Horrifying.

I finally caught up with my barn owner on Sunday. I heard through the grape vine (another boarder) that she'd taken photos when she found Promise on Thursday morning, but I hadn't seen them yet. 

She came over while I was massaging Miss P (who amazingly is not very sore at all, very little flinching) and showed them to me. My skin still crawls and I feel a little nauseous looking at them. I just can't believe it. 

Promise is in heat. So, the general theory is, she was flirting with Lava, in the first stall, while she was turned out. He may have gotten fresh, or she simply had enough, and she kicked out. I would guess a double-barrel, but maybe not since it's only the one foot stuck...I feel like she would have gotten more height kicking with both. Anyway, she somehow got her right hind stuck between the top of the gate and the fencing. And proceeded to either flip herself struggling, or lose her balance. Remember, this is the same leg she's having stifle issues with. She hit her eye on the way down, tearing part of the eyelid. 

She ended up somewhere between being upside down, and on her side. Her right front was under the gate by her head, and her left front was in between the next panel up. 

Clearly, she didn't struggle long, or the cuts on her leg would have been much more serious than they are. Also pretty clear is that she wasn't in this position for very long, or it's likely she'd be dead, instead of banged up.

The flowers arrived today, and apparently I made her cry. That wasn't my intention, of course, lol, but at least I know they were unexpected, and definitely appreciated. :)