CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

As an individual gets more Thirsty....the less descriminating they become....

 

[Baymule]

I mix my own electrolyte water. 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt, dissolved in a glass of water-it quenches my thirst and is a lot cheaper than artificially flavored, GMO?, chemically treated, full of preservatives, artificially colored Gatorade.

 

[Bruce]

Ah, but you need to add some lemon or lime juice for flavor

 

[Devonviolet]

Wow! I've just been catching up, Fred. Didn't realize I was so far behind.

There is still a bunch to do here, but just no energy in the "Tank" to do very much at all....sure

I know exactly what you are talking about! DH is 70 & struggling with energy levels. In the recent heat & humidity, he needs to stop and rest. He says, "There's no air to breathe out there!"

I do watch over him because of his various surgeries and him being 72 years old, I tell him

I watch out for DH too! I make sure he drinks lots of water & keep an eye on the heat index. When it gets over 100F, I holler at him to come in. He knows better than to say anything other than, "Yes Dear"!

You have told me multiple times, about not working past noon, in this heat. And we use that as our rule of thumb now, too.

I don't handle the heat and humidity well at all! So, I milk the goats, help DH with anything he needs help with, and then I go in the house to get the milk filtered and in the fridge. Then I'm in for the rest of the day, until we go out to feed animals in the evening. We wait until the sun goes down, so it isn't quite so hot.

you know things aren't ok when you stop sweating and get the chills. that and the fact that things started to go black made me get it done and get in the house out of the heat. temp was 96 with 86% humidity with heat index of 107. to hot for this little ole woman.

GEEZ girl! You need to be more careful!!! You scare me! You should have stopped unloading feed at the no sweat/chills stage. For SURE when things start going black, that's INSTANT STOP time!

I don't think I will ever get over a year ago, when DH had a heat stroke right in front of me! His eyes were wide open, but he was non responsive. Then he fell back - his eyes still wide open! I tried to stop the fall, but his knees collapsed. I thought he had died!!! I couldn't get him to respond. He was breathing & had a pulse, so I poured ice water over his head. That brought him around.

So you see, I have first hand experience, and don't ever want him to keep working so long, in the heat, that he has another heat stroke.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Then he fell back - his eyes still wide open! I tried to stop the fall, but his knees collapsed. I thought he had died!!! I couldn't get him to respond. He was breathing & had a pulse, so I poured ice water over his head. That brought him around.

That had to have been horrible for you! I'm gonna remember the ice water on the head trick though!

 

[CntryBoy777]

It is vital to get the core temp down ASAP....and it is better to have ice chips to put in the mouth than drinking water. Sure glad that it all worked out.....but, it has been my experience that when ya get touched by the heat, it takes less in the future to put back in that state. I've dealt with it since I was 42 and with the health issues it is less and less each yr that sends me to the house. I don't push it at all anymore and just sit and chew nails cause I feel so "Useless" doing nothing, but it beats spending time in the hospital.....and Cheaper too....

 

[CntryBoy777]

@Devonviolet don't concern yourself about being behind....there certainly isn't anything major happening here, just mainly chit-chat. Ya have been busy with things there with your cheese, milking, and separating....along with the other projects. I have been taking naps and getting behind myself with trying to get things done here at the house. I have absolutely no endurance anymore, and when I get tired and it is so hot outside....I just stretch out for a couple of hrs until the next round of animal tending.....

 

[Devonviolet]

it has been my experience that when ya get touched by the heat, it takes less in the future to put back in that state.

That's why I keep such a close eye on DH! I don't think I could handle another episode like last summer! It brings tears to my eyes, to even think of losing my wonderful hubby!

just sit and chew nails cause I feel so "Useless" doing nothing, but it beats spending time in the hospital.....and Cheaper too....

I agree! My poor hubby gets antsy sitting in the house, when there is so much to do outside.

It's kinda interesting . . . I'm a retired nurse, and worked in two of Mayo Clinic's big hospitals (St. Mary's is like a small city!) And both DH & I will do everything within our power to stay out of the hospital. These days you're safer staying home! So, yes, we avoid heat stroke, so he doesn't have to go to the hospital.

I have been taking naps and getting behind myself with trying to get things done here at the house. I have absolutely no endurance anymore, and when I get tired and it is so hot outside....I just stretch out for a couple of hrs until the next round of animal tending.....

That's basically the way DH is. I actually encourage him to take naps. Sometimes he will sleep for three hours!

In the heat lately, we tend to go outside only to tend the animals.

 

[greybeard]

In the heat lately, we tend to go outside only to tend the animals.

Same here..and build fence, spray herbicides, grade the roads, work the cattle, mow the lawn, trim brush, burn all the crap from the national forest, repair the machines, and all the rest of the things this place takes to keep it going.
I drink a LOT of G2 Gatorade. (lower sugar content)

I try not to go inside in daylight hours unless absolutely necessary. Might sit on the porch, but I stay out of that ac all I can. My 2 older sisters are the same way. Daylight is for working outside.

I grew up very close to here, in Harris County and didn't spend my first night in an air conditioned room until I was 23, and that was in Cuba. Thought I was going to freeze to death the first night.

 

[Bruce]

I agree! My poor hubby gets antsy sitting in the house, when there is so much to do outside.

There is a lot of interesting stuff on YouTube (*). Some educational, some just fun. I'm enjoying the old "What's My Line" shows (it started in about 1950 IIRC). Watched one from 1962 last night with a contestant who signed in as "P. T. Winter". He was 22 Y/O and wasn't so famous then (of course) but enough that they didn't dare have him write "Paul" since his sextet had played at the White House about a week before and someone on the panel might recognize "Paul Winter". They still figured out what he did right off the bat.

* and I'm not talking about cute kitty videos