Hay!

Well the good news is that this morning at 3am, we did our last middle-of-the-night feeding, and now we will be adding a handful of hay into Errika’s diet increasing over a period of 14 days until she is back to regular feeding. 

Errika is getting her hooves done on the 20th, by Stanley, our favorite cowboy/horseman.  Thank You Stanley! 

 

Slow Increase

Errika is now getting one scoop of Equine Senior every 4 hours.  Our schedule is exhausting at times.  We feed around 11pm, and then again at 3am.  But it must be done.  If we lived where she is located it wouldn’t be a problem at all, but it is hard to go to sleep and then have to wake up at 3am.  Luckily we don’t have to feed at 7am and only get 4 hours of sleep.  Matt is doing that for us before he goes to work.  What would we do without Matt? 

Errika still smells like the hospital up at UCD.  What is it exactly that gives it that smell? 

The “Story of Errika” page has been updated, but it is a long story, so I have to write it over a period of days.  The “Progress Gallery” has been updated, please keep checking back for the most current photos. 

Please call or email us with any questions on donations, information or about the binders.  For our phone # please email me at dearerrika@yahoo.com. 

 

Home Sweet Home

Errika has settled into life back at home.  She has been drinking and eating regularly, and passing well.  Doctors orders; since we brought her home we’ve had to keep her on a strict feeding schedule.  She is fed apprx. 1b or one scoop of Equine Senior every 6 hours, and 1-2 cups mineral oil in her Senior once a day.  In two days we will be able to up her grain to every 4 hours, and then later start introducing small (a handful) of hay a day. She has a lot of weight to put on.  We want to be super careful with her feeding and diet, but at the same time we want her to be able gain some weight before winter hits.  This winter we plan on building two portable stalls for Ink (my ottb, and Errika’s man) and Errika.  Errika has done well through the winters outside, but now that she’s older, underweight, and recovering from this whole thing, we want to make it as easy on her as possible, especially if we want to keep putting weight on her during the winter. 

 

Hopeful

Errika is coming home tomorrow evening!  She will have to be stalled for some time, and although she dislikes to be stalled, at UCD she has enjoyed herself.  All that love and attention, who wouldn’t!?

I am hoping that the fundraiser works out well.  I haven’t had an email yet, but it hasn’t been very long.  We already have 153 hits on here in two days!

We are presenting more binders to more businesses tomorrow. 

Please keep up to date on the Progress Gallery, as I will be posting some pictures up there tomorrow when we bring her home.  Errika is so skinny compared to what she used to look like.  She hasn’t been on feed normally for almost three weeks now. 

 

The Errika Fund

Also known as the Dear Errika fund, we are trying to raise money to help pay for the remaining surgery, post op/recovery fee’s.  Errika is not completely in the clear yet (current update on Sep 3rd and 4th will be avaliable tomorrow) but we have an estimated, what was originally thought to be $3,700, now $5,000. 

How are we raising money?  Well to begin with we are selling photos of her in various sizes for money.  We consider these photo sales to be donations, and we are reaching out to local businesses to help.  Local businesses will start getting our message across as early as Wednesday.  They do this by placing our letter to the public on their counters or wherever they feel fit, along with the photo pages (where the public can view which photos to order, as well as prices) and order forms. 

 This website/blog will host our updates on Errika and our fundraising. 

If you wish to donate more than just the prices listed for photos, please email me at dearerrika@yahoo.com.  Anyone who purchases a picture or pictures can be listed on our donaters list here on the site. 

Thank You, and please check back often for the most current updates!

In addition thank you for your concern and help during this time.