you take the dark and carve me out a home

Broke my social media hiatus because I saw in a Youtube short something about a horse breeder I follow (Katie Van Slyke) having to euthanize her yearling colt, Baby Seven. So I hopped on FB on the computer (which technically acceptable) to go to her page and now I'm sad.

Baby Seven was a horse that was born at 286 gestation, which is insane, because at that time frame the foal doesn't have cartilage formed fully yet. Katie said that usually if they are born before 300 days, it's not a birth but an abortion for some reason or another. But he survived and even tried standing. She made the decision to try and keep him going and he ended up at the University of Tennessee and they gained a lot of knowledge from him while working through the variety of problems he had growing. He had recently been at home, then back at UT for some additional procedures, and had just gotten back home this last week. He had some complications, possibly due to colic and he wasn't dealing well with the heat they have been dealing with, so they made the decision to let him go. He was just a year old.

Such a good boy. Such an amazing story.

Katie set up a scholarship with UT and the College of Veterinarian Medicine there for vet students and now is going to set up an endowment so that it will continue on under his name. Made me cry a little thinking about it. One of those stories that you hope the animal will succeed beyond all expectation but succumbing to something that takes down even the healthiest of equines.

At work had a meeting about a new to me workload that one of my boss's wants me and my colleague on. I'm kind of excited, a little trepidation, but ultimately looking forward to learning more about the platform and it's myriad options.

I have one more day at work and then I have 6 work days off for a total of 10 days altogether. I am looking forward to it. Peace and quiet while the parents drive over to Long Beach.