Where’s his quality of life?
“YOU WOULD BE well within your rights to put this horse to sleep.” These are the brutally honest words from a referral vet about my beloved King Muro. Hard to hear, yes, but a lifeline follows: “but as he’s such a nice horse, you could see if he responds to treatment.”
In that moment, even with the awful radiographs and MRI scans of King’s front feet on a screen in front of me, I say, “yes, let’s try” without hesitation. But eventually I have to ask myself serious questions about King’s future prospects and quality of life — and
