05/27/2026
Had a little drama on the farm yesterday.
Our farrier Blair, and our volunteer, Altas, we're working on trims when out of nowhere Sweet Girl had, what the vet is diagnosing as a seizure, or some kind of transient ischemic episode.
It was enough to scare the heck out of Blair and Altlas, and turn me and the kids around and back home in a hurry.
Dr Shane was kind enough, and fortunate enough, to be really close by and headed straight to us.
By the time he got here she had passed the post-seizure phase (postictal phase) and was back to normal. There was no evidence of it being anything other than a random event so there isnt really anything we can do except keep an eye on her.
Sweet Girl is a very old (25+) thoroughbred who is otherwise healthy and happy, albeit with some not unusual arthritic changes.
So, we monitor and cross our fingers that this was a random event and not the beginning of a pattern.
Today she is happily grazing and eating and laying in the sun, acting like she didnt give us all minor cardiac events yesterday.
Horses, man.
