This is the final post in Doc's Recovery Journal...  On February 2, 2010, we made the very difficult decision to put Doc down. While he had beaten the polio completely, he could not overcome the shoulder injury that rendered him immobile.

GOD SAW YOU WERE GETTING TIRED
AND A CURE WAS NOT TO BE.
SO HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU
AND WHISPERED 'COME TO ME'
A GOLDEN HEART STOPPED BEATING.
HARD WORKING HOOVES NOW REST.
GOD BROKE OUR HEARTS TO PROVE TO US
HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST.

RIP Pruittville's AC Angelo