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Bonnet.....

We welcome GENUINE LIL BONNET! She is such a super sweet horse. We decided to search for another horse and had hopes of finding another one that was registered. We did! Bonnet was listed on craigslist and we could not believe how much this gal was selling her for. Her pedigree can be found on www.allbreedpedigree.com/genuine+lil+bonnet She has some great breeding and she will make a super Mounted Patrol horse for Barry. She is 5 years old and the training she has is unbelievable. All she needs is a tune up.




Dad.....

He is doing great!!! He doesn't have to have PT, OT or Speech Therapy. He is going to Cardio Rehab 3 times a week. He thinks he is going Deer Hunting this year. However we first have to see what the Doctor says on November 3rd.
The other news we found out is that he does have other build up in some arteries in the heart. But he does have medications to help slow it down. That we will take because we feel what he did was a warning sign that something was wrong and it was time to get it checked. Now we will be on top of it!

Emerald, WI

We are just a bout ready to head out and drive to Emerald, WI. We found a horse online that we are interested in. She is well bred, trained, and 5 years old. She will make an awsome Mounted Patrol horse.

So today we leave to Emerald, WI and we will spend the night somewhere in New Richmond. Pick up the horse tomorrow and drive back. I will post more and put a picture of her next week. Also, will do a Dad update.

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Dad Update

Time for the Dad update...

The prayers did it! My Dad is doing great!!

The Sunday after he went into Cardiac Arrest they started to wean him off all the drugs he was on to bring him around. The first thing they did was to see if he could breathe with out the respirator. Then they removed the tube. They wanted to know how is mental state was but with the report we were getting that he was able to identify everyone and say he wanted out...THAT was a good sign. Before I go on...Sunday was the first time I had seen my Dad since this all started. I, of course, lost it when I seen him lying there all hooked up, tube down his throat, and so out of it. Very hard to see.
Anyway, he was awake and during the week everything happened so fast. He still was without food and you could tell he was so hungry but his swallowing reflexes were not the best yet. Then they got out of bed to sit in a chair for a while. He liked that but it was still tough to see someone so independent become dependent. By Thursday he was whisked away and they put in a Medtronic Device called a Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. They felt that what triggered this whole thing was "electrical". In fact wherever this is in the brain, Dad did suffer some slight injury but it will heal in time. Dad was discharged out of CCU and moved to Telemetry and stayed there for a couple of days. After that he went right into Rehab. He improved so fast that he claimed his independence and was ready to go home. So last Friday he refused the wheelchair and wanted to walk out of the hospital. That he did!
He is home now. Off and on he talks with us about what had happened. He then told us that he saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Someone was standing in this light but didn't get to see who it was. I told him maybe it was someone keeping him from entering because it was not his time to go. Or maybe it was someone leading him to it. I guess I would like to look at it the other way.
Now that he is home he will be continuing his recovery with Cardiac Rehab, Doctors appointments and eating healthy. We all will be. We will take this one day at a time and thank God for everyday he gives us with Dad.

Please, Please...PLEASE!

After these last 5 days it is really starting to sink in that my brother, Tom and I used 2 person CPR to save our father. I can't stress enough the importance of taking a class. Be certified because you never know...

As of today my Dad is doing good but we still have a long road ahead of us. The Doctors say it is very positive. Will he be the same? We don't know but we will do whatever it takes to help him through this.

I will have to post an update soon as to what has happened in the last 5 days. The prayers are still needed...they are working.

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Dad....

This is probably the hardest thing for me to do. But I am here alone right now and need to kind of "vent", more in a sad way. This is a day I need to mark down because it will be one we as a family will never forget.

My Mom woke me up this morning saying Dad collapsed. My God! I went into actions thinking it was an injury or something. But I went out side to the porch and there we was lying there. I am not going to go into details because it's a picture I kind of want to erase. My Dad was unresponsive. I shook him, nothing. Told Mom to dial 911 now. She woke up my brother and he rushed out. Between him and I we started CPR...I started the compressions and he kept Dad's head tilt back and tried to keep his airway open. I kept these compressions going until help arrived and they took over. Again I won't go into detail as they worked on him. When he left they had him breathing and a pulse.

He made it to the hospital and then airlifted him to another with a great cardiac unit. I will have to kid my Dad for flying in a helicopter and he wasn't too wake to know it. Anyway, he did make to that hospital which is a real good sign. They said he did indeed go into full cardiac arrest. He had a very bad clogged artery. So right now they have cooled him down to keep him paralyzed, his color is good, heart rate and blood pressure normal. There was no damage to the heart. They told Mom that they do not anticipate any problems for the next couple of days. They will start the process of warming him up on Sunday and we will go from there.

The outlook...too early to tell but without the first onset of CPR and then the defib...

She's back but....

Rheeya is back. We found her at the pound. I guess she was picked up that night both dogs ran off. AND we drove around, too. After 10 days we decided to call H.A.R.T. which a our local shelter. I gave them the description of Rheeya and Digger. They told me they had a black lab/mix female that was brought in on July 26th around the County Rd 1 and 66 intersection. They told me she was the only one picked up. So where is Digger???

The next day I went down to the shelter and yep, it was her. $160.00 dollars later we bailed her out of the shelter's jail and brought her home. It is still hard to try and be happy and sad at the same time because Digger is still gone. We hope that someone has him. Either they are waiting for someone to place an ad for a reward or what... We keep checking in with the shelter to see if he has been either picked up or turned in. We just don't know where to look anymore. We are trying not to think the worst.

We are still holding out hope.....