Good Morning! Glad to hear the heifer is doing better, Karl. What do you feed your chickens? I've been wondering if there is a cheaper, more natural alternative to the Purina crumbles. Kaj- that sounds too cold for me to camp, too! 35 is about as cold as I can stand it for camping - and that is using the camper van with a little space heater in it!
Oesdog - yes, they can be both - there is a thread on here about that - some are one gender on one side and one on the other!
Well, I just have to rant. You can ignore it - it might get long. I mentioned a few months about about my son continuing to wet himself. I finally made an appointment with his pedicatrician, who was great. Said it sounded like a muscular thing, not a behavioral thing, and refered me to a pedicatric urologist. His teacher had told me she needs us to get it under control over winter break - he's in danger of getting kicked out of pre-school if we don't, basically.
So I went to this fancy urologist and he treated me like a hysterical, over-reactive mother who doesn't have the patience for potty-training. I'm so upset. The first thing he did was ask me if it was my idea or my doctor's idea to see him! I said, "his doctor"! He barely asked any questions - like, when does it happen, how frequent, ect. Nothing! I kept interjecting stuff, like the fact that I never even see him do the "pee pee dance" because he never seems to know he needs to go! He talked about constipation several times, despite my assurance that it is NOT an issue. Then when he left he had his nurse come in to tell me about high-fiber diets for kids!!
To top it all off - he asked if my son is an only child. What the (&*(^& does that have to do with the fact that he has no control over his bladder muscle!? So the kicker - this appointment cost $650 of the money alloted to me toward the deductable for my insurance (the school system insurance is weird - it's not out of my own pocket, but if I use up what they give me, then I have to start paying high co-pays). He at least did an ultrasound (for 2 minutes) and said his kidneys and bladder look normal.
So the appointment was pretty much useless, and the regular pedicatrician was far more helpful.
So I don't know what to tell his teacher, but the pediatrician gave me a note to tell them to let him wear pull-ups for now, and the urologist gave me one for him to go to the bathroom every two hours. Except that even if he does use the bathroom, sometimes he wets himself 20 mintues later, so again, useless......
Anyway, I'm going to finish puttin my Christmas stuff away and cleaning my house. Start the new year off fresh and organized!! Have a good day, chicken wranglers!
Oesdog - yes, they can be both - there is a thread on here about that - some are one gender on one side and one on the other!
Well, I just have to rant. You can ignore it - it might get long. I mentioned a few months about about my son continuing to wet himself. I finally made an appointment with his pedicatrician, who was great. Said it sounded like a muscular thing, not a behavioral thing, and refered me to a pedicatric urologist. His teacher had told me she needs us to get it under control over winter break - he's in danger of getting kicked out of pre-school if we don't, basically.
So I went to this fancy urologist and he treated me like a hysterical, over-reactive mother who doesn't have the patience for potty-training. I'm so upset. The first thing he did was ask me if it was my idea or my doctor's idea to see him! I said, "his doctor"! He barely asked any questions - like, when does it happen, how frequent, ect. Nothing! I kept interjecting stuff, like the fact that I never even see him do the "pee pee dance" because he never seems to know he needs to go! He talked about constipation several times, despite my assurance that it is NOT an issue. Then when he left he had his nurse come in to tell me about high-fiber diets for kids!!
To top it all off - he asked if my son is an only child. What the (&*(^& does that have to do with the fact that he has no control over his bladder muscle!? So the kicker - this appointment cost $650 of the money alloted to me toward the deductable for my insurance (the school system insurance is weird - it's not out of my own pocket, but if I use up what they give me, then I have to start paying high co-pays). He at least did an ultrasound (for 2 minutes) and said his kidneys and bladder look normal.
So I don't know what to tell his teacher, but the pediatrician gave me a note to tell them to let him wear pull-ups for now, and the urologist gave me one for him to go to the bathroom every two hours. Except that even if he does use the bathroom, sometimes he wets himself 20 mintues later, so again, useless......
Anyway, I'm going to finish puttin my Christmas stuff away and cleaning my house. Start the new year off fresh and organized!! Have a good day, chicken wranglers!
