INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours
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You look good Smarty! How fun to have a new baby in the family!
We have about 12 inches of snow! Can hardly get the back door open...
Had the patio and walk shoveled last night, but maybe 10 inches on top of that! We won't be going out in it.... Just have to clear a path to fill the squirrel feeders... if they come out today....
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If you look real close, you can see a resident squirrel on top of the fence on the left-side green feeder! He just snatched him a snack!
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this is the resident squirel in my parents garden! (no snow here, not even 10 milimeters.)
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And this guy was in my backyard...
Beautiful pics. Do you get tiredof living in the snow?
Btw, FF, I love your pic of the flower buds with rain drops on the other thread.
Hi Mommy. Another head cold??
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no snow here😍🌴.
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She's such a brat.............
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But we still have cold and damp here. Clouds and sweat shirts.................. and cold feet
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Smarrty, great pic.............
Loverly, mitzy's biome is off. Has she been wormed? Try some probiotics. Open the capsule and sprinkle on food. What food is she on? it may not agree with her. Generally, stools shouldn't be that foul.
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Just lost a long post. Hope I remember everything.
Sorry Lover for not responding sooner to your post. Yes twins are the girls. DD1 (aka Baby A) is the one whose DBF wants to meet with DH and myself. DD2 (Baby B by a whole ten minutes) is the facilitator in this. DH and I are pretty sure we know what this is about. DD1 indicated last year how serious the two of them are and that DBF wanted to talk to DH before taking the next step in the relationship. Hmmm, I hope we're right.
Spookie, I knew Chevy would get you for your weather report. And Miss Chevy, keep the snow out west. We lost a small gutter on our house. Can't get it fixed until Saturday. We were lucky. Five houses on our side lost their major gutters. So my mantra ISO: No. More. Snow!
Smaarty, Evie is a beauty. You look sooo happy holding her.
Patty, how are your get-away plans coming along. I'm living vicariously through you on those! LOL
To all of you not feeling well, I hope you're on the mend
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I had to do it!!!!
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now for the laugh. It's 81, I'm in shorts and t shirt. Dip chit DH has a long sleeve heavy shirt and flannel lined jeans. Why? It's winter!! Uh, wouldn't it be better to dress for the thermometer than the calendar?
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I think you might be right. I started her on Tri-Heart Plus (ivermectin/pyrantel) last month. she is currently transitioning from Nature's Domain (Costco's) over to Exceed (Sam's).
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Got to find me some flannel lined jeans!
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HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY
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Loverly, if she is a herding breed, ivermectin can build up and become toxic. Can you change it?
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I know..... sometimes we just gotta DO it....Ha! 81 degrees..... Isn't it funny how the weather is sooooo different in other parts of the country?
The sun is trying to come out.... DH has most of the snow moved around.... I'm sorting papers out, and organizing the upstairs.... It's now 31 degrees.... time for a chocolate coke!
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Haband on line has them.
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Exceed has better reviews compared to Nature's Domain. We will see how she does. Your dogs' poops are not stink?? What do you feed them? Heaven dog food? Haha! Darn, I was just at the store trying to find something topical to help her with her dry/itchy spots. Saw Pro-biotic caps and was contemplating whether to get it. She is loosing hair wherever the red spots are. Some of the red spots have clear yellow pustules kind of look like poison ivy rash. I don't believe her skin condition is caused by excessive bathing. Something is going on in her system. She had already had dandruff and obvious red spots on her belly when she came to us. I think part of the reason she smells is because of her skin.
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Oh crap!! Thanks Ms. Spookie. Need to look into that
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Study from U Washington (state), about 25 years ago. Other studies confirmed this.
Has vet done skin scrape? Mange can stink.
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No skin scrape. Mange and walking dandruffs are on the list to rule out (sigh). I was able to get rid of some spots with topical steroid ointment and Tripple antibiotics, so thought maybe she has allergies. I was told she is allergic to corn. Looks like she needs another trip to the vet. Anyway....you leave Mr. Eeyore alone. Some people have lower temp intolerance
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A lot of dogs have grain allergies, judging from the foods in the pet stores. A Westie at dog park is allergic to chicken.
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Yes, my sister's poodle mix can only eat bison.
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I have Ava on a grain free diet. She does better on it. She has "normal" smelling poops,, not particularly foul,, just poop.
You might look for Vetericyn wound and skin care spray. Works well on hot spots. You may have to go to a feed store, or farm supply store to find it.
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Thank you, Glennie
I think I can order it online.Kathi, hmmm.....
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Hey gals.... I found it at Super Walmart! Just wear gloves when using it.... I became really allergic to the ingredients in the med.... Mercaptobenso-something..... It helped Lacee a "little"..... She had hot-spots all the time.... I tried different food.... but the med DID help a little.
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No, just normal stuffy head that I get with winter. But I'm dealing with an ear infection!
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Welcome, Newbies and those I haven't "met" yet!
Smaarty – absolutely beautiful generational picture!
Miss Sassypants: Grieving, for WHATEVER reason, takes as long as it takes, and appears when it needs to appear. Ain't no timeline for that. Big honkin' hugs.
PattyPeppermint – are you on Pinterest? Go to the search bar and type in "recipes venison tenderloin" (or whatever you want) – and you will get a gazillion results. Also – if your DH brings home lots of meat, you should get a Foodsaver – it's a vacuum sealer that sucks all the air out of the bag around the meat, then seals it, then you freeze it. We have saved SO much money by not throwing out leftovers through the years. We freeze everything and it keeps fresh forever.
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DH had his first Rituxan infusion Friday. Thank you, Lord, for answered prayers! It was given in the Chemo Infusion Room in Oncology, and those nurses are the best! After premedicating with two Benadryl, a Tylenol, a sack of saline, and a slug of SoluMedrol, they hooked up the Rituxan….. and watched. Other than feeling drowsy from the Benadryl, he had NO reactions whatsoever. So they started at a 50 mg drip, and increased it by 50 mg every half hour. By 2:15 his bag was empty, and they flushed his veins with (what he said was ice-cold) saline, and home we went. No delayed reactions, either! Just a very tired butt from sitting so long.
This is a monoclonal antibody drug that is given mostly to patients with blood cancers: lymphoma and leukemia. It is commonly used off-label for autoimmune disorders like MS, Lupus, and Rheumatoid Arthritis, often in conjunction with Methotrexate.
Current research is showing that most autoimmune diseases cause scarring in the body, and that's what his kidney disease does – creates scarring in the kidney tissue. We are excited and hopeful, but won't know probably for months. He has three more infusions to go – one a week. This might just buy us a few more good years before dialysis or transplant. Or maybe we'll just get our miracle healing!
It was nice to take a little break Friday, and wander around the Oncology department saying hi to all the staff I remember from so long ago. I will be five years out in September (dx) and December (sx).
Anyway, this weekend, he did develop some alarming chest congestion that the Nephrologist thought might be pleural effusion, and some quick texting to the docs got him a chest Xray (negative) and a Z pack, since he has no immune system. We live like Howard Hughes here, total germophobes.
Other than that, life is good.
Nighty night, Owlettes! xoxoxo
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