Condition

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Here I am again, trying to medicate my donkey, Pimmy. She’s limping, and that’s forcing me to get her into a pain-free condition. Last night, I followed her around, trying to interest her in a bowl of delicious something laced with a powdered painkiller. To no avail; she wouldn’t let me near her.

Yesterday, Kate Beardsley took some x-ray photocopies of Pimmy’s pained hoof to an equine vet, who wondered if Pimmy’s pain isn’t from her coffin (hoof) bone but a leg joint. That vet will be at Kate’s on Friday. I hope to load and take Pimmy there for an exam and for more x-rays.

This coming Friday, there won’t be any “loading Pimmy,” unless her hoof supports enough so that she simply can “pop” (as usual) into my horse trailer.

I will end this now to go outside. I’ll put the horses, and Pimmy, into the barn. There, I can capture the donkey. If necessary, a syringe will introduce the painkiller into her system. I hope first for Pimmy to eat what I offer. That would let us avoid the syringe. However it can be done, Pimmy must be free from pain.

Dear Friends: I’m hoping we can get Pimmy more well, and keep her on all fours. Diana