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bruceha2000 said:
Somehow "Happy husband, Happy life" just doesn't have the same poetic ring to it.
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Poetic or not, it's still true!

JaeG said:
I was up at 1.30am this morning playing midwife to my two chicks. I got up to check on them and the one that had pipped at the narrow end was unzipping, so I stayed up to watch. Good thing I did because it managed to unzip but couldn't push out and it was in a bit of an odd position when I helped it escape from its egg. The other egg I'd taken the top off to see what was going on with it. Thankfully it just had the wrong wing over its head and it had pipped at the higher end of the air cell, but because I'd started it also needed help to hatch. The blood had disappeared from the veins in the membrane, but as I started to peel that back (it was starting to stick to the chicks down) I noticed the chick was still doing the yawning as though it were still absorbing yolk, so I left it a bit longer until it started to try and get out by itself (being a bit stuck to the membrane didn't help). They are both really lively, strong little things and they are so cute and fluffy. I've put their brooder by Fox and Squeaks so hopefully, once these babies are big/old enough, I can put them together. Fox and Squeaks are still so tiny, I don't think it will take these two long to catch up size wise.

Anyway, here are the cute little fluffles:
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Jae, congratulations on your 2 new chicks! Very cute!

rjohns39 said:
Minimum of 14 days...

We've discovered that bed position changes her awareness. And we've also discovered that she is hard headed. She'll respond to us, but not to the docs and nurses. Today, the doc came in (oh btw when did they make docs out of teenagers). I woke her up and she responded to every question with the right answer. Except my name. I'm now affectionately referred to as "pain in the butt". But that always comes with a smile.
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That's a long hospital stay. Too funny about your new name :gig
 
rjohns39 said:
:frow Good morning DMC, have a great day. She's doing well... They're doing a follow up cat scan now, so I'll get results when I get there this morning. I'm hoping they get the next test done early today so she can start eating regular food.
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Hi Bob, sounds like Sue is making progress! Hope her tests go well, I bet she'll be glad to get back to regular food.
 
N F C said:
Hi Bob, sounds like Sue is making progress! Hope her tests go well, I bet she'll be glad to get back to regular food.
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She really enjoyed the peanut butter and gram crackers and the apple juice. She hated the water and ice. Apparently one of the after effects of a stroke like this is that water tastes bad. She didn't like it at all.
 
rjohns39 said:
She really enjoyed the peanut butter and gram crackers and the apple juice. She hated the water and ice. Apparently one of the after effects of a stroke like this is that water tastes bad. She didn't like it at all.
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I've heard from others in the past that that can account for some changes in taste, but never thought about water tasting differently.

Hoping each day sees more progress!
 
rjohns39 said:
:frow Good morning DMC, have a great day. She's doing well... They're doing a follow up cat scan now, so I'll get results when I get there this morning. I'm hoping they get the next test done early today so she can start eating regular food.
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N F C said:
Good morning DMC, hope you have a good Tuesday! (I had to look at my calendar to be sure it really is Tuesday :lol: )
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Hi Debby! It’s Tuesday. One of our naughty children starts transitioning to the preschool side today:yesss:
rjohns39 said:
She really enjoyed the peanut butter and gram crackers and the apple juice. She hated the water and ice. Apparently one of the after effects of a stroke like this is that water tastes bad. She didn't like it at all.
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She had a stroke? Is that the same as an aneurysm or did I miss something?
 
DigMyChicks said:
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Hi Debby! It’s Tuesday. One of our naughty children starts transitioning to the preschool side today:yesss:

She had a stroke? Is that the same as an aneurysm or did I miss something?
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Yes. There are two types of strokes. One where the arteries constrict and cut off flow to the brain and the type she had called Hemorrhagic stroke, where an artery bursts and there's bleeding on the brain. We still don't know where the bleeding came from but it was consistent with an aneurysm. We're hoping the catscan today will be more revealing.
 

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