Heather Lott-Goodwin, a nurse at the only fully equipped hospital in New Orleans, has seen her share of miseries and miracles in her line of work, but few can surpass those in her personal life. Lott-Goodwin, her husband, and son are Hurricane Katrina survivors. They know first-hand what it is like to turn the living quarters of a horse trailer into a home, be without electricity for six weeks and lose all contact with the outside world.

In the midst of the tragedy last August, Lott-Goodwin’s 6-year-old American Paint Horse gelding, PBJ Decks Smokin Gun, turned up missing. Miles of fencing near Lott-Goodwin’s home were swept away by floodwaters. PBJ Decks Smokin Gun, as well as other horses and cattle Lott-Goodwin owned were lost in the flood and the resulting damage and chaos