The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

I'll ask him if he has the compression socks. He may already be wearing them since he's on his feet so much. They may want his leg to heal without wearing them on that one leg, not sure about that.

Emily is still in the corner on the floor under a heat lamp I lowered down there for her. Gypsy is on her left and Panda is laying behind her, an ominous sign. Some of you may recall when they surrounded my Buff Brahma, Caroline, as she was dying. They are so dignified, these old gals.

 

[getaclue]

Have you checked Emily over good? I know you have....I don't even know why I bother asking. Habit I guess.

 

[speckledhen]

Have you checked Emily over good? I know you have....I don't even know why I bother asking. Habit I guess.

Of course, we picked her up first thing, checked her abdomen. She is very subdued, not at all herself. I'll check her again in a bit, look even closer, but since she rarely even goes outside when she has the chance-the hens in that pen are all like that-she can't get into much trouble and no roosterly attention to hurt her. She's still in the corner surrounded by the others (except for Tiny, of course, because, even if she wanted to, they probably wouldn't allow her presence in a huddle). It's possible she jumped down and hit the wall or landed funny somehow, but she's not limping when she does take a couple of steps and, considering her advanced age, my gut says it's a stroke from what I observed with her strange movements and dazed look.

 

[h2oratt]

Please think good thoughts for my son. He just had a setback on his road to a new, healthier life.

He called last night, but this was his FB post:


Our oldest son was at work yesterday at his restaurant, was in the bathroom (thankfully, not in the actual front of the restaurant) when a vein burst in his leg -he has terrible varicose veins that he cannot have fixed because his adulterous wife, as you know, left her job and him to fly off to England to be with a boy-toy she met on the internet over 30 years younger than she is, taking his medical insurance away. The job he does, standing on his feet all the time, exacerbates the condition and being a fairly new job with a family-owned company, it doesn't have an insurance that will cover it or his carpal tunnel surgery and he is currently without any insurance. He did not even feel it, just looked down and saw a lot of blood on the floor. It literally burst through his skin. He lost a lot of blood, one of the workers at his restaurant had to use an apron for a tourniquet and get him to the hospital.

So, now a man who was just out of debt will have a medical bill he cannot pay and conditions that cannot be treated. I certainly cannot help. I could drain every dime I have, which is not much, and still, he'd be behind the eight ball on medical bills. He's going to have to get some type of insurance and the company has indicated it may pay half of any medical bills, but that's up in the air.

Oh no , poor guy. He is lucky his coworker knew some first aid. That’s a lot of blood to lose. Usually when you get dropped from insurance you have a year to keep it by paying the full premium. Called the cobra act. It is usually very expensive but maybe he could be reinstated to help with his bill.

 

[speckledhen]

Oh no , poor guy. He is lucky his coworker knew some first aid. That’s a lot of blood to lose. Usually when you get dropped from insurance you have a year to keep it by paying the full premium. Called the cobra act. It is usually very expensive but maybe he could be reinstated to help with his bill.

I'm not sure what his options are. He may have a grace period on her work insurance, but since she quit over a month ago, I dunno. He has to get something. This will mess up his increasingly good credit now, I'm afraid.

 

[speckledhen]

I did go out and check Em. When I brought a bowl with some food in it, she did eat a few bites. Then, she walked slowly across the pen and drank water by herself, no limp at all, however, when she tries to look upward, it's like she doesn't have good motor control and her neck wants to wobble backward. It's very slight and if I had not been looking for it, I may not have noticed. It's not bad like this morning's episode when it resembled wry neck for a moment. I know she does not have wry neck, but that was the movement, very similar, her head listing backward. I'm still thinking stroke. Tom said maybe we should give her aspirin like folks take in a heart attack, but I said she's so old and we truly don't need to be trying to save hens at this point in their lives. She is back in the corner under the heat lamp and resting. I'll just leave her with her "sisters" and let them watch out for her.

 

[h2oratt]

I'm not sure what his options are. He may have a grace period on her work insurance, but since she quit over a month ago, I dunno. He has to get something. This will mess up his increasingly good credit now, I'm afraid.

I believe by law he is suppose to be offered this by mail.
Look up COBRA ACT.

 

[1muttsfan]

If she had a stroke it could cause increased bleeding. Hope she feels better, or goes quickly.

 

[speckledhen]

If she had a stroke it could cause increased bleeding. Hope she feels better, or goes quickly.

Yes, I know and I agree that she should go quickly if she's at the end. I just checked on her and she's up walking around some now. If you remember Suede's big red RIR/Buff Orp hen, Meg, she had three what I believe were mini-strokes or seizures, spaced out a bit by a week or two between each one, before she finally passed away a few weeks later. She'd end up flat on the ground, splayed out, dazed and in a few minutes, she'd shake out of it and seem fine. Gypsy and Panda are watching Em closely. That always amazes and impresses me, when they do that at the end of a hen's life. Gypsy is head hen in there and it seems like Emily and Panda are on pretty level ground with Tiny at the bottom, as she always is.

 

[speckledhen]

I believe by law he is suppose to be offered this by mail.
Look up COBRA ACT.

He hasn't been online for awhile now and Tom tried to call, but he didn't answer his phone. He may be sleeping. Apparently, his ex's sister was going to pick him up at the hospital and take him back home. Tomorrow, he was starting a week long vacation so guess he has time to rest without missing work.