Serenity
21 years old | Percheron | Ex-Killpen Horse | Sanctuary Resident | Gentle Giant
“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3 NLT
Sometimes rescue is getting them out; more often, the real rescue begins after they arrive.
When Serenity (Sarah) came to Iron Giants, she was barely a shadow of the horse she was supposed to be.
She was severely underweight. Her hooves had been neglected for so long they were overgrown and curling. Rain rot covered her body so badly that when she was brushed, pieces of skin would come away with it. And underneath everything we could see was something we couldn’t.
Serenity was battling a severe case of EPM and the neurological damage it had caused.
She was scared. She was physically struggling. And emotionally, she had simply shut down.
It’s hard to look at a horse in that condition and not wonder what she experienced before she finally made it somewhere safe.
But then something started to change.
Meal by meal. Appointment by appointment. Pound by pound.
Serenity started coming back.
Today, looking at her, you might never guess just how far she has come. She has gained over 500 pounds, her coat has become healthy and full of shine, her body has begun to heal, and there is life in this beautiful girl again.
But rescue doesn’t magically erase what happened before.
The neurological damage Sarah experienced still affects her.
She struggles to stand safely for routine hoof care, and something that should take one farrier appointment can require several visits sometimes working on just one hoof at a time because that is all her body can manage.
And yet, she keeps trying.
So do the people caring for her.
Serenity still has healing ahead of her, and we want to give her every opportunity to keep going.
If you would like to become part of her story, you can directly sponsor her care by clicking the button below.
Every donation helps provide the care and resources horses like Serenity need, not just to survive but to finally know what it feels like to be cared for.
She already survived the part of her story she never should have had to endure.
Now we get to help write what comes next.
