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I have to ask for everyone's 'tolerance' with what I write. I probably won't make much sense. heh....my eyes are so puffy/swollen, that I can barely see the keys/screen. And, I kNOW I look like a big-tine druggie.

I went back out after I wrote last night. Her legs were OK, no swelling/no 'breaks'/no hot spots/no tender spots. I checked her eyes. BOTH were clear/repsonsive. I checked her gums...they were pink and 'filling' good. She ate/drank everything we put in front of her.

We tried for a couple hours to 'pull' her out. When she shredded my hands/back, I quit and came home. Markie drove me back, and was heading BACK with Twister's Weather-beeta blankie and warm sugar water for her. On her wasy back, she hit a water fall and wiped out. WRECKED the car, and messed up her forehead/knee.

Meanwhile, hubby and the guys managed to get Twister pulled out and up on dry land. They left her with grain, hay, fresh grass. And came on to attend to Markie's injuries/car.

Hubby and I went out this a.m. at first light, to see what kind of situation we had.

Twister was still alive....but she had gotten BACK into the gulley.

All the horsey people who came to help, looked her over, checked her teeth, and told me she's NOT the 2 y.o. I believed her to be. They all think she's 25-30. and was trying to go off to 'die in peace'. I've been told that horses know their time and will find their spot to give up the ghost. (I find that hard)

She was gaining weight. She was learning to trust us. She'd whinny when she heard the truck show up at feeding times and would charge for her 'feeding spot'. Yes, she's been wormed, and she has ALSO gotten the 'best stuff' that folks recommend.

TOMORROW was the day that she was going to meet Mr. Farrier. (whether she liked it or not)

When I left her about an hour ago, she was still alive. I left because she had crushed me underneath her, for over an hour, and I needed help.(I KNOW my arm's broke and my knees dislocated, and my back is a joke) I've got hubby out, to have a friend go to put her down. She needs to be released to run free again. (and that's ripping my heart apart)