An Important Update on our Herd: This βSβtorm has officially passed βοΈ
This morning, exactly 4 months to the day after our closure on December 3rd, we got word that our final Red Zone horse received a negative GPL test. No more positive horses. No more Red Zone. No more quarantine. No more Strangles.
Some time this week weβll post an update with some final thoughts, important thank-yous, and updates on things to come. Today weβre just thanking our lucky stars that this chapter is behind us, because storms get tired too π
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The "S" word. Day 23.
When you are going through hell, keep going.
Today, morale is running a bit low. We ran our third round of tests on Monday, and while the horse who tested positive last week tested negative this week (+), we did receive another positive (-). This means we restart the clock to 21 days as of December 18th for one half of the Orange zone.
We thought we would share a short video of the herd doing the great job they do.
With the holidays, our next round of testing will happen on January 2nd. In the meantime, the horses in both zones are doing well. There are no symptoms, no temperatures. One of the original 5 tested negative this week as well. Two more tests, and that horse will move out of the isolation zone. The remaining 4 are healing quickly. All are eating us out of house and home.
Our Holiday wish was an announcement that part of the herd would be moving to the Green zone. Instead, we are maintaining our herd in Orange, with the hopes that the tests on January 2nd will show us some Green π. The second week of camp is cancelled. The team on the ground is tired, frustrated, and sore. We are all wondering how horses can test negative, then positive, then negative. What does that mean? Which tests do we believe? Where does that leave us, and how do we proceed?
The "S" word is sneaky, and it is a frustrating reminder that life is neither perfect nor logical. We have plans upon plans, what if scenarios, solid day to day processes to keep this herd safe.
So many people have shared their generosity and well wishes with us. To all of you, a heartfelt thank you. Your support means the world to us. We don't know how we could survive without it.
We want to be through this. We will get through this. Today, what we really want to know is, when?
And that is a question no one can answer.
#thisStormwillpass
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