Horse Econia Narrative

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So it was the last day of school and it started off like any other day Shelby,Chelsey and I got up and did our chores. Are horse Econia was pregnant at the time. She was 2 weeks over her due date. So we left her in her stall just incase she were to start going into labor. So we get to school and Courtney stayed home because she was “sick”. It gets to around lunch time and people in my school were asking about the baby horse i didn't know what they were talking about. So i looked on facebook and Courtney had posted pictures of the new baby. Shelby and my cousin Kylee were so thrilled they couldn't wait to see the little filly. The lunch lady at the time had been a parent of one of the girls in are 4-H so she took Shelby and Kylee to go see …show more content…
Shelby and Kylee had left to go to a party. When i got home they had already named the little filly after my grandpa's first horse Limbo. Everything seemed to have gone good mom looked healthy baby looked healthy so I went to bed. I woke up really early because I wanted to see her again. I got to the barn it was a nice day so grandpa said we should put them in the round pen. When we got out their Econia didn't seem to be moving right and that was odd to us because usually a new mother will not leave the foals side. So i tried leading her around and she seemed like she was in discomfort . Grandpa said to call are vet Doc John. John hurried over because grandpa had told him that the filly was breached and he had to push her back in and turn her around. John examined Limbo and everything was fine. When he got to Econia he discovered that she had ripped her rectume. By this time i was crying my eyes out i was terrified but John's wife Kayla assured me everything was going to be all right and that i should stay strong for Econia. John recommended that we should bring her and Limbo to Anoka vet just to make sure. So grandpa and I put a lot of hay in the trailer and loaded Econia and Limbo into the

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