channel seemed to go through it. After cleaning it out well, Dr. Hoerr put medicine right into the channel.
After that was done the incision was sewn up. By the time Dr. Hoerr finished with her the rain had stopped. Harli was taken to the trailer and loaded. Merlin was so glad to see her and couldn't wait to nurse. Dancer was unloaded and tied to the trailer.
The back was opened and Lucy led into the back of the trailer for her blood draw for her coggins test. Dr. Hoerr was impressed with her. She is exactly what he is looking for in a foal but he was told she is already sold. Once her pictures were taken for the paper work she was put in the front with Harli and Merlin. Then it was time for Dancer's ppe. Aaron came out to help with that. Dr. Hoerr checked her over very well starting with her eyes then going down her body checking her heart, her lungs and all the way to her tail. Then came the hoof tests and the flexion tests. She passed all of that with flying colors. Dr. Hoerr needed to see her lunged in both directions so I helped with that. The last thing he wanted to do was x-ray her ankle. She had a cut on that and it healed with some scar tissue. The x-ray showed the swelling on her ankle was only scar tissue and not something worse.
I left for home then and made it by noon. Tessa was very glad to see her daughter Lucy and Lucy couldn't WAIT to nurse from Tessa. They were put away and once the truck and trailer were parked I went home. Mark was eating a piece of pizza for his lunch so I heated up the last leftover piece for my lunch. I was eating it when the guests coming into the foaling apartment sent a message that they were going to arrive earlier than expected. I took the hand held sweeper over and had to sweep up stink bugs all on the door and wall of the apartment just waiting for someone to open the door. Now that the crops are being harvested the stink bugs leave the fields and try to get indoors. None of these made it inside, I was busy using the vacuum to suck them into it when Rhoda arrived to work with Tessa. We talked then I went inside to inspect and didn't see any of the bugs had made it inside. I left then to work on our house to get it ready for potluck. Rhoda sent the picture below of Tessa on the pedestal. 
Dr. Hoerr called the prospective buyer for Dancer and not long after the buyer contacted me and told me she is going to buy her. She has mailed the check so Dancer was marked SOLD on the website. She is going to a great home in Elgin, IL.
Cleaning went well and by 4:30 pm everything was done. I was resting on the chair when Diane arrived to help. We sat and visited as everything was done. Mark did the grilling tonight. Craig and Jackie cancelled so Mike and Diane took their place. Gabe canceled so Rhonda took his place then at the last minute Alex and Michaela canceled so Ruth and Fedi took their place. Of our original group only Molly, MaryKate and Robers were left but we all had a delicious meal and a good time. 
Ruth and Dan have been giving updates on the hurricane. It has gone more East so Dan's daughter Sophia who lives near Pensacola is getting it much worse than Ruth's son who is East of Mobile. Sophia's house has lost electricity. Karl is at work as he works as an EMT so Sophia is alone but their house is far enough inland that they should be safe from flooding. It looks like Gulf Shores is ok, not much damage done there.
