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Jeannie, it's clear that your birds love you.
Jeannie, it's clear that your birds love you.
Ribh's D'Coopage
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It's mutual, Bob.Good evening folks
Jeannie, it's clear that your birds love you.
How is Sue?
She's doing better. She was very alert for me yesterday morning and equally alert for my daughter. All over bodily functions are working properly and her labs are all good as are her numbers. But she's not been responding to the medical staff so we talked about that yesterday... When I asked her why she simply said: "They piss me off." I told her next time they come in she needs to do what they ask and I'll help... So when the doc came in, we went through the routine... Wiggle your toes, give me two thumbs up, squeeze my hand, where are you, what year is it... then the doc asked who was talking to her... Her answer followed by a big smile was: "Pain in the butt." She's in for a follow-up Cat scan this morning and she did really good with the speech therapy person yesterday so we'll be moving her to solid food as soon as she has one more test. She'll be happy to lose the feeding tube.It's mutual, Bob.
Outstanding! This is all very good.Good morning
I met with the ICU doc today and his concern was she was non-responsive to him and the nurses. So I walked her through the questions and she answered all of them right except one... My name is now "Pain in the butt" and she smiles when she says it. The doc was ecstatic. And ordered speach to come see if she was ready to move off of the feeding tube. We learned that the angle of the bed made a huge difference. @45* all she wants to do is sleep. @60* She's bright eyed and bushy tailed. Okay, I hate medical terminology. Technically she has had a hemorrhagic stroke. As the speech lady provided ice and water to test whether she was ready for real food, she hated the taste of the ice and water. It turns out that this is a common side effect of stroke. She brought her apple juice and she guzzled it down. Then she ate gram crackers and then gram crackers with peanut butter. So hopefully soon they will drop the feeding tube.
Have they discovered why the bleed occurred?
Perhaps a visit from an emotional support chicken would help cheer her up!
"The Campine Whisperer"It is very hard to resist any animal that makes it blatantly obvious they adore your company.
Alpia is my *love bug*.
Any time I am round she can be found just as close as she can get.
She doesn't necessarily want to be picked up & cuddled, though not adverse to cuddles on occasion, she just wants to hang with me. It is very flattering!
Alpia does not need lessons in being calm & accommodating ~but Aoife does.
Now she is laying regularly she is squatting for me a lot. Usually she is out of the run when it happens & she always turns her back & looks anxiously over her shoulder to see if I am coming.
Tonight she squatted in the pen, shuffling closer so I could pick her up. I expected her to be pretty quick about it but she settled down to have an enquiring chat, cocking her head so she could look into my eyes & make little burbling sounds. I assume she was happy.
Alpia was not. She came round my feet & started making the small sounds she always makes when she wants my attention. I put Aoife down & picked Alpia up but Aoife didn't immediately shake herself & scoot of so I started scratching her back while tickling Alpia's chest @ the same time. It went on for quite a long time ~ long by Campine standards!
I swear I have the maddest birds.
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But I fear I still have a long way to go!
Not really. Her BP was 208 when they put her in the ambulance, so they are attributing it to that, but they don't know where it bled or why.Outstanding! This is all very good.
Have they discovered why the bleed occurred?
I can just imagine what the hospital security would think of me bringing in a chicken?Perhaps a visit from an emotional support chicken would help cheer her up!
They told my daughter she couldn't come back last night because she left during the morning so she snuck in after shift change.
Aussie-Chookmum
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Fantastic news Bob.Good morning
I met with the ICU doc today and his concern was she was non-responsive to him and the nurses. So I walked her through the questions and she answered all of them right except one... My name is now "Pain in the butt" and she smiles when she says it. The doc was ecstatic. And ordered speach to come see if she was ready to move off of the feeding tube. We learned that the angle of the bed made a huge difference. @45* all she wants to do is sleep. @60* She's bright eyed and bushy tailed. Okay, I hate medical terminology. Technically she has had a hemorrhagic stroke. As the speech lady provided ice and water to test whether she was ready for real food, she hated the taste of the ice and water. It turns out that this is a common side effect of stroke. She brought her apple juice and she guzzled it down. Then she ate gram crackers and then gram crackers with peanut butter. So hopefully soon they will drop the feeding tube.
Just tell her that irascible patients have to stay in hospital longer and she needs to play nice if she wants to go home
So glad she's coming good.
Aussie-Chookmum
Obeying her avian masters
That's rather disturbing that we are all "rutting " for her Bob!
(Don't worry, I think we know what you meant
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