Marieh

Wilma here.

Marieh hurt herself about 9 sunrises ago. She was playing in the gravel paddock and got too rambunctious and hit her shoulder on a gate hook. How she did that, I don't know, because it's a safe pasture and the gate hook is rounded and not someplace you can easily hit it. But she put a hole in her shoulder and split her hide.
The horse doctor came out and gave her something so she wouldn't feel any pain, and then put purple string in her shoulder to hold the hide together. Then our human partners built a place for her to stay in the long barn, but by herself. We can still get in and out, though, and we can see her and talk with her. She also had to take lots of pills for many sunrises, but that's done now.

She has interest in what's going on around her, but she's having some trouble walking. This is too bad because Marieh is what the human partners call "a lovely mover", and also Marieh likes being "a lovely mover". With her wavy mane and tail, she is a sight to behold. She is also my granddaughter, so I am especially proud of and fond of her.

The rest of the herd and I spend a lot of time in the barn, keeping her company. We're even letting the brown and white pony into the barn to do this, although she has to stay on the other end of our space. I stand the closest to Marieh, and Emerald, who is also a Friesian but not directly related to us, gets to stand next closest, and then Willow, the old lady quarter horse who is very gentle and kind, and almost black. She has a black mane and tail, anyway, so that counts. I think of her as part Friesian.

Think about Marieh now and then, and think of her as being well, and back to being "a lovely mover". It will help her get better.

Wilma out for today.