Help to pay Belle’s colic surgery costs

the video of Gracie trying to save Belle ❤️ This is Belle. She was my Mum’s pony, 
kept at my stables and my two
boys, Isaac (3) and Ezra (1) adored her. 
She was always so happy and pleased to see you. Despite being a bit big for the
boys she was so gentle with them. Belle
fractured her leg 8 years ago and Mum
nursed her back to health. She also made a best friend in Brian, a retired jockey
who was 94 who went to see her every
day to help with her recovery. 

Can’t believe I’m writing her into the past
tense. Sadly she had to be put to sleep on
the 10th April (Isaac’s birthday) . This was following a brave battle with colic
(horses can’t be sick so can get very ill).
She got cast in the school whilst we
were waiting for the vet. We couldn’t get
her up no matter what we tried. Gracie
my jumping horse came to the rescue in true unicorn style (as you can see in the H&H article) ❤️. She jumps over the 5 bar gate to get her up. 

Belle went into Bell Equine, they gave
her a 60-80% chance of a full recovery so Mum felt she had to give her the chance
to make it despite the £8,000
approximate cost. She wasn’t insured
due to her being 28. When they were
doing the surgery they found her
stomach was attached to her abdomen
which is very rare.

She made it  through the surgery to
remove an impaction and seemed to be making a good recovery, so much so she was able to come home for a few days,
sadly she stopped eating and had to be readmitted. They found some food outside of her stomach so there was a leak and
sadly couldn’t be saved. The vets were
really upset, they loved her personality and said she fought really hard to make it. 

We miss her so much. Isaac hasn’t asked me where she is yet, it will be hard to findthe words. Mum’s vets bill is now around £9,000 which adds to the heartbreak. So I wanted to set up this page to see if we
can go some way to help with the cost for her. 

Any donations are appreciated thank
you so much ❤️❤️

Here is the link to the Horse & Hound
article about Belle & Gracie... 

https://trib.al/k2jrAni