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SHADOW TRAPPED 1-14-09
01-14-2009 7:30 a.m. MY PHONE RANG AND IT WAS THE CORINTH HUMANE SOCIETY. THE LADY ON THE OTHER END SAID "SHEILA SORRY TO CALL YOU SO EARLY BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP" I TOLD HER OK I'D TRY. WHAT SHE SAID TO ME NEXT CAUGHT ME TOTALY OFF GUARD,I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD EVER HEAR SOMEONE SAY THIS TO ME. SHE SAID" 911 CALLED AND SAID THERE IS A HORSE IN KOSSUTH THAT HAS FALLEN INTO A SEPTIC TANK AND IT'S 8 FOOT DOWN, SHE IS STANDING IN WATER ALMOST TO THE TOP OF HER BACK, CAN YOU HELP?" I TOLD HER WE WOULD GET THERE AS SOON AS WE COULD.I WAS PULLING INTO KIM'S DRIVEWAY AT THAT TIME SO WE COULD FEED OUR HORSES, AS SHE WAS GETTING IN THE TRUCK I ASKED HER "DO YOU WANT TO GO PLAY IN *#>! THIS MORNING?" SHE SAID "LET'S GO."
UPON ARRIVAL AT GARY SMITH'S HOUSE IN KOSSUTH WE (KIM AND I) FOUND SHADOW WAS SURE ENOUGH IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.I HAD TALKED TO SOMEONE ON THE PHONE BEFORE OUR ARRIVAL AND ASKED IF A BACKHOE WAS THERE. GETTING THE ANSWER OF," NO BUT ONE WAS ON IT'S WAY", I EXPECTED IT TO BE THERE BEFORE WE WERE. BUT IT WASN'T AND THIS WAS A HORSE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN IN THAT COLD WATER ALMOST UP TO HER BACK FOR A FEW HOURS.SHE WAS TREMBLING HER EYES WERE DROOPING, SHE WAS IN TROUBLE. DR. JACKSON GAVE HER A SHOT TO HELP GET HER OUT OF PAIN AND AT THIS POINT SHE WAS BEING COVERED WITH WARM BLANKETS OUT OF THE DRYER WHICH WASN'T HELPING MUCH SO MUCH OF HER BODY WAS COVERED BY ICE COLD WATER. IT HAD BEEN PROBABLY 23 DEGREES TUESDAY NIGHT. I ASKED GARY IF HE HAD A PUMP WE COULD GET THE WATER OUT OF THE HOLE WITH. HE SAID "NO" SO THE HUNT WAS ON FOR A PUMP NOW. AND STILL NO BACKHOES AND TWO WERE SUPPOSE TO BE ON THEIR WAY NOW. WE GOT THE STRAPS UNDER HER SO WHEN THE BACKHOE GOT THERE WE COULD JUST GET HER UP. AND ALSO IF SHE DID HAPPEN TO GO DOWN THEY WERE ALREADY IN PLACE. IT WOULD BE HARD AND DANGEROUS TO GET THEM UNDER HER IF SHE WERE DOWN. IF SHE WOULD HAVE WENT DOWN IN THE WATER BEFORE THE PUMP GOT THERE IF WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER. THE WATER WAS TO HIGH TO HAVE KEEP HER HEAD ABOUT IT. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT TO HER OWNER SHERRIE THAT WAS ALREADY CRYING AND RUNNING TO KEEP BLANKETS WARM FOR SHADOW. THE PUMP FINALLY ARRIVED AND SHE WAS SO COLD AND TIRED. I COULD SEE THE STRESS AND THE TRYING TO GIVE UP LOOK IN HER EYES. I JUST KEPT ASKING GOD TO KEEP HER UP A LITTLE LONGER.GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THAT HOLE. THEN IF SHE WENT DOWN WE STILL STOOD A CHANCE. IT ONLY TOOK A FEW MINUTES FOR THE PUMP TO GET THE WATER DOWN TO HER KNEES AND SHERRIE BROUGHT HER SOME MORE WARM BLANKETS. I TOLD GARY TO GET THE SHAVINGS OUT OF THE BACK OF MY TRUCK AND PUT THEM DOWN ON THE FLOOR OF HIS GARAGE AND GET SOME HEAT ON IN THERE SO WHEN SHE GOT OUT SHE COULD BE GOTTEN OUT OF THE WIND UNTIL WE COULD GIVE HER A CHANCE TO DRY OFF AND WARM UP SOME. BUT THIS TIME SHE IS REALLY TREMBLING. DR. JACKSON WENT TO GET WARM I.V FLUIDS AND THE SUPPLIES HE NEEDED. AND STILL NO BACKHOE. I ASKED DIDN'T ANYONE HAVE TOW TRUCK OR TRACTOR . THEY SAID TOW TRUCK WAS