Danni Coliced Last Night. It Was The Biggest Shock Of My Life. I Came Home From Cross Country Practice And The Next Thing I Know Im Heading To The Barn With My Heart Pounding. The Vet Was Almost There. We Told The Barn Owners If Anything Happened To Call Him. And While We Waited, We Walked. I Took Her Up And Down The Barn Isle, Talking To Her, Petting Her, Kissing Her, Anything To Let Her Know I Cared. When The Vet Checked Her, She Was Fine. But We Kept Her Walking. All She Wanted Was To Lay Down, To get Rid Of The Pain. The Vet Checked Her Again, Two Hours Later, And That Was it. He Told Us To Take Her To Raleigh, Where They Would Do Everything They Could. he Assured Us that She Was Much Better Off Than Heart Had been, But I Collapsed. All I Remember Is Standing With My Arms Wrapped Around Her, Tears Running Down My Face. Saying Over And Over, "I Love You Danni. You Can Do it. Please" And Thinking, Why Her? Why Me? I'm 13. Im Not Supposed To Go Through Something Like This Twice In A Year. When My Dad Came With The Truck And Trailer, I Was A mess. My Mom And I put Her Boots On, And Led Her Onto The Trailer. I Climbed Out And Turned Around. There Stood My Best Friend, Sweating Lightly, Yet When I Whispered Her Name, She Perked Her Ears Forward. I Wrapped My Arms Around Her, Afraid That It Would Be The Last Time I Did. Then I Took A Step Back, Remembering Every Feature. Her Nose The Way It Was Soft And Always Calling For A Kiss, Her Eyes, Round And Beautiful, Like A Vast Ocean, Her Ears, Taking In The Sounds Around Her, And Then Her Star, The Half Crescent That I Knew Perfectly. Moonlight Serenade.
When We Pulled Up In Front Of My House, My Sister Was In Tears With Me. We Walked To The Trailer, My Sister Holding Me Up So I Wouldn't Fall From Exhaustion. And We Said Goodbye To Danni. Then We Walked Away, And I Could Barely Give Myself One Last Look. We Spent The Night In Her Room, Nothing Said, Just Watching A Movie In Silence. Then I Got A Message. She Made It To The Clinic, And She Was Looking Better. They Took Her Out, And Diagnosed Her With Colitis. That Was All I Can Remember, Except For Sleep. This Morning I Awoke To My Mothers Voice Talking Into The Phone. The First Words Were "She Is Doing Wonderful." So Now I Wait. No Calls Yet, And Danni Is Still Alive. I Can't Believe My Luck.
Memories Came Back To me While I Walked her. I Saw Her Ears Looking At a Jump, I Felt Her Tuck As she Flew Over It. I Felt The Perfect Suppleness As I Cantered Around The Arena In Florida. Memories. I Made This Video In The Form Of A Memory. Black And White, Not Perfect, Like An Old Movie. Yet, It Was A memory. And At That Time, I Feared It Was All I Had. I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off Of Her.
ThankYou For Helping Me. The Endless Support I Got From People Who I Didn't Even Know Watched My Videos Was A Huge Help. Danni Should Be Fine. She'll Come Home On Tuesday, While I'm In Arizona With My School. Until Then I'll Wait, And Ill Keep My Memories With Me.
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Oh my God i cant believe it!!! I started reading the description and I almost died. I thought "This cant be happening" and then when i red on and found out that she was okay i almost cried with relief. I am sooo happy she's ok. I will pray for her to recover fast. You dont need to relive what we've both been through already. I will keep you and her in my thoughts.
ShallyAllyOooo 1 year ago
You Of All People I Believe Most When You Say That. She Is Okay. Shes Home And The Vet Gave Her An All Clear. Now We Continue To Pursue Our Dreams (:
horseofthemoonlight 1 year ago
I am soooo happy that everything worked out okay. A wave of relief just washed over me. You and Danni are meant to be together, and whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly. I am soo happy everything will be ok.
ShallyAllyOooo 1 year ago
Thankyou So Much. I Don't Know What I Would Do Without Her. When i Walked Up To Her stall She Nickered And Came Right To Me. I Almost Began Crying Right There. shes My Baby
horseofthemoonlight 1 year ago
I'm SO sorry . I'm so happy she pulled through..
I can tell you love her SO much. I loved your description !
& the video of course.
Its amazing what we horse owners seem to go through compared to what other people do.
Good luck with her , & I hope she continues to get better, which I'm sure she will !
Love4Stormi 1 year ago
Thankyou! Shes Doing Amazing. I Can Ride Her Today (:
horseofthemoonlight 1 year ago