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Day 13 - Setting the scene... Imagine standing on top of a hill in the snow fields, sleeting rain, gail force winds, looking after three kids, all with the flu and getting really bored.........oh did I mention the mud! Well I don’t feel too from that. I was woken around 5am this morning by an escapee horse, who was entertaining himself with bags of carrots and Mitavite’s Xtra Cool....must taste good as he seemed to choose that over anything else!! Once he filled his stomach he made his way around tormenting the other horses, and took a particular liking to Milo who seemed to, not quite return the hope of friendship. Milo is content with his buddy Zac; he is a "low maintenance" mate. Zac plays when Milo wants to play, eats when he eats, and when Milo is keen to show Zac interesting things going on, Zac tries to take some interest......pity most men cant be as obliging!!! Today is pretty miserable. I put the horses out in their yards, but they weren't enjoying themselves, so I brought them back into their stables. Everyday less treatment is required by our vets, just monitoring temps and oral antibiotic. It appears that all horses will require 2-3 weeks off after all symptoms of the flu have gone, severity needs also to be taken into consideration. The two major factors would be high temps and coughing. The horses will require light work and monitoring to see whether or not they may require more treatment or whether we could start to increase their workload. This leaves Nicole T., Kyla and myself out until a least mid to late October, and then of course considering around 3-5 weeks to return to their previous fitness and performance. Wow, I need to read that a few times it seems so unreal and was not in my programme for the year!! Amy (Kyla’s mare) has quite a snotty nose today and has hurt her back leg, not badly but it is swollen and sore. Milo has still got his dry cough, but his nose and temp are good. Zac has a snotty nose and boredom has led him to believe that being pushy and nibbling are acceptable under these circumstances, and as much I as I really love him, he did get a little smack. We were scheduled for a game of touch footy today but the weather has kept us all indoors, so it will be a day to catch up with Dr Phil and Oprah and give the horses warm molasses feeds. They did get warm toast as a part of their brekky, which they all appreciated...I think???? Well signing off with the usual plea......Can you all please take the advised steps to help contain this virus, this includes no farriers and coaches!!! It is very contagious and trust me you do not want your horses getting it. Thank you all for your support and kind words and messages. From the 2 Nicoles - Nicole Magoffin from Warwick and Nicole Tough Nicole Tough's First Report Nicole Tough's Update 28 August Nicole Magoffin's Update 29 August Update - Day 8 from "Morgan Park Town" Pictorial of "Morgan Park Town", Warwick Quarantine by the 2 Nicoles Update - 5 September
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