Granny's gone and done it again

[microchick]

DH and I just put the two cockerels (the Lost Boys) in a dog crate and into the well house for the night. In the morning they will go on that last, long ride ... while we were out there I counted my hens. It looked a little bare out there. There were only 15.... Seriously? DH reminded me two hens are in the brooder with the bibis! Oh yes! So that means we have 17. We've only lost 3 and I know what happened to all of them. So it's all good.

Don't feel bad. I can beat you on that one. I'm watching my Fayoumi hens. I suspect they got ahold of some rodent bait. Not a lot, a small chunk but could cause them a lot of grief and me just plain grief to me. Over two years when my coop was overran with mice I lost about 20 birds to them eating poisoned mice faster than I could get them picked up. Now this trying to eliminate a rat colony that moved in this time last fall. I'm still seeing an occasional rat wander in. We find tunnels in our yard and in our pasture. Believe it or not they are tunneling in deep, going under my hot wire, crossing the run without lifting the soil in order to get to the concrete platform that is under the shed. They remind me of the Graboids from the movie, Tremors. (one of my favorite movies)

I found one dead in the run two days ago after seeing new tunnels under the building and putting out bait. I picked a holder up this morning but somehow they knocked it down and I couldn't find the bait when I locked up.

Always something......Sometimes I get so tired of fighting the rats and mice. One of the reasons I decided not to breed or get any more chickens but just enjoy the ones I have.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I need to potty. Takes me a while. BB

 

[BigBlueHen53]

yum, Its been a long while since I had some good broth like that and I could have today. I got the offer but no way I could ring a neck now

Me neither Granny, I never could! I take them to my Mennonite neighbor who does it professionally. Actually she told me she uses a cone, and she gives them back to me cleanly dressed and ice cold. For $2/ head. You can't beat that with a stick, says I!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Huh, MC! My exterminator assured me the poison they use nowadays won't hurt chickens or cats or anything that eats the mice. That it is specific to mice.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm sad today. My PT is in the hospital, intubated. Not doing well. I really like him. He's sweet and funny and good at his job. We laugh a lot. Last Friday, when he was here last, he seemed a bit "off." I found out he went in the hospital that day. I know he's diabetic but I don't know if that's why. I'll be posting on Prayer Warriors.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'm sad today. My PT is in the hospital, intubated. Not doing well. I really like him. He's sweet and funny and good at his job. We laugh a lot. Last Friday, when he was here last, he seemed a bit "off." I found out he went in the hospital that day. I know he's diabetic but I don't know if that's why. I'll be posting on Prayer Warriors.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

DATE OF OPERATION: 08/04/2025PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), right lowerextremity ischemic rest pain.POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), right lowerextremity ischemic rest pain.PROCEDURES PERFORMED:Right femoral endarterectomy with patch angioplasty.Right external iliac artery stenting with Absolute Pro 8 x 60 mm stent.SURGEON: Steve Chausse, MDASSISTANT: Nick Busken, RNFAANESTHESIA TYPE: General.ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS: Approximately 400 mL.INDICATIONS: This is a 62-year-old woman who presented to the office withcomplaints of bilateral lower extremity short distance claudication. Sheunderwent medical management. When she presented back, she complained ofright lower extremity ischemic rest pain with a reduced ABI to 0.46. Sheunderwent CTA, which revealed a femoral artery occlusion and a high-gradestenosis of the external iliac artery. Plan was thus for femoralendarterectomy with retrograde iliac stenting for which consent wasobtained.PROCEDURE DETAILS: Patient was taken to the hybrid operating room andplaced on the table in supine fashion. After induction of generalanesthesia, a Foley catheter was placed and the abdomen and bilateralthighs were prepped and draped in sterile fashion. Timeout was performed.The right femoral artery was exposed through a longitudinal incision inthe right groin, dissected down through the skin and subcutaneous tissue.Artery was identified posterior to the inguinal ligament. Control wasobtained on the SFA, approximately 2 cm from its origin and the profunda.Proximally, control was obtained of the distal external iliac artery. Thecircumflex iliac vein was ligated. The patient was then heparinized withweight-based heparin. The femoral artery was accessed with amicropuncture needle and a wire was directed up into the external iliacartery, which was a high-grade stenosis. I was then able to place a7-French sheath and then placed a glide catheter into the aorta and thenshot a picture ensuring that we were in true lumen in the aorta. ABentson wire was left in the aorta. The proximal femoral artery was thenclamped as well as the profunda and the SFA. An arteriotomy was made andthen an endarterectomy was performed of the common femoral artery whilethe wire was left in place in the external iliac artery. Iendarterectomized approximately 2 cm of the proximal SFA. There wasbackbleeding from the SFA and the profunda. After obtaining a nice cleanfinish, a Bovine patch was used to sew onto the common femoral artery.Prior to completion of the patch, I placed a 7-French sheath up into theexternal iliac artery and then obtained a retrograde sheath shot. Theproximal external iliac artery had high-grade stenosis. This was stentedwith an 8 x 60 mm stent and ballooned with a 7 x 40 mm balloon.Completion angiogram with a satisfactory result. There was pulsatile flowin the femoral artery. I then removed the sheath and then closed thearteriotomy. There was a Doppler signal in the SFA and the profunda.After obtaining adequate signals, a multilayer closure was done afterplacing a piece of Surgicel over the artery. The femoral sheath wasclosed with 2-0 Vicryl, followed by a second layer of 2-0 Vicryl, 3-0Vicryl, and 4-0 Vicryl for the skin. The patient tolerated the procedurewell. Postop was transferred to recovery in stable condition. All lap,instrument, and needle counts were adequate.ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGSatent aorta and patent bilateral renals.Right common iliac artery aneurysm.High-grade stenosis of the origin of the right external iliac artery and apatent right hypogastric artery.POSTPROCEDURE FINDINGS: Status post stenting of the right proximalexternal iliac artery with an 8 x 60 mm Absolute Pro. There is noflow-limiting stenosis.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I'm sad today. My PT is in the hospital, intubated. Not doing well. I really like him. He's sweet and funny and good at his job. We laugh a lot. Last Friday, when he was here last, he seemed a bit "off." I found out he went in the hospital that day. I know he's diabetic but I don't know if that's why. I'll be posting on Prayer Warriors.

I'm sorry Blue.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

well,if I start moo-ing you will know why. lol

 

[Cynthia12]

I need to potty. Takes me a while. BB

Had an IV..need to pee.