Our beautiful boy Simi came to us with slight lameness issues many years ago, but unfortunately it has now progressed to a level that can no longer go unattended. In fact, we have tried chiropractors, acupuncture, osteopathy, Chinese medicine and vet checks, but we finally decided to pull out the big guns and send him to West Coast Equine Hospital in Somis for an MRI of all four legs. He has to be put under general anesthesia for this procedure and then stay for another 24 hours until the results from the images are back. Hopefully, they find a treatable issue, but if it turns out otherwise, then he will officially be retired, be used for gentle walks and have the primary job of being top dog of the barn. It was also his first time in a trailer in five years, and Olenka, Kalyna and I had a good time helping him load, hitching up the trailer and driving off the property for the first time in a long time!