This Novermber the 19th will be 9 years since CC's bladder stone removal surgery, she still gets the Kidney herbs every day, knock on wood hasn't had another bladder infection in the last 7 years (we avoid electrolytes with sugar, learned the hard way and watermelon in very small amounts to boot) went 4 years with no new stones so we were able to by pass the ultra sound follow ups for the last 5 years, only have to go back if she has any new symptoms. CC will be 20 this next year, I don't run her anymore but have continued to ride her usually about 3-4 times a week from March to November and then she gets winters off except a weekend here and there.

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Adding another year to our journey!!! CC will be 21 this spring, she is fat and sassy and enjoys running amok in her pasture and the occaisionaly trot around with me on weekends thru the oak tress.  She is still your typically "chesnut mare", LOL!!!! Still using ENC kidney herbs for her kidney health  and Cur-ost products for Joint and body. Strangely enough, she requires the least maintanence of the 3 OG's at 31 Lengths Farms but of course she is the youngest by a year also.  She still meets me at the gate, shoves her head in the halter and out paces me to the trailer to get saddled, also still grabs her azz when turkeys or deer or birds jump out of bushes, or the wind sneaks up on her, or a leaf falls that wasn't planned meanwhiile giving zero cares about the truck with a bad muffler or a pipe trailer rattling down the road...its  the "natural" things that are out of place in her world. Funny because she is pastured 24/7 right in the middle of turkey, deer, birds, bees, leaves, wind but it has no place in her world when she is saddled apparently. 

And today is officially her 10 year anniversary of the bladder stone removal!!!

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I know a lot of the people that orignally followed her story are no longer on here but CC deserves that I continue to tell her story so here we are!

Man oh man, your tenacity and dedication is so impressive!  My compliments!

I remember you going through this. I am so glad she is still doing well. What a ride she has given you! I don't get on here much, maybe a couple times a year. 

LOL, my mom and dad didn't raise any quiters

There were a lot of moments early on with CC that I wanted to quit, after the 3rd buck off when she fractured my sternum , my knee cap , separated my shoulder and gave a couple of my ribs some new area's that look a bit suspicious on x-rays. We got thru that stage, took me awhile to figure out I couldn't grab her face and put my legs on her at the same time when she spooked, one or the other, but not both.  Then Fatchance saved me with a "keep thier feet moving" post, another life changer for CC and I. And then Diane Guinn helped me a ton with a bridle change when we finally got to running barrels. All the people that prayed for her when she fractured her stifle in 2011, then the mountain lion attack in 2012 and her kidney and bladder diagnonisis in 2014.

It's been a journey and our Guardian Angel has some worn wings to say the least but not without benefit of a fabulous little red headed beast with chrome still helping make me smile every day!