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  • #121
    **bump**

    Has anyone heard from MCS? Is she doing okay?
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    • #122
      MCS,

      I'm thinking of you and hoping you are doing as well as is possible in times like these.

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      • #123
        MissCapitalSplash - please update us on how you are doing. I am sure you know how easily gossip spreads in the horse world. On a couple of other boards folks are saying that Sophie is still alive & with us. Did she improve - which would certainly be good news?

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        • #124
          MCS--I just asked Coreene tonight is she had heard from you---you are in our thoughts and are thinking of you---we understand if you are laying low right now
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          • #125
            Uh - Horse-Poor, & anyone else interested. MissCapitalSplash posted a long post over on EquiChat that, in fact, Sophie WAS NOT - I repeat - NOT PUT DOWN.

            In fact, apparently, she has taken a turn for the better & the vet is going to do a re-evaluation of the situation.

            I have absolutely no idea why she is keeping her COTH supporters hanging - but again, Sophie was not put down, & is apparently alive & well at this time.

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            • #126
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              • #127
                Here's the Equichat link. While I am of course pleased that the horse didn't have to be put down yet after all, I really think it's quite rude for MCS to not post back here with an update for all of her supporters & well-wishers.


                (Cut & paste into your address window.)


                htpp://www.equichat.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/24278.html#0

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                • #128
                  MCS - We HOPE Sophie is doing well???
                  Anyone else have any news??
                  breezymeadow, you know things can change in a heartbeat with horses. And I'm also aware of how busy MCS is!!
                  "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future!" - Niels Bohr

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                  • #129
                    Yes - I know that. And I would love to see this be a fabulous success story.

                    But let's face it - there's SEVEN pages of people rooting for Sophie here. If MCS can post a full-page update over at EquiChat about Sophie's miraculous possible recovery, what would it take to do a cut-&-paste of the same post over here? She certainly didn't have any trouble posting over here when Sophie was on her way down.

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                    • #130
                      Considering the fact that she wasn't made to feel too welcome here a month or two back, is it really surprising that this BB isn't at the top of the list of her places to update?

                      Reading breezy's recent posts certainly wouldn't make ME want to come back and share...

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                      • #131
                        Good ol' Sophie is like a Timex! Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. Glad to hear the good news!

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                        • #132
                          Erin - I am NOT being snarky here. I never posted on MCS's posts, even when she considered breeding the mare, which I didn't think was a good idea. And yes, I know she took a lot of flack from people here about that.

                          But the vast majority of THIS thread has been people really & truly feeling badly about her having to put the horse down after all of her & her vet's efforts to save this horse. Her last post was that the horse was going to be put down over the weekend, & I think a lot of us - whether we posted or not - felt badly for her.

                          Now, apparently, the horse has improved enough to stave off euthanasia. Regardless of how she was treated "a month or two ago" - this thread has been very supportive of her.

                          I don't see what your point is.

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                          • #133
                            Oh, & since MCS seems to post over at EquiChat more frequently than here, I posted over there asking her to please post a Sophie update over here.

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                              #134
                              Hi guys,
                              Sorry not to update over here, Im stopping in between classes.
                              Took Soph off the bute because a second opinion said that ulcers could be the majority of the problem from being on the bute for so long. After a week off the bute and on stomach drugs, she started to perk up and move a little more freely. Even got out of her stall and gave me a hard time catching her!!
                              The farrier was able to work on her feet and surprisingly she is able to bend the knee and move around a lot better. She is not miserable, she is able to go out in the round pen for an hour and is moving around pretty decently at the walk, and I did catch her trying a few steps of trot but not too gracefully, though the second opinion vet said that could have a lot to do with the complete lack of muscle from being on stall rest.
                              So Im not sure where our road is headed...I dont really know.
                              Alright...off to class, sorry not to update sooner.
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                              • #135
                                Hooray, MCS! Hooray, Sophie!!

                                I for one couldn't find where MCS posted the update on Equichat. I found some people talking about the whole thing, but didn't see the actual place where MCS posted.
                                "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future!" - Niels Bohr

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                                • #136
                                  Nice to have some GOOD news for a change!

                                  Fingers crossed that it only gets better from here.
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                                  • #137
                                    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

                                    And I am SO happy for you. I know only too well how these sort of things can sling back & forth.

                                    Keeping fingers crossed for Sophie's recover.

                                    Hopefully, this will get Erin off my case & back on her meds.

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                                    • #138
                                      What a relief! After so many other horses having to be sent Over, it's nice to hear that dear Sophie is showing everyone just what a tough cookie she is (and her momma too )

                                      You hang in there, MCS.
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                                      • #139
                                        i am so very sorry , and, glad to hear that she, too, is telling you it's her time, though, I know it is still hard; Now is the time to tell her all those things you want to be sure she knows.all things done, and, those left undone, and, how much you love her, and want to make her crossing easier for her.that it is alright for her to go ,you will miss her, and meet her at the rainbow Bridge .Godspeed Sophie.
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                                        • #140
                                          OMG how cool is that?!? Yay Sophie, what an absolute trooper!
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