Yesterday was one of the scariest days of my life. Honestly I'm thankful for God allowing me to save Scarlett's life. I turned her out in one of her pastures after we played inside together for a while and I went to go feed the other horses. On my way back to the barn I heard a kind of weak Scarlett whinny, which was weird cause she wouldn't normally whinny for food cause she already had hay that day. When I started to look to see where she was in her pasture, I couldn't really see her, but it looked like she was lying down or something in one of the corners. As I looked harder, I could see that she was upside down with her legs up and I knew she shouldn't be like that. I started to run to help her, hoping she hasn't slipped and broken her leg or something. When I got up to her I said, "Scarlett!" And she whinnied back to let me know she was still okay, but needed help. One of her legs was kind of caught in the fence, but it seemed simple to get her out of it. I tried pushing her to get her to move and flip over but she wouldn't do it on her own. As all of this happened I started crying because I didn't know how long it takes for a horse to die when they are cast and stuck like she was and I was thinking about how I could never imagine life without her. She was still breathing and I wasn't sure if she would accidentally kick me or not but I decided to grab her legs opposite of me and flip her over myself. I did it and she paused for about two seconds then she got up ad trotted away and started bucking and playing just like she was before, reassuring me that she was okay. Like I said, scariest day of my life. If she had done that when I wasn't around, who knows what would have happened. I decided that I could put her in her other pasture instead because it had more grass and was less slippery for her for now while it'll be muddy in the next month or two. Other than that scare it had been a really fun day with her and we got to play and she chased me around the arena and she followed me around and was her normal happy self! I won't see her this week because it's spring break and my family is going to Arizona which makes me safe because I haven't not seen her for a whole week before! My grandma and family friend will be there all week and my cousin will be there to help as well! Ill have her send me pictures of her so I can stay happy without her!
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