Well, the day after my last post the proverbial bottom fell out around here......Cisco and Duke colicked (i think i spelled that right). For those of you who don't know what that is...IT IS BAD, VERY BAD for horses! Long story short, our Wednesday, 8/13, started out pretty normal then at around 8:30 am it all began to go down......literally! The horses went down and we couldn't get them up. I yelled to Mal to call my friend, Cindy, the lady who Sutherlyn is learning to ride with (from) and she rushed over with a friend of hers, Sherri. They both started right away helping me save our horses. We did all that we could all through the day on Wednesday......eventually hauling both of the horses to Interlachen where we could get a Vet to see us and then ultimately to Gainesville to the University of Florida Large animal hospital. Our day ended at around 10:45 that night! It was a non-stop day full of panic, fear, tears and ultimately joy.
There were a lot of things that happened that day. I won't go into every minute detail but the one thing that I want to be sure to convey is this........I am sure now, i was before but even more so now, when things look the very darkest there is always hope. When you feel as though you have no where else to turn, turn to God (we should do it first, but we stubborn humans don't! We're going to "handle it ourselves!") When our family thought that we were just "waiting for Cisco to die", God had other plans. (Cisco had begun to go into shock) We asked Sutherlyn to tell him good-bye and go into the house but she didn't. She hugged his neck and then went out into the back of the field, by herself and got down on her little knees and clasped her hands tightly in prayer looking up to her Heavenly Father and asked him to save her horse......I know this sounds really deep and that to some they are "just horses". But I am here to tell you, God performed a miracle that day that only He could have done. I say that because I know it He can do those things when He decides to. Also, neither Vet who saw Cisco could tell me at the end of the day why he was still alive....he'd done some things and gone through some stuff that under any other circumstance is a telltale sign of the end for a horse but he is here, he is out in the field right now, eating grass! When I had a terrible decision to make that Wednesday night I turned to God and asked for His guidance.....I had wonderful support from my family & my friends who stayed with me through the whole thing, and when it all came down to it I made a decision based on what I felt the Lord wanted me to do, once I had, I had a peace about it. I was still afraid but I wasn't panicked anymore and I knew that no matter what happened, God would still be there, with me and He would still be God. There is nothing like that peace. I know that it was only by the power of prayer that has happened.
Cisco is just a horse (but we love him) and had God decided that his life was over then it would have been, but He decided for some reason to show His power that day and let him stay here with us. I believe it is my duty to share this story with all who will listen. I have yet to understand why, I am seeking His guidance in showing me what I am to do with this but I do know this for certain, that "horse" is still here with us because a little girl who loves him very much prayed and God decided to answer that prayer......I have no doubt about that.......til next time!
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