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[chickadoodles]

Wahoo, Chicka and husband!

Will he need any visiting nurses/rehab?

I don't think so. I can get him in the shower, in and out of bed and his recliner. I can help him walk at home.
I have a walker but he's not using one here. So I think we'll be good.
I klef the battery in the truck and got security to give me a jump. But I think a fuse is blown. The driver's window won't go back up and the door locks won't work. Dh does not have extra fuses. So I will have to drive home with the window down in 40* temps. And he does not have a hoodie or jacket.
Dang I feel so bad.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I don't think so. I can get him in the shower, in and out of bed and his recliner. I can help him walk at home.
I have a walker but he's not using one here. So I think we'll be good.
I klef the battery in the truck and got security to give me a jump. But I think a fuse is blown. The driver's window won't go back up and the door locks won't work. Dh does not have extra fuses. So I will have to drive home with the window down in 40* temps. And he does not have a hoodie or jacket.
Dang I feel so bad.

Stop in Goodwill and grab a jacket or even a blanket.

 

[chickadoodles]

Stop in Goodwill and grab a jacket or even a blanket.

He's got open wounds They don't wash those clothes. I will ask the hospital if he can have a couple blankets.

 

[ronott1]

We will probably go home tomorrow.

That is good news!

 

[ronott1]

wild fire is in Northern California... and in Malibu which is parallale with Los angeles Los Angeles is a two or three hour drive from me.

deb

We are similar here with the fire at Paradise. It is a good 100 miles north of us. It is close enough for smoke and ash though

 

[ronott1]

I don't think so. I can get him in the shower, in and out of bed and his recliner. I can help him walk at home.
I have a walker but he's not using one here. So I think we'll be good.
I klef the battery in the truck and got security to give me a jump. But I think a fuse is blown. The driver's window won't go back up and the door locks won't work. Dh does not have extra fuses. So I will have to drive home with the window down in 40* temps. And he does not have a hoodie or jacket.
Dang I feel so bad.

Is a relative close enough to get a fuse for you?

 

[ronott1]

The fire in Paradise is the most destructive in California History and the tally is not over yet

https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2018/11/10/northern-california-wildfires-camp-fire-day-3-updates/

 

[microchick]

So glad to hear that DH is heading home tomorrow, Chicka! Great news in deed and it's proven that recovery happens best at home around familiar surroundings.

DH still working feverishly on computer. He bought me a radio as an early Christmas gift to do Digital HAM (called FT8) with and my computer, loaded with Linux is being a pain in the backside not wanting to hook up to the system. This morning he pulled my desktop out and is now in a war of wills with a laptop. Problem seems to be that the radio and the FT8 program likes Windows for some reason. Hoping he will get it rolling today. Poor guy has been working with it for two days now. I'm glad he has the skill, talent and knowledge to do that kind of stuff.

Me, I'd get out the .45 and shoot the danged thing.

@perchiegirl I keep forgetting how BIG Cali is. Glad you are in a safe area you and @ronott1.I don't think I could cope with wildfires very well. Bad enough worrying about the high winds that we can get here in the spring with severe thunderstorms.

Lost another BO hen. The one I mentioned recently that I was pretty sure had reproductive cancer. Found her in a corner of the run. Looks like she had seized at some point. When I picked her up she weighed about a pound. Just a skeleton with a lot of swelling and fluid in her abdomen. That puts me at 10 hens left.

At times I feel so bad and guilty. I'm just so tired of dealing with these birds (the Buff Os and Welsummers) and watching them die off one or two at a time to the point that I just wish they would go away. The bantams are doing so well as is my Fayoumis hen and I want to concentrate on them. It's time to send the standard sized birds to freezer camp..

Told DH that when this cold weather broke next week I would talk to a local butcher about them. Plus that would only give me one coop to deal with over the winter months.

I feel guilty because having made this decision, I feel relieved.

 

[ronott1]

So glad to hear that DH is heading home tomorrow, Chicka! Great news in deed and it's proven that recovery happens best at home around familiar surroundings.

DH still working feverishly on computer. He bought me a radio as an early Christmas gift to do Digital HAM (called FT8) with and my computer, loaded with Linux is being a pain in the backside not wanting to hook up to the system. This morning he pulled my desktop out and is now in a war of wills with a laptop. Problem seems to be that the radio and the FT8 program likes Windows for some reason. Hoping he will get it rolling today. Poor guy has been working with it for two days now. I'm glad he has the skill, talent and knowledge to do that kind of stuff.

Me, I'd get out the .45 and shoot the danged thing.

@perchiegirl I keep forgetting how BIG Cali is. Glad you are in a safe area you and @ronott1.I don't think I could cope with wildfires very well. Bad enough worrying about the high winds that we can get here in the spring with severe thunderstorms.

Lost another BO hen. The one I mentioned recently that I was pretty sure had reproductive cancer. Found her in a corner of the run. Looks like she had seized at some point. When I picked her up she weighed about a pound. Just a skeleton with a lot of swelling and fluid in her abdomen. That puts me at 10 hens left.

At times I feel so bad and guilty. I'm just so tired of dealing with these birds (the Buff Os and Welsummers) and watching them die off one or two at a time to the point that I just wish they would go away. The bantams are doing so well as is my Fayoumis hen and I want to concentrate on them. It's time to send the standard sized birds to freezer camp..

Told DH that when this cold weather broke next week I would talk to a local butcher about them. Plus that would only give me one coop to deal with over the winter months.

I feel guilty because having made this decision, I feel relieved.

I am sorry you lost some!

 

[bruceha2000]

Weekend plans?

The usual exciting sort of things. Sharpened the chain on the saw. Would have done it anyway but it became 100% necessary after I came across some ancient barbed wire in a log I was cutting. Made a holder for the saw on the tractor. Just finished lunch, now I have to go refill the rack on the porch landing and figure out how to put the tarp on the rack roof to keep the rain and snow out of the wood.

Yep, exciting.

Los Angeles is a two or three hour drive from me.

Or 4 or 5 hours on a holiday.