Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[baymule]

Hoping that this is the last surgery on that eye! I know both of you will be relieved to have it done.

yeah, get them a doctor close to you. I have a feeling that you might have them for a long time.

 

[NH Homesteader]

I wish you lived here- my doctor actually specializes in geriatrics and he is AMAZING. I hope you're able to find someone closer and get their medications sorted out, etc. I had a feeling something like that was happening, with the questions about your mom's meds. I imagine it was hard for your brother, having to parent your parents must be difficult. Would have been better if he had communicated though!!

Hope your husband's surgery is the last!!

I have a doe that I would swear looks pregnant. But she has literally been with a buck for 2 days, and she looked like that before. She's really ballooned in the past few weeks. Darn Nigies, at least they're efficient with feed! Hard to keep my big mini alpine heavy enough and my Nigie thin enough without feeding separately.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I wish you lived here- my doctor actually specializes in geriatrics and he is AMAZING

I wish I could find amazing here!

So glad that part of today is over. We sat for FOUR hours at the surgery center before they got DH even to pre-op. GRRRRRR! Doc says the procedure went well....but I've heard that before. He told us at the last visit that he was going to put a stitch in the lens to hold it in place and today he tells me he decided not to. Soooo, my question is this: if the lens shifted before - what's to keep it from shifting again? I don't EVER want to do this again...and DH especially doesn't. He's in bed. I was going to try to catch a little nap - but didn't work out so well. Mom got out of bed right about the time we got home.

I didn't feed this morning before we left so I'm feeling pretty guilty about that. Eh - they'll get a good dinner and that's the best I can do. They won't starve.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Eh they all have stuff to browse on right? They'll survive!

Hope there is a better outcome of this surgery. How frustrating it all has been thus far. At least you could get a break on something, that would be nice.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

They did survive - at least sorta... Geeze - noticed one of the yearling goats has bottle jaw. Checked her membranes and she is sooo pale. Thanks Hurricane Harvey... more of that rain, wetness and heat that makes for perfect parasite weather. And, I haven't been as observant as I should have been. Gave her an Ivomec plus and a B-complex injection. Strangest thing - she's fat and slick and has a great appetite and she felt good enough to be thoroughly PI$$ED off at me for sticking her.

I have to get out there this weekend and check everybody over real well. Gotta get 'er done! And - I need to haul some more round bales. I want at least 3 more...probably more since it's only $20 bucks a bale! It was late cut, and a little stemmy. Means they'll probably waste some of it so I'll just get some extra.

 

[NH Homesteader]

How much hay do you go through? Dare I ask... Lol!

Glad you caught her. Darn water, goats really should stick to living in the desert!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Last year I bought 6 round bales and 50 squares... I think. I still had part of a round bale left. I'm gonna skip the square bales this year and go totally with rounds. Before it's all over with, I think I'll probably end up getting about 8ish. This hay is not sprayed so I can use it in the garden too...heck...maybe I'll get 10!

Need to start looking for a Kiko buck. I was on some website the other day and saw a POLLED Kiko! I think the Kiko horns are beautiful - but I won't have a horned goat. Soooo, I need to make arrangements for a bottle baby so I can disbud or figure something out. I would rather buy an older buckling... a yearling maybe, so I can pick one that has conformation to complement my girls. I'm not raising show goats anymore, but there are some traits that I tend not to compromise on. I like a good topline and a long, level as possible, hip. A lot of Kiko's are the opposite with big dips in their topline and very steep rumps. Call me picky I guess.

 

[baymule]

I hope your husband has good results THIS time! Poor man, he has been through the wringer.

 

[NH Homesteader]

A polled kiko! Lovely! There is a farm in NH that raises kikos I just found. Big money but beautiful, beautiful goats. It's hard to find ones that cut it as a milk animal, around here anyway.

I wish I had a tractor, round bales are so much cheaper! I go through 100-150 square bales. So maybe 600 lbs of hay? What's that, a round bale or two? Lol

 

[NH Homesteader]

Sorry I missed a zero, lol. Try 6,000. I can't edit on this darn phone.