HA. That's a laugh.
The drama started about, oh, ten days ago. Henry, one of my reindeer steers, started having problems with his right eye. So, like the farmers we are, my mother and I decided to go the "fix-all" route and try penicillin and electrolytes. For those of you who don't know, they're kinda like the duct tape and WD40 of the livestock world.
Unfortunately, however, by Tuesday morning when I went to do morning feedings things were not looking good. Henry was in a lot of pain and his eye looked downright freaky: milky white and blood shot. So, my electrolytes having failed me, I did the next best thing and called around to find a vet.
Luckily, I got ahold of Dr. Susan Dent and she was able to come out within the next few hours. Within the first few seconds of the examination, Dr. Dent let me know that Henry's eye was pretty much passed saving. Chances that he'll ever regain sight there are pretty slim. However, she was pretty optimistic about the rest of Henry and got to work.
Praying like crazy, I held him in a head lock while she gave him two injections into his eye; anti-inflamatory and antibiotics. Then, using cat gut (which was kind of interesting), Dr. Dent sewed his eye shut. I won't lie to you... I couldn't really watch. It kinda disturbed me.
Henry did great though and to finish it off, he got a sub-q shot of Nuflor antibiotics. Now, we just have to wash his eye out with saline and administer antibiotics four-six times daily. It's really not that bad; it could be so much worse.
All in all, my life hasn't really calmed down, even lacking sheep, goats, and poultry. Fabulous.
(Henry's sewn eye. Hopefully it doesn't hurt much anymore...)
(Today Henry was back to his perky self. This is his good side.)
(The cutest deer that ever existed, aka, Benjamin. Even though he's almost all growed up, he's just a kid a heart.)
(My big, beautiful Borie with her quarter horse walk.)
(Kayleena's fluffy pony, Princess Buttercup.)
(As you may have noticed, I photograph Titan alot. He's just very photogenic.)
And I was going to post a song for today, but instead, it's a mini-playlist kinda day. So here you go...
-Light Up the Sky - The Afters
(I'm a convert. They're amazing.^)
-I Forgive You - Kelly Clarkson
-Back to Back - The Ready Set
-The Only One - Hot Chelle Rae
-Good Girl - Carrie Underwood
(And a little bit o' country to wrap the whole thing up.^)
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