06.26.07
Orie
I had Orie put down this morning. I went out there to check on her, and it looks like a leg was back on the foal. The foal’s head and one leg were sticking out, and it was cold, dead. She was exhausted, and it looks like she had flailed around quite a bit. I couldn’t pull it. When the vet got here he said she was becoming toxic. Since I had planned to put her down for her arthritis after this foal, there seemed to be no point in her suffering any longer. Still really hard to do.
I knew she was going to foal today, cuz she was waxing last night. I wish I’d checked on her, but I thought a 20 yr old mare could get the job done by now.