It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this blog and I don’t know if anyone is still really following it but just in case there is I have one final Halo update.
On Monday we had to put her to sleep and I’m still trying to process it. She had developed colic very suddenly, but I wasn’t really too worried about it because this was something that had happened before and she’d always been ok in the end. We had a vet come out to see her and she recommended that we bring her to another clinic so that they could monitor her. It was later determined that she would need surgery, but the problem was that the only two surgeons in the area who were trained to perform the surgery weren’t able work and the next closest surgeon available was 9 hours away and in the US.
Things took a turn for the worst very quickly, to the point where a 9 hour trailer ride was no longer an option. The decision to put her to sleep was essentially made for me, but that hasn’t made it any easier. Right now, I’m trying to just take things one day at a time, but I still haven’t been able to make it through a full day without crying. For the past 9 years, so much of my life has revolved around Halo and now she’s just gone. I wish I could have more time with her. I wish I had done things differently when I went out to the barn that day because I really thought she was going to make it. Mostly, I just wish it wasn’t so hard to say goodbye to her.
Rest in peace Divine Intervention, aka Halo. I was so lucky to have her in my life.
