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[CapricornFarm]

Same thing. They don't bother to come up for them. I've seen them eat the flakes that sink to the bottom so they probably do the same with the pellets. It's going to take them some more time to acclimate to being in a pond versus a big glass fish bowl.

Yeah, get sinking pellets.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I just got off the phone with the doctor that's been taking care of DH. They've got him off the Haldol and onto the antipsychotic he was prescribed a week ago. He's doing very well on it. He's stabilized.

The social worker assigned to his case is going to contact Vestal Park nursing home where I wanted him to go for the next stage. They didn't outright reject him when they found out what was going on but wanted him stabilized. Now that he's been stable for 48 hours hopefully they will come in and do their own evaluation and he will move directly from the hospital to Vestal Park.

I asked about what exactly is the infection that they are treating him for because he's still on IV antibiotics. He has a staph infection in his bladder and he will come off those IV antibiotics on Sunday. Hopefully he'll be transferred to a room at Vestal Park Sunday or Monday.

My mom is at my sister's house and things are very very tough on sis. They could not get a catheter in mom because she has so much abdominal edema. So she's going to have to go to Mercy House without the catheter. That makes things harder for everybody.

When we couldn't get a catheter in a woman in the hospital, we would put a pillow under her butt and then it was much easier to insert. Anatomy varies, so sometimes you need to look around.

 

[DobieLover]

When we couldn't get a catheter in a woman in the hospital, we would put a pillow under her butt and then it was much easier to insert. Anatomy varies, so sometimes you need to look around.

The abdominal edema is a complicating factor as is her anatomy.

 

[DobieLover]

Good frosty morning Cafe. Hot coffee is ready.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee.

I'm now juggling 4 broodies. Sour, if this was your idea for a distraction you went a bit far with it.

I inadvertently dropped the broody GPS, and it was pointed North.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Good morning! It wanted to be frosty here, but stopped at 37 and dewy.
Have a great weekend!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I just sat down to dinner. And it's a real dinner. I made a garden salad and put scrambled egg whites on it for protein. They were left over from making my mom a batch of butterscotch pudding from scratch. That's her favorite and I've never made pudding from scratch before.
I dropped that off and brought Skittles so she could see him. Went home to change and feed the dogs then went to the hospital to feed DH his dinner. He passed out after dinner so I left and picked up some groceries, went home, covered all my tender plants for tonight's frost then started to cook. I made a frittata, a beef Crock-Pot soup recipe and the salad.
I've set aside 4 eggs from today's haul for Astrid. I'll take 4 from tomorrow's too. They are on the counter in a pink carton to make them all girls. I think she'll be ready by Saturday.
I was short 2 on head count tonight. Tink was in a nest box. No surprise there. McKenzie was in another one. BIG surprise there. I'm now juggling 4 broodies. Sour, if this was your idea for a distraction you went a bit far with it.

Get polish chickens. Very few broody issues.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Good morning Cafe! Thanks for the coffee DL!

Overcast here but bright! Planning my dahlia beds to see how many tubers/varieties I can fit in.

 

[DobieLover]

Got the dogs out for their daily hike.

A big fat woodchuck ran through the main pavilion and Bella caught sight of it and went after it. Now she's acting crazy trying to find more! I always like her to go into an area to clear it before Piper shows up because these woodchucks are much bigger than Piper is.

Bella is rolling in the grass in the patch of shade.

It's in the low 50s now. She is very heat intolerant.

 

[aart]

A big fat woodchuck ran through the main pavilion and Bella caught sight of it and went after it.

Did she get it?!

Nice and cool this morning. Hot temps coming, but still cool nights.
Very stubborn broody still ticking after more than a week.
I've released her 3 times within an hour of roosttime and she's yet to go to roost. SMH.
I've got to get up off my lazy butt and get some things done.
Haul the extension ladder out and get the main shade cloth up.
Haul a smaller ladder around and open up all the coop windows.
Change out the bedding in the coop.
Each of these things will be hard on my weak body so my weak mind rebels.