I checked in on Laxmi the other day. She is a downer cow and care has shifted from life saving to hospice. As for cause, quoting the above link, “Many types of injuries and diseases can produce a downer. Most commonly is calving difficulties (too big of calf to pass through the pelvis, mispresentation of calf, pulling calf too soon before cow was ready to deliver, cow strained too long to get the calf out).” In Laxmi’s case, the breech twinned birth as a heifer causing a prolonged labor.

This is being difficult for some devotees to accept, typically those who whose only relationship with the cows has been through an agrarian romantic vision and milk consumption or a passing acquaintance at festivals. Devotees who have been, as is typical for modern Americans, shielded from the reality of death.

Death is never pretty. It has been said that it is easy to die, but hard to watch someone die.

She is in a stall at the temple barn so it is possible to see her there and chant with her. Chanting will do her more good than hassling her caretakers to take futile measures that will only cause her pain.

She needs a miracle at this point not further veterinarian care, and chanting will be the best method for devotees to feel like they are doing something and for Laxmi to have an auspicious passing or for some miracle to occur.

I will develop this more on the Brijabasi Spirit in the next couple of days, but have been lax in posting here so wanted to update this topic as I have already addressed her problems here.