Things are much better today!!

The vet came out and looked at Pistol, and turns out everything will be ok.  Go figure, right???  He was a little concerned about the swelling, but thinks the bute will take it down in a couple days.  Plus, I'm so proud of Pistol for how he handled this whole thing today.  I hadn't worried too much about preparing him to stand inside my garage, because it was supposed to be sunny today.  Well, not 10 minutes before the vet was supposed to arrive, it started POURING.  So we emptied the garage and stood in there with him.  Our pole barn doesn't have lights in the horse side, just a large door to open, and the natural light wasn't enough.  The vet got there, and started poking Pistol, and he just stood there the whole time.  He handled it so well, he didn't even offer to kick or rear or anything.  It turns out too that Pistol is even younger than we realized.  I was told he is 4 years old, but he hasnt lost his 4 year old teeth yet... So the vet thinks he's just barely 4 years old.  Also, I managed to sell my old trailer yesterday, and buy a new one today!  The old one was all open, with a ramp, and it just wasnt safe for me to try and load Pistol in it.  So the new one I bought today was cheaper, newer, and better.  Its 15 years newer, all the lights work, it has inside lights as well as outside, a water tank and hay rack, and 2 closing doors, plus tack storage.  It was almost dark by the time I got it home, but Pistol got super excited about it so I grabbed him and let him investigate it anyways.  He was a little skeptical, one of those "You expect ME to go in THERE?" kinda looks, but I said "nope, just sniff it", which rocked his world, and I got instant release of tension, so we headed back to the pen.  I bet tomorrow he will hop right in once he can see it in full light.  Hopefully I can sleep tonight through the excitment. :D