Bruce
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2pm update: got the call from my dr office AFTER they closed for the day that there is no record of me ever receiving one (how does that even happen?!) and that I have to get one today! I know I had to have had one at least for school so who knows. Now my options are urgent care or the ER so we may be at an urgent care at the same time @Bruce !
Faith update: I didn’t bother checking her over further as I knew we were going to the vet. They found ulcerations on both sides of her mouth and several at that. They go up into her nose and the area between her mouth and nose and under her chin and her gums are severely inflamed. Vet agreed that she is declining but she does weigh the same as she did at this time last year so we are going to try an antibiotic and recheck in two weeks.
DH took a half day for unrelated to all of this, insurance crap that needed dealt with. He saw Otis bending that pattern so I’m at a loss. Either way, he’s still getting a good checkover tomorrow!
Jewel is in Queenie’s pen and whining pitifully in case anyone was wondering about her...
Faith update: I didn’t bother checking her over further as I knew we were going to the vet. They found ulcerations on both sides of her mouth and several at that. They go up into her nose and the area between her mouth and nose and under her chin and her gums are severely inflamed. Vet agreed that she is declining but she does weigh the same as she did at this time last year so we are going to try an antibiotic and recheck in two weeks.
DH took a half day for unrelated to all of this, insurance crap that needed dealt with. He saw Otis bending that pattern so I’m at a loss. Either way, he’s still getting a good checkover tomorrow!
Jewel is in Queenie’s pen and whining pitifully in case anyone was wondering about her...
Sorry all this is coming at you at once. I thought you were a nurse? How could you not be up to date on personal vaccinations? especially tetanus? 
Please do get that taken care of post haste! Glad to hear that Otis has been bending his pastern and hopefully his issue isn't a major one. So sorry to hear about Jewel and her new noise issue and anxiety. I hope the antibiotics take care of Faith's issues and she gets back to normal for her age. Hang in there mom!
Please do get that taken care of post haste! Glad to hear that Otis has been bending his pastern and hopefully his issue isn't a major one. So sorry to hear about Jewel and her new noise issue and anxiety. I hope the antibiotics take care of Faith's issues and she gets back to normal for her age. Hang in there mom! 
RollingAcres
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Take care and hang in there!
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10 pm update: This Mama is crashing! Supposed to work tomorrow.
Finger is no longer throbbing or bleeding. I seem to wear bandaids off my fingers quickly...
Left shoulder now hurts from the tetanus shot I went to urgent care to get. @Latestarter I used to be able to tell you anything about everything in my life. Spina Bifida has taken a toll on all of that. I recall getting a tetanus shot prior to birthing DD1 and she was 6 in Oct so I can’t be that far off. Just felt like I was better off to get it than take a chance. No time for this Mama to be down!
At 4:30pm Jewel came running up to the truck as I was getting in. She’d dug a hole out of Queenie’s pen! Grrrr! She got put back and I threw a straw bale over the hole. Tonight DH laid pieces of plywood from the makeshift kidding stall under the edges of the pen that he didn’t have enough rubber mats for. He’s going to clean up a crate for her to move in the house this weekend.
New information has developed in the case of the “off” bull. He’s straining to poop but his stool is fairly loose, not like it’s hard and he’s constipated...still going to check him over sometime tomorrow and worm him. He hasn’t been wormed since fall so it won’t hurt to start there...
I’ll try to update on the other things tomorrow to get y’all up to speed on the “regular” stuff.
Finger is no longer throbbing or bleeding. I seem to wear bandaids off my fingers quickly...
Left shoulder now hurts from the tetanus shot I went to urgent care to get. @Latestarter I used to be able to tell you anything about everything in my life. Spina Bifida has taken a toll on all of that. I recall getting a tetanus shot prior to birthing DD1 and she was 6 in Oct so I can’t be that far off. Just felt like I was better off to get it than take a chance. No time for this Mama to be down!
At 4:30pm Jewel came running up to the truck as I was getting in. She’d dug a hole out of Queenie’s pen! Grrrr! She got put back and I threw a straw bale over the hole. Tonight DH laid pieces of plywood from the makeshift kidding stall under the edges of the pen that he didn’t have enough rubber mats for. He’s going to clean up a crate for her to move in the house this weekend.
New information has developed in the case of the “off” bull. He’s straining to poop but his stool is fairly loose, not like it’s hard and he’s constipated...still going to check him over sometime tomorrow and worm him. He hasn’t been wormed since fall so it won’t hurt to start there...
I’ll try to update on the other things tomorrow to get y’all up to speed on the “regular” stuff.
goats&moregoats
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Hang in there. It seems to come all at once and then all is calm for a "little while", at least that is my experience.
CntryBoy777
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Something that may help with the finger, is to get a metal can that ya can fit your hand into and cut out the top and bottom....flatten it out some and slip your hand inside the can and then put ice pack on top of the can. I have had to do this several times during my life with hand injuries. Sure hope things get better for ya and everything gets back to an even keel. Life only gets faster and memories fade....remembering when ya get a shot isn't of major importance and can slip by unnoticed as your attention is diverted to more important and pertanent things.....not sure, but believe the last one I had was with the 2nd attack in '09....when in doubt just get another, it only hurts for a little while....
I wasn't "sassing" you about not knowing... I'm amazed that you even know what day it is with all that you have on your plate. Honestly, I stand in awe of all that you are responsible for on a day to day basis. 
The home and farm, the animals, the kids, and one kid being special needs, family matters, and working as a nurse on top of it all... Just thinking about it has my mind screaming for my recliner. I'm glad you got the booster. As I recall the tetanus shot is "good" for ten years, so you were probably covered, but living working on a farm, I personally lean toward a booster every 5-7 years. Better safe than sorry.
Does your HR department where you work maintain records for staff to make sure they are taken care of and up to date on vaccinations? I would think working around sick/ill people for a living, that some sort of tracking along those lines would be a standard procedure...
Maybe Otis needs to swallow a magnet?
The home and farm, the animals, the kids, and one kid being special needs, family matters, and working as a nurse on top of it all... Just thinking about it has my mind screaming for my recliner. I'm glad you got the booster. As I recall the tetanus shot is "good" for ten years, so you were probably covered, but living working on a farm, I personally lean toward a booster every 5-7 years. Better safe than sorry.Does your HR department where you work maintain records for staff to make sure they are taken care of and up to date on vaccinations? I would think working around sick/ill people for a living, that some sort of tracking along those lines would be a standard procedure...
Maybe Otis needs to swallow a magnet?
ldawntaylor
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@Latestarter, if nursing is anything like the facility where I work, then records are kept. But, which are required varies from place to place. The only consistent one for me is the TB test. But, I work in the kitchen not on the floor.
RollingAcres
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@Wehner Homestead checking to see how you are doing and how are things at the homestead.
