Our hearts have been shattered as we had to let our sweet Princess go yesterday. This poor sweet girl came to the rescue on April 11, 2017 - off of a kill buyers truck. They said her to be about 17 then. she recently had a birthday in April. My poor 18 year old sweet Princess came to us with severe heaves - basically a form of major COPD. She has been ill most of the time here - except in the colder months. Since May - I have had to give her meds 2-3 times a day with 3-4 different meds each time. She didn't like it - but always knew I was just trying to help her. her breathing was unbearable - she was loosing weight the last 2 months due to all her energy going into trying to breathe. Nothing was working anymore but I just couldn't let her go... she was ready - Dr Rogers, my personal rescue vet with Hess Equine came last evening and gently laid our girl to rest. Dr. Rogers has been with me this entire year - seeing Princess and myself through every episode that would last about 2 weeks - until this one that has not changed since May - Dr. Rogers was patient with me and Princess, allowing me to keep trying everything although knowing the end result - but giving me time to see for myself. Bless You Dr. Rogers.. This was one of the hardest decisions I had to come to do because I couldn't let Princess suffer anymore like this. President Marty worked all day making her a bed to rest.... She was loved on all day - which was nothing new - bathed and braided her hair- lots of snacks - we all wore purple for her as purple looked beautiful on her. Thank you Todd and Melissa, Ida and Susan for the beautiful flowers. Thank you to all the volunteers this past year who helped to hand feed Princess every single morning making sure she got her allergy pills that were mixed in her food that she would toss around and throw on the ground for all of us to find and hide back in her bucket along with her weight booster and grain...Thanks to everyone for always making her feel special - rubbing her vicks every day on her chest, spine and nose - thank you to Toni and the girls for mixing her up an essential oil calming spray that we sprayed on her a few times a day - Princess was blessed by so many - she was definitely my favorite little girl - because I had to do so much for her - I could never leave the rescue - besides the fact of having so many horses here to take care of - Princess has always been needy and always on a medicine schedule - I feel lost today that I'm not getting meds ready continuously for her and hand feeding her this morning. My heart has been crushed into a million pieces. Rest in Peace my Sweet girl - I will miss you so very much... We all will! Thank you everyone for your love and support. Please remember us here at Central PA Horse Rescue - please help us save more Princess' by donating to centralpahorserescue.org...We gave her an extra year she never would have had filled with love and new friends...And allowed her to pass with gentle hands and dignity. Love you girl!

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