The vet came out on Friday to do the horses’ annual shots. They only get the basics – tetanus and encephalitis – since they never see any other horses to get any other diseases. Usually it’s fine, but this time for whatever reason Isadora got a reaction to it. She was very lethargic Friday night and ate maybe half her grain/pellets, which is sad because right now her PM feed is only 1 pound. Her back hocks (ankles) are also VERY swollen. She already has known arthritis there, so I’m guessing it got exacerbated. Saturday morning she only ate half of her senior feed/pellets, which isn’t as bad, as her AM feed was about 3 pounds. Her hocks were still really swollen, though, so I gave her some Banamine (anti-inflammatory). It seemed to help her ouchies, but her hocks were still swollen by evening. She did eat all her food though. Sunday she seemed to be feeling much better but still had very swollen hocks. I gave her the rest of the Banamine that I had on hand (half of which she spit out, thank you very much!). Unfortunately, from what I’ve read, this reaction can last up to 5-7 days. But, also that we can premedicate with an anti-inflammatory a few days in advance next year to help prevent this. Dharma, incidentally, had absolutely no problems at all.