SKIN HER UP TO BAD (but would have been better than were she was) AND THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO GET A TRACTOR 2 MILES UP THE ROAD. ABOUT THE TIME THE TRACTOR PULLED INTO THE YARD AND THE WATER WAS OUT OF THE HOLE SHE DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET OUT ONE MORE TIME AND MADE A LUNGE FOR LAND BUT SHE WAS TO WEAK AND DOWN SHE WENT AND STAYED FOR A SEVERAL MINUTES. THANK GOD THAT WATER WAS DRAINED. I STILL HAD TO HOLD HER HEAD UP TO KEEP IT OUT OF WATER. THEY PULLED THE TRACTOR CLOSE AND AS THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL THE STRAPS TO THE TRACTOR ONE SLIPPED OUT OF GARY'S HAND AND FELL IN THE HOLE. EVERYBODY CAUGHT THEIR BREATH. SOMEONE REACHED IN THE HOLE AND GRABBED IT. THEY STARTED CONNECTING THE STRAPS TO THE TRACTOR AND STARTED PULLING HER UP SHE WAS HALF WAY OUT OF THE HOLE AND EVERYONE STARTED YELLING PULL UP PULL UP SHE ISN'T ALL THE WAY OUT YET. AS SHE CAME OUT OF THE HOLE SHE FELL OVER ON HER SIDE ON THE GROUND WITH HER BACK END ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE SEPTIC TANK . I STARTED SAYING GET HER AWAY FROM THERE PULL HER UP ON LAND BETTER QUICK, BECAUSE I KNEW WHEN SHE CAUGHT HER BREATH SHE WAS GOING TO TRY GETTING UP WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT HER RIGHT BACK IN THE HOLE SHE WAS TO CLOSE. I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THE MEN GRAB THAT HORSE AND START PULLING TO GET HER AWAY FROM THE SEPTIC TANK. AFTER SHE GOT UP GARY WALKED HER AROUND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO THE GARAGE KIM (have a heart's kim) SAID "DID YOU SEE THE OTHER HORSES IN THE PASTURE WERE RUNNING AND BUCKING AND CALLING OUT TO HER AS IF TO SAY" "HOORAY YOU MADE IT WE ARE SO GLAD YOU MADE IT.'(they had been watching as we worked to get her out) IN THE GARAGE WE RUBBED HER DOWN WITH TOWELS, AND BLOW DRIERS. WE PUT A HORSE BLANKET ON HER AND DR. JACKSON STARTED GIVING HER WARM IV FLUIDS.SOME PENICILLIN. THIS DAY WAS TRULY A LABOR OF LOVE. I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF SAVING HER LIVE. SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HERE IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR KIM MITCHELL AND SMOKEY (one of the horses from shadow's herd the other horse is big boy) KIM MITCHELL STOPPED TO TELL GARY AND SHERRIE THAT SMOKEY WAS OUT AND I HOPE I UNDERSTOOD THIS PART RIGHT BUT SMOKEY WOULDN'T LET GARY CATCH HIM TO PUT HIM UP UNTIL SMOKEY LED GARY AROUND THE HOUSE WHERE GARY SAID HE SAW SHADOW'S EARS STICKING OUT OF THE SEPTIC TANK. THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT HELPED TODAY YOU ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD. AND TO SHADOW YOU ARE A MIRACLE .TODAY I SAW THE WANTING TO GIVE UP LOOK IN YOUR EYES. I THANK GOD FOR SAVING YOU.
WE NEED DONATIONS SO WE CAN HAVE A PUMP AND A SMALL AND LARGE HARNESS MADE (like we used on Sandy to lift her) WE NEED A TRAILER AND A TRACTOR SO WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN WE CAN LOADED UP AND GO WE WON'T BE WAITING FOR OVER THREE HOURS FOR A BACKHOE THAT NEVER SHOWED UP. PLEASE HELP US GET THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. YOU CAN DONATE TO :
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