Ugh.

Well, Lexi got ultrasounded Monday and it turns out that she didn't catch. :( *sigh* So they're going to try and crush the cysts on her ovaries that may be giving her a problem, flush her out, and try it again. We left her there Monday night, and I'm picking up more sperm (for another $275) tomorrow morning.

This is frustrating, maddening, and disappointing all at the same time...I hope everything goes well this time, if not, we'll have to wait until next year and try again.

Time to run up another tab...

Woohoo!

Well, the vet gave us quite a surprise today. Since Lexi hurt herself at their clinic, they didn't charge for stitching her up, only for her antibiotics. I won't add those to the "overall vet cost" though, since it didn't have anything to do with reproduction. :)

She ovulated!! Yes! So now it's just up to those little swimmers to do their job. :) Wish us luck with the pregnancy test on the 28th!

She's Home!

Well I picked Lexi up from the vet's this morning. She hadn't ovulated when they checked her earlier so they bred her again with the second dose before I got there.

She needs to be at the vets at 8:30 in the morning Monday to see if she's ovulated yet, if not, we'll have to order more sperm...at a cost of $275. Pray that she ovulates, please.

Why I Love Owning Unpredictable Horses...

As you all know, I dropped Lexi off at the vets earlier this week for her AI. They have a very nice facility (they had better, as I'm paying $45 a night for it) and wounderful turnout. She's living the high life for the week, being pampered and coddled and ooohed and ahhhed over. So what does she decide to do?

Of course, because it is one of my horses and they cannot go a month without hurting themselves (Anyone remember Sneak and his Phantom That Nearly Cut His Leg Off incident a few months back?) she takes a chunk out of her rear end.

And when I say "chunk" I mean "huge gash in which muscle is bulging out of." Ugh. At least it was at the vet's, right?

But that's not the best part! What's great is how she managed to do this in the nice, wonderful, safe, secure vet hospital! Apparently Miss Priss did not like the feed bin where it was at. Oh no. It would look much nicer on the floor. At which time I can then lay on it, effectively cutting my rear end open and adding ANOTHER $100 or so dollars to momma's vet bill.

For Pete's sake, I already owe them just about my first born, now they'll want my 2nd and 3rd, too!

*sigh*

However, mom and I did go on the Sperm delivery today. She had never seen Lucks before and the breeding farm was only a couple hours away, so we (being the silly girls that we are) figured ROAD TRIP. Maybe not such a good idea with the thunderstorms and tornado watches and what have you, but hey, we're McCardell/Bokkon girls. We aren't known for being rational. We even came up with a name and slogn for ourselves: Sperm Girls, "We haul it as fast as you can blow it!"

Okay...so maybe not such a great idea for the younger crowd. We'll be sure to work on that. :D

Back on track, Lexi was bred today and will be checked tomorrow morning to see if she has ovulated yet. If she hasn't, she will be bred again using the second dose of sperm we got. Either way, I'll be picking her up tomorrow morning.

Wish us luck that she took and NO TWINS! Keep your fingers crossed. :)

Follicles and Gas Stations

Well the vet took a look at Lexi last night at said that her follicle was about at a 27. She is going to check it tomorrow morning and see where it's at, but most likely we'll be breeding her around Friday.

I contacted the breeding farm and they said no problem, so I'm all set. Now we just have to wait for Lexi's reproductive organs to work with us!

On another note, the vet also said that all Lexi does when she's turned out is watch the people at the gas station nearby. Apparently, she's quire enthralled with the goings on at the local Shell. What a weird little mare I have...

The Longest Week of Our Lives

My mom always says "Wear clean underwear to the doctors," so I figured why not use the same principal for Lexi? The weather finally hit over sixty so my dear got her second bath of the year. She wasn't very happy. Actually, she was an emotional wreck. (Or rather, as "emtional" as she gets. Which is better than a lot of mares I've met on their good days.) Apparently the shot worked. :)

Well I accomplised a couple things to do with the breeding this morning. I managed to get Lexi to the clinic with minimal drama. I also faxed over my card info to the breeding center to pay the final amount of $275 for collection & handling.

How exciting! Just a few more days and I'll - maybe - be a grandma-in-waiting!

Jump Start That Cycle!

Today I had class in the morning, so I pulled in the drive around 12:30 this afternoon and the vet was just leaving! So I missed Lexi getting her shot to jump start her heat cycle.

The vet said she may act "crampy" or "colicy" but don't worry about it. She said it's best just to not look and ignore her for a while. o.o Eep. So I just looked out the window about an hour ago and she's out eating with everyone and being her normal Big Bad Boss Mare self so (hopefully) she's past the worst of it.

Monday we drop her off at the vets! Yay!