I wanted to provide a happy update all this time later. The new pen is almost complete and the boys got to check it out for the first time yesterday.
Little fella's wound is closed up nice, even though he is still licking at it a good deal because it still has some seepage as it heals.
You would never know it without seeing the outer range of his shaved little bald patch at a distance and him licking at it. My husband was standing with them exploring the new pen and I went to grab some hay to get them back to the barn. I whistled like always, and if that boy didn't get a little running canter going to get his grub.
Today I had them out for awhile and back to the barn to get their wounds cleaned up as the ears still need some healing work. Dad's looks so much better, while son his ear is slower getting there. So I was cleaning dad's first because he is usually harder to get your hands on. If that boy didn't stand up on his hind legs, throw the wounded shoulder up there, and have both feet on top of their little house trying to get in the feed.
We've still got a LOT of mental healing to do and some physical, but the fact they are moving around alive eating vocalizing and happy....it is more than I can put into words. I thought we were going to lose this boy the first few nights. I didn't know if he would get on his feet again. With a lot of encouragement and some backaches helping him stand up the first little bit...I could cry thinking about him trying to drag himself around versus sprinting out to his brush pile now. He looks a bit wonky with half an ear and a hole in the other ear and two bald patches where he had stitches, but he's alive and literally able to gallop around and practice his "spin" like nothing ever happened.
If someone else has a critter with the same situation just keep at it and I really hope this gives you some positivity.
GREAT job!!
