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[dan26552]

Newest goat kid. Born on Tuesday. A little buck.

 

[chickisoup]

SO ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME!!!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

He is a tiny bit better. Good enough that I think we are on the right course.

So WHEW!!!!

Good deal! I hope he's over it soon!
Poor kid..

Horrible disease where your body attacks itself. And such a gutsy girl who never has said, "Why me?"

Im all to familiar.. I have different, not nearly as bad, effects from it. Family members who have it, a cousin who passed away a few years ago due to, and a dear friend who passed from it as well. Horrible to say the least.

Sort of yes & no.

DH didn't eat any table sugar for a week, but I caught him eating a spoonful of honey (& apparently he had been doing that all week.) I told him he was cheating & he said that when he & DD negotiated the terms it was agreed honey was ok. I told him a (barely) 11yr old is not familiar with the various types of simple sugars. He said, "but its like jam & I can eat jam too." I said sure you can on a sandwich, but not spoonfuls full.

DH conceded that he was inadvertently cheating all week, but DD is a good sport & said because she agreed to the honey terms she'd gladly give him the money. I continued to call him out as a cheater & he felt too guilt to actually take any cash from her. He then tried to bet her double or nothing that he could go all month without eating any sugar. I put a stop to it because I don't think we should be encouraging the kid to gamble, especially with such large sums of money.

In the long run she drew him a reward certificate to commemorate his win. I still say he cheated.

Oh yeah, he cheated! Good for her for being such a good sport about it!

I know there are at least three pure Ancona’s in this clutch. The other three could be or could be Ancona Pekin or Ancona blue Swede. Any idea on how to tell them apart? Also there are four khakis.
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Adorable!

Good morning Pond Peeps
Beautiful morning here today!
Hope its a beautiful one for all of you!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

SO ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME!!!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Pond Life - it's about time to take a dip.

SO ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME!!!

Those who don't believe in God/Guardian Angels have never traveled with me.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Nobody bothered to tell me about any antibiotics; I guess after 4-5 years my nerve damage is permanent.

Not sure why antibiotics would work... As shingles is a virus.
Must have some type of secondary infection associated with them.
I've take anti viral meds that worked very well.
But I've only had one bad outbreak in 1995.
All the others I had later were small minor patches on my forehead.....

 

[LittleLakePhil]

How come???

They wouldn't let me get any live vaccines after my transplant.
I asked recently... And was told no again.
I heard there was a new vaccine that was not live..... But again the VA said no.
But I might bring it up again..... Sometimes if you ask enough times they actually will look into it.
I love all my VA drs and such but the system is hard to navigate.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

maybe that was just God's way of trying to slow you down so you would let your hip heal?????

Hip is fine... Great in fact.
It does hurt mind you. But it's a healing pain.
And my normal dose of morphine that I take for my shoulder and back issues is enough to keep the pain at Bay.
If it starts to break through I quit for the day is all.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

so sorry.
Actually it's not antibiotics, it's antivirals (along with other drugs if need be) the common being Valtrex (Valacyclivir)

You beat me to the punch line again....
Valacylivir was one of the drugs that worked well for me..... And the other started with an F.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Horrible disease where your body attacks itself. And such a gutsy girl who never has said, "Why me?"

That what my Graft vs Host does as well.
Mostly it attackes my Liver and Kidneys..... The Prednisone I take helps keep it at Bay.
Another plus for Prednisone...I swear those of us who have to take it... Love it.... And love to hate it.....