Memorable Birth (Sam)

[Sir Peter Solomon]

Peter was just turning his last rounds through the barn, checking in on all of the mares, when the sound of a mare pacing caught his attention. Skipping a few of the stalls, he made his way to the mare that he had heard and looked in on the horse, the black Arabian mare called Memo. She was obviously starting labor, showing most of the classical signs. Peter pulled out his phone as he walked back to the feed room, to pick up a foaling kit. He sent a text through to Samantha, with a short message that the girl's assigned mare had begun labor, and to ignore curfew and make her way down pronto. He also sent a courtesy message to Dr. Carr, although he didn't expect the woman to make her way down yet, just that one of the academy's mares was going into labor.

After he had hit 'send', Peter slipped the phone back into his pocket and picked up a foaling kit. He moved back towards Memo's stall and balanced the foaling kit on the door of the stall. He didn't want to step in and do everything, although if Sam didn't make it down to the barn in the next half an hour, he would. Part of the class was letting students learn about what to do, and while he had to restrain himself sometimes, Peter had told himself he would let them learn.

[Samantha 'Sam' Lawrence]

Sam walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her hair and a pair of shorts and a tee shirt. She sighed softly as she sat down on the edge of her bed and stretched out her legs. When a soft buzzing noise came from her bag she jumped up and went to go check on it. Pulling her phone from her bag she glanced at the message. A large cheeky grin erupted onto her face as she began to collect her clothes. Quickly she got on a pair of jeans and boots before she left. "Well, Memo is going into labor so I'll be back.... sometime." Sam informed Keri as she grabbed her jacket and hang up her towel.

As she walked briskly to Evening Primrose Sam ran her fingers through her slightly tangled hair enough so that she could put it into a bun. Twisting the mass of brown hair around she got it up somewhat neatly though she really didn't care. When she reached the doors her grin returned and steadily grew until she reached Memo's stall where she saw Sir Solomon. First she glanced at the beautiful black mare then back to the man. "Hello Sir, how is the beauty doing?" She grinned lightly at the teacher, ready to start any time, though she was starting to get a bit nervous.

[Sir Peter Solomon]

Peter saw Sam enter the barn and nodded as she approached them, seeing her look at the mare. As she asked how the mare was doing, he smiled, "Well so far, although it is early yet." He nodded at the mare, "The sweating and the kicking at her stomach are signs that she's about ready to go into labor." He picked up the foaling kit and held it out to the girl, "I hope you remember how we talked about wrapping the mare's tail to keep it out of her way?" They had covered that in one of the classes, although he knew some of the students might not have been paying attention as they should have, probably not realizing that they would be the ones taking care of their mares when the time came.

He stepped to the door of the stall and gestured for the girl to go inside, "I'll give you a hint or two if you need it, but I'm sure you've got this part covered." He smiled encouragingly at Sam, then looked back at Memo, who was still continuing her earlier behavior, although he knew that the time was ticking away.

OOC;: I know they didn't talk about it in any of the 'classes' that we had, but of course there were more than two meetings.

[Samantha 'Sam' Lawrence]

Sam smiled softly at the man's reply to her question, noting that it was still early. She said nothing though but listened as he talked about the kicking and sweating and simply nodded her head. Her eyes returned to the black horse as he spoke, then turned back towards Sir Solomon. "Oh I remember how." She said with a smile as reached out for the foaling kit that the man had. She glanced at the contents of the kit, searching for the vet wrap that she planned on using. Sam entered the mare's stall after the teacher had informed her that he would help her along.

"Hey girlie." She spoke softly to the black mare as she walked in. Memo didn't seem to thrilled at Sam's presence at first but accepted her anyway. Sam used her free hand to pet the mare's neck softly. She worked her way to the mare's hindquarters slowly, keeping an eye on Memo's ears and talking to her quietly. She set the foaling kit down and retrieved the vet wrap. Sam stretched out a piece of vet wrap and began wrapping the mare's tail while still glancing at Memo's ears as she did so. She made sure not to wrap too tightly so she wouldn't end up cutting off any circulation. Once she finished she returned the vet wrap to the kit and glanced at Sir Solomon for her next job.

[Sir Peter Solomon]

Peter nodded as he heard that the girl remembered how to wrap the mare's tail. They had done it in class so that the students would remember, and Peter had hoped that all of them would do just that, but he was still slightly surprised to notice that it had actually worked out the way that he had hoped. He stepped back another half-step as Sam entered the stall, to give the girl and mare some more space. Although he had spent time with each mare in turn, trying to make them comfortable in their presence, he had made sure that the equine reproduction students had good bonds with their mares, by asking them to come down to the barn at least three times a week, and he could see that it had paid off in the case of Samantha and Memo.

As Sam finished wrapping up the mare's tail, visibly taking care to keep it loose enough to allow for blood flow, Peter nodded, smiling at the girl, "Good job." He gestured out of the stall with his head, "There's nothing else you can do for her currently, but you're not off of the hook yet." He smiled at her, "You're officially on baby watch now." He glanced at the mare, "It won't be more than half an hour now, so you should be alert." He nodded at the other mares, "I'm going to check on the other girls, but I'll be right here, so get my attention as soon as you see feet." He hoped he wouldn't have to tell the girl not to shout out, as that could disturb the mare, and thus cause complications, but they had covered it in class. Moving away from the mare's stall, leaving Sam to watch over the Arabian, Peter made his way along to look in on each of the stalls that he had skipped before.