autumnprairie
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Pearce Pastures: Where did I go?
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Pearce Pastures
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Update: Not so sure I agree with the diagnosis but regardless, we are having surgery. The doctor thinks the pain is the flu (no fever, aches, nausea, congestion, so I do not really agree but understand that it is going around). Then they kind of "candled" him 
and said it is not a hernia but that there is a lot of fluid in the area and he needs to be operated on (I think he might suspect a communicating hydrocele but I still think there is probably a hernia involved given the pain). No matter though. My brother had this happen and while they said CH, they found the hernia a repaired it during the operation. We will likely meet with the surgeon in tomorrow and try to get this in before the weekend if at all possible.
and said it is not a hernia but that there is a lot of fluid in the area and he needs to be operated on (I think he might suspect a communicating hydrocele but I still think there is probably a hernia involved given the pain). No matter though. My brother had this happen and while they said CH, they found the hernia a repaired it during the operation. We will likely meet with the surgeon in tomorrow and try to get this in before the weekend if at all possible.
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wow pearce. will be thinkin about ya
will be thinkin about ya
autumnprairie
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Praying for a quick surgery and recovery
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Pearce Pastures
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Well, I called the surgeon today and at first, the receptionist said it would be almost two weeks before we could get in, because everyone was trying to get their surgeries in to meet their deductibles before the new year. Momma wasn't having that. I said, this kid is in pain and I will not be waiting, and this is NOT something I just decided to do this week since it is almost the end of a deductible year (what like, I decided to let my kid get a hernia so it works well with my insurance?). She put me on hold and then got me an appointment first thing tomorrow. Thanks for all the kind thoughts and prayers. Ell is tender for sure but he is trying to not let it slow him down. 
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Praying for your son and you. That's scary that that happened that quickly. Good for you for sticking to your guns and making them get you an appointment in quickly. Moms always know best when it comes to their kids. Hoping the surgery and recovery goes well for Ell.
That's scary that that happened that quickly. Good for you for sticking to your guns and making them get you an appointment in quickly. Moms always know best when it comes to their kids. Hoping the surgery and recovery goes well for Ell. redtailgal
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I'd give you a real one, only my arms are too short to reach that far........
bonbean01
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Keeping you, Ell and the rest of your family in my prayers!!!!
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Pearce Pastures
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Busy day today so I am sitting in my PJs a bit and enjoying my coffee. 
Elliott's appointment is in 2 hours and he is chilling in his jammies too, playing so sweetly with his sister. I love listening in on their conversations.
DH took Ben to school this morning and then he has two final exams to go tackle. Then he will be off for almost a month before he has to start his last semester of classes. I am so excited that we are this close to being done! He has a great chance of landing the job he wants at the mill as soon as he graduates and I think he will be putting together his resume and application sometimes next week. One of the overseers he was under during his internship there emailed us the other day just to say hi and see how Steve was doing in school, so I think that is a good sign.
And another blessing to account for, and one only you folks would understand. We were so lucky during the last few years to find good hay for our animals inexpensively (traded two goats for a barn load) and even free (local horse and animal rescue person who had a surplus and no place to put the newly harvested stuff so he seriously gave us all we could take at the time). But now we were getting down to our last ten bales and prices have gone double or more for even first cutting stuff. I made a few calls and people were either out or charging $8-10 per bale plus delivery, and I know that is not unreasonable considering their expenses and the lack of climate cooperation, but ouch! So I happened to be talking to a former student who works for the same person we got hay from before and mentioned hay, and he asked if we needed some. He called his boss and we are getting 100 bales delivered tonight at $5 each, 3rd and 4th cutting, nice stuff! I am soooo happy and I bet the goats will be too. Kind of wish DH was going to be home though because I will be getting in quite a workout stacking those by myself.
Elliott's appointment is in 2 hours and he is chilling in his jammies too, playing so sweetly with his sister. I love listening in on their conversations.
DH took Ben to school this morning and then he has two final exams to go tackle. Then he will be off for almost a month before he has to start his last semester of classes. I am so excited that we are this close to being done! He has a great chance of landing the job he wants at the mill as soon as he graduates and I think he will be putting together his resume and application sometimes next week. One of the overseers he was under during his internship there emailed us the other day just to say hi and see how Steve was doing in school, so I think that is a good sign.
And another blessing to account for, and one only you folks would understand. We were so lucky during the last few years to find good hay for our animals inexpensively (traded two goats for a barn load) and even free (local horse and animal rescue person who had a surplus and no place to put the newly harvested stuff so he seriously gave us all we could take at the time). But now we were getting down to our last ten bales and prices have gone double or more for even first cutting stuff. I made a few calls and people were either out or charging $8-10 per bale plus delivery, and I know that is not unreasonable considering their expenses and the lack of climate cooperation, but ouch! