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[Rubysword]

Spring breaks around here are complicated. There's the academy spring break, which starts this afternoon and is this week, and then there's the high school spring break, which is the last week of march. The family trip(to tenessee) is in the high school spring break. Next week, my dad and 12yo bro are going to the Dominican on a missions trip with the cadets. On Wednesday afternoon, me, my 11yo sis, my 9yo bro, and my mom are going to Boston.(I may be slightly more excited than they are ) Whew. Like I said, complicated.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Great.....
The Milk Drinker has figured out how to raspberry me.... while nursing......

 

[Rubysword]

Gah! I almost laughed!!! Out loud!!!! While everybody else is finishing the test!!!!!(I already finished)

 

[apryl29]

Morning you guys. It's my LAST DAY at the taterhole, and we have a 2 hour delayed opening!!! So even less time I have to be there!

The weather was awful here yesterday. I had a bad panic attack about ten miles on the GSP driving home from work; it was like a 1.5 hour commute. It was sleeting, snowing, thundering/lightning (never saw that during a snowstorm before) and there were a million accidents, cars off the road...I passed a car that slid off the parkway into the woods and head-on'd into a tree.

Today is better, but the low temps are supposed to be below 32 all next week until Friday. Which leads me to this question: My eggs should be hatching around Monday. How will the ones under my broody survive if it's that cold??!!! THe weather was so nice I never even thought about that. The highs are supposed to be only like mid forties till it warms up on Friday. Won't they freeze to death? Do I need to put them in a brooder until it gets warm? Color me stupid, but I did not even think of this till now!!!! What should I do?

Thanks, I feel like an idiot for asking, lol!

Congrats on making it through your last days there w/o beating anyone to death.. maybe you did and that's why you're not on this morning.

Hi friends! Sorry I have been away for so long.

Here is the DH update: doctor prescribed nuclear medicine cardiac stress test due to chest discomfort and arm tingling.
followed by forced/strongly suggested vacation at home to rest and relax. (Neither of which he did- rest OR relax.)
He is textbook type A.


Stress test was relatively uneventful, with two old ladies who both out ran him he said, much to his embarrassment. Waited five days for the results.

The results basically said everything looks fine. Let us know if symptoms persist. Which they have. EKG looks normal, cardiac enzymes OK too.
They have kind of left it hanging in the air and said they may repeat the stress test in a month.

While DH was off he embarked upon a honey dont do it job UNDER THE HOUSE in the crawl space
and which took the better part of THREE DAYS
where I made him face time me the whole time in case he had a heart attack under there.
I make a point of never crawling under a house where it’s dark and creepy, but was fully prepared to drag him out from Under there on a plastic toboggan that I actually got out of her attic just in case I needed to do CPR on him.

No offense to Sammy or RJ, but all the married ladies, or formerly married ladies on here, I’m sure will understand that kind of stress involved with having your husband home “sick” ....

Then as a showstopping surprise, DH had been working on a 34th anniversary gift to me (both of us)
WHICH WAS A PUPPY...
dear god ...
Who we have now had since Saturday and I am thoroughly exhausted from getting up every two hours at night and keeping everything dangerous out of his little mouth and this poor little puppy still does not have a name although we are working on it…
It was an incredibly sweet gesture on DH’s part although it has certainly brought into the light that I am getting old as heck.
Because this little guy is
WEARING ME OUT.

I have missed you all and apologize for my absence.
If anyone has any major news please tag me or message me to tell me about it because there is NO WAY I can catch up.

Name suggestions welcome...
Human names preferred but not necessarily required.
Here’s the face to go with it:
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Cute pup, but it sounds like you've been through a lot. Hopefully things will calm down for you and you'll find someone who is willing to go in and check things out before anything bad happens. Personally (though I've never been in that situation) I might consider insisting on having them go in and check it out. Not sure if that's possible though. It's so frustrating when drs do the 'let's see what happens' crap. Like you didn't do that BEFORE you made the stupid appt!

That is a bunch of crap. I have Xanax and Soma. Bottles are half full and 10 years old. I only take it when i really need it. Sure, lets make everyone miserable because of a percentage are abusers!

My ex was addicted to Soma & Vicodin after a work injury. Then I called his dr & they pulled his scripts & he started doing illegal drugs. He's literally the poster child for drug abuse. But I think some people are more susceptible to it than others. I too have a bottle of muscle relaxers I've had for years & rarely ever use, unless I'm at the point that I think of going to the er. For most things I just take an aleve and it works well enough.

Y'all make me feel terrible. I turned down a puppy not long ago a German shepherd. I just didn't have it in me to raise one so much chewing and poop like having a toddler. Don't get me wrong I love puppies and toddlers but I don't want either....unless they belong to someone else and they eventually take them home. Lol, I'm officially an old geezer.

Pfsht. I'd never get a dog or puppy. Hamsters are my kind of pet. Toss them in a cage, throw food at them, put them in a ball, repeat. I know my abilities.

Pretty bad day. 5 cm mass left breast requires biopsy.

Oh no! I'm so sorry! Hopefully whatever it is they caught it early.

My mom provided my husband with proof that I’ve always been a little chicken crazy. She found these papers while cleaning out some boxes they brought back from their old house with them.
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LOL... Were you like "thanks mom"?

Good morning everyone!

I believe I found the solution to the Milk Drinker's restlessness at night. He needed his own pillow. Night before last I got so frustrated with his wiggling and climbing on our pillows that I grabbed a spare, put it down between my and DH's pillows and he settled in and didn't wiggle much at all for the rest of the night. Last night, he nursed once, settled in on his pillow and slept soundly.


This post made my morning with it's ridiculousness. This was posted in response to a question about how to best deal with aggressive roosters. I removed the name so I could share without drawing the poster's attention. This person has made SEVERAL really stupid suggestions on how best to deal with chickens by babying them and treating them like humans.

I kind of believe the whole 'don't be a jerk to the rooster'. My nephew was always chasing Odin around, then would go an antagonize him, kicking towards him (not actually kicking him, but getting him riled up) and now he HATES feet. If I'm standing next to him, he's fine, but if I move my feet he goes on alert. I also tried to use a towel to try to catch him early on and now he hates jackets/ cloth/ tarps, anything that flaps. But I can attest that being cuddly with them is not a good thing b/c I did that w/ Willie (not intentionally, I didn't know better) & he's a turd.. but like any animal, it's also about their personality. Olive (a female) is totally ok w/ being held and preened and whatnot, but other females want to be left alone.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I acknowledge that pillows are not recommended for babies and small children , BUT
all my kids LOVED pillows.
I bought them the “travel size” pillows at walmart. They still are very inexpensive and I always kept a spare in the closet in case somebody got sick and barfed on it.

I have waterproof covers on ours. I assume that means puke proof as well.

 

[apryl29]

Great.....
The Milk Drinker has figured out how to raspberry me.... while nursing......

At least he's not biting.

 

[Redhead Rae]

At least he's not biting.

Amen to that. Been there, done that, trained him out of it.

 

[apryl29]

We talked to the surgeon yesterday for my tiny human's intestinal malrotation. They are going to do surgery on June 11th. They're going to go in laparoscopically and look around. They are definitely going to remove her appendix b/c it's in the middle of her abdomen (near her belly button, instead of the lower right where it's supposed to be). If they find it necessary they are going to do what is called the Ladd procedure where they correct a number of issues. If they find that everything is okay with the current placement of her intestines and resembles what they would end up with when they do the Ladd procedure they're going to do a different procedure called Nissen fundoplication. They don't know exactly what they're going to be doing until they get in there and see what everything looks like. There will be two doctors doing the operation. She will stay in the hospital for a few days afterwards so they can monitor her. If they do the if they do the Ladd's procedure they will see how well it works and then decide if they need to do the other one later. Rather than doing everything all at once unnecessarily.
The Ladd's procedure is the standard corrective measure for intestinal malrotation in children and consists of division of peritoneal bands (Ladd's bands) traversing the posterior abdomen, reduction of volvulus, appendectomy, and functional postioning of the intestine with or without fixation.
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is a minimally invasive procedure which is done to restore the function of the lower esophageal sphincter (the valve between the esophagus and the stomach) by wrapping the stomach around the esophagus.
They pretty much have no idea what they're going to find when they go in, but they always take the appendix b/c if she were to ever have appendicitis it wouldn't follow typical symptoms b/c of the location and it would be difficult for a surgeon to find b/c it'd be in the wrong place.
I asked why they never noticed it before and they said even though they did an abdominal ultrasound unless they were specifically looking for her appendix they wouldn't have noticed it was misplaced.

 

[Chickassan]

Good morning everyone!

I believe I found the solution to the Milk Drinker's restlessness at night. He needed his own pillow. Night before last I got so frustrated with his wiggling and climbing on our pillows that I grabbed a spare, put it down between my and DH's pillows and he settled in and didn't wiggle much at all for the rest of the night. Last night, he nursed once, settled in on his pillow and slept soundly.


This post made my morning with it's ridiculousness. This was posted in response to a question about how to best deal with aggressive roosters. I removed the name so I could share without drawing the poster's attention. This person has made SEVERAL really stupid suggestions on how best to deal with chickens by babying them and treating them like humans.

I found who this is lol! And believe it or not this works for them they've got a snuggle rooster and not really a breed I'd consider cuddly. Giggled when I found the post, because although it works for them the person who tries to hug a genetically mean rooster is in for a rude awakening. Maybe anyone is smart enough not to chance it. I can't say alot , mine's a snuggle rooster but he's literally a girl.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

We talked to the surgeon yesterday for my tiny human's intestinal malrotation. They are going to do surgery on June 11th. They're going to go in laparoscopically and look around. They are definitely going to remove her appendix b/c it's in the middle of her abdomen (near her belly button, instead of the lower right where it's supposed to be). If they find it necessary they are going to do what is called the Ladd procedure where they correct a number of issues. If they find that everything is okay with the current placement of her intestines and resembles what they would end up with when they do the Ladd procedure they're going to do a different procedure called Nissen fundoplication. They don't know exactly what they're going to be doing until they get in there and see what everything looks like. There will be two doctors doing the operation. She will stay in the hospital for a few days afterwards so they can monitor her. If they do the if they do the Ladd's procedure they will see how well it works and then decide if they need to do the other one later. Rather than doing everything all at once unnecessarily.
The Ladd's procedure is the standard corrective measure for intestinal malrotation in children and consists of division of peritoneal bands (Ladd's bands) traversing the posterior abdomen, reduction of volvulus, appendectomy, and functional postioning of the intestine with or without fixation.
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is a minimally invasive procedure which is done to restore the function of the lower esophageal sphincter (the valve between the esophagus and the stomach) by wrapping the stomach around the esophagus.
They pretty much have no idea what they're going to find when they go in, but they always take the appendix b/c if she were to ever have appendicitis it wouldn't follow typical symptoms b/c of the location and it would be difficult for a surgeon to find b/c it'd be in the wrong place.
I asked why they never noticed it before and they said even though they did an abdominal ultrasound unless they were specifically looking for her appendix they wouldn't have noticed it was misplaced.

I am so very very sorry your little one has to go through this sweetie. It's good they are taking her appendix, and are going to correct the issues present. Will this open up more possible foods for her?