My leukemia's back.

[Blooie]

At this point, I'm wondering if I'm ever going to see green grass again. Every where I look, snow... except for the paths that are covered with mud.

 

[donrae]

Go Ashley! What a wonderful gift, with the bell. I simply can't imagine what that family has been through. My prayer of thanks was always "Thank you Lord it was me and not my child".


I put eggs in lockdown tonight! I candled them, only one clear. But....they look kind of funky. Not sure if it's my eyes, or what. I was having issues with the auto turner, so I hope I don't have lopsided chicks or something. Guess I'll see on Sun/Mon. I did get two cockerels butchered today, to make room for the Chickie Shuffle, move the brooder babies out to the grow out pen. I turned the heat lamp off today to start weaning them. I've bought some wool yarn to experiment with a wool hen, I'm thinking both for the littles in the brooder, and maybe for a grow out pen when they're around 4 weeks, like a huddle box? We'll see what I come up with. Assuming they're not all lopsided

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[drumstick diva]

I just got chills (and eye leakage) reading and seeing all about Ashley. How wonderful

So glad she rang the bell first. It is a very nice bell and great to start the tradition there.

 

[hbhoffman]

YOU GO, ASHLEY!!! So excited for her and all of your family, Blooie. Thank you God!

So cute with the chicks and goat photos. Must mean spring is coming.

Hey all!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Phil, how does a duck drown? Was it a baby? I honestly didn't know they could, unless it was a female that was ganged up on by males. So sorry. 

We have Cheese! Finally, a baby goat   . Single little solid chocolate brown doeling. Daddy is Mac, momma is Roany, so baby is Cheese. I swear, Sugar Monkey is in love! He's more into her than any of us, and that's saying something. 

It was getting late and I didn't want to stress momma any more, so I don't have pics tonight. I'll get some up in the am. She's so darn cute!

Best i can figure is she flew into the pool and couldn't get out. And panicked and got exhausted.... But the Drakes is another possibility.... I dumped the pool out for now. Till the snow all melts.

Well, I'm getting chicks tomorrow.  I know, I know.  And I might be getting a couple more on Saturday.  

That little goat is so doggone cute.  Love the names....

Guess what else happens on Friday, besides the mystery unnamed person who is getting chicks......

[COLOR=B22222]ASHLEY HAS HER LAST DOSE OF CHEMO AND GETS TO RING THE BELL!!!!![/COLOR]

RING THAT FREAKING BELL!!!!!!

 

[Blooie]

Oh, she did, Phil~ first she and her folks had to donate one, but she got to pick out the verse for the mount it's on and she got to be the one to ring it for the first time!

 

[N F C]

Oh, she did, Phil~ first she and her folks had to donate one, but she got to pick out the verse for the mount it's on and she got to be the one to ring it for the first time!

Blooie, where did the bell ringing tradition start? I'd never heard about it until you all were talking about it.

 

[Blooie]

I didn't know, Debby, but I looked it up and this is what I found:

"The tradition of the bell began at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1996 when U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Irve Le Moyne, a patient, installed a brass bell at their radiation treatment center. The significance of “ringing the bell” caught on, and many cancer centers across the nation have also added this tradition. Several years ago Willmar Regional Cancer Center staff brought the thoughtful and caring action forward to their team. The decision was made to add their own bell to the Center as a positive way to celebrate the milestones in their patients’ lives.
“When a patient has completed their radiation or chemotherapy treatments, the joyous sound of that bell rings out,” said Lisa McBrian, RN and cancer care coordinator at WRCC. “It’s such a wonderful thing for everyone at the Cancer Center to hear though it may mean something different for every patient.”"

 

[sourland]

For those still in treatment it may serve as that bright light in their future that they are working towards.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Oh, she did, Phil~  first she and her folks had to donate one, but she got to pick out the verse for the mount it's on and she got to be the one to ring it for the first time!  

that's awesome Blooie..... Give her a hug for me. And tell her I've prayed for her.