flowerbug
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i normally feel really good after i get some exercise in. natural buzz and it also helps the brain fuzz too. 
Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey
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frustratedearthmother
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Oh My Goodness - I'm so excited!!!!! It's almost football season, lol. My Texans play their first pre-season game today! There have been some good additions to the roster and I'm looking forward to seeing what they can bring to the team. Go Texans!!
In other news - lost an old doe this week. She's been gently fading for awhile so it wasn't unexpected. What was unexpected is that my daily milker somehow came in from the pasture with a brand new hernia on her belly. WTHeck? She didn't have it at morning milking and by late afternoon - there it was! I'm kind of shocked. I've seen hernias in newborns but never dealt with one on a 3-year-old doe. This has to be the result of an injury of some type, but I have no idea what or how it might have happened. Honestly, it doesn't bode well for her future. I don't think it's advised to breed a doe with an umbilical hernia for fear of it strangulating and a surgical intervention is not in her future. I guess we'll leave this one to Mother Nature and see how it plays out. If it becomes a bigger problem, she won't be allowed to suffer.
We skipped a couple of workouts this week because of DH's back pain. Got back to it yesterday and will continue on today.
Picked up feed a couple days ago and still don't have it all unloaded. Need to remedy that this morning.
Next on the to-do list is to tidy up the storm shed justincase. It's that time of year...
Gotta get busy.
In other news - lost an old doe this week. She's been gently fading for awhile so it wasn't unexpected. What was unexpected is that my daily milker somehow came in from the pasture with a brand new hernia on her belly. WTHeck? She didn't have it at morning milking and by late afternoon - there it was! I'm kind of shocked. I've seen hernias in newborns but never dealt with one on a 3-year-old doe. This has to be the result of an injury of some type, but I have no idea what or how it might have happened. Honestly, it doesn't bode well for her future. I don't think it's advised to breed a doe with an umbilical hernia for fear of it strangulating and a surgical intervention is not in her future. I guess we'll leave this one to Mother Nature and see how it plays out. If it becomes a bigger problem, she won't be allowed to suffer.
We skipped a couple of workouts this week because of DH's back pain. Got back to it yesterday and will continue on today.
Picked up feed a couple days ago and still don't have it all unloaded. Need to remedy that this morning.
Next on the to-do list is to tidy up the storm shed justincase. It's that time of year...
Gotta get busy.
flowerbug
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re: hernia, possibly from playing around or being butted?
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frustratedearthmother
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Who knows? If I had horned goats I'd blame it on that. OH wait - I do have horned goats, but they're in a separate pen. It could have come from horseplay....I guess I should call it goat play ... but it takes a LOT of force to tear through a muscle like that. I can actually feel the tear in the muscle (under the skin) but I can't get the bulge to go back inside. I think tonight I will pen her up without feed to see if I can get her gut somewhat empty and then hope to get it pushed back. Not holding out much hope that it will be a successful endeavor but maybe worth a try.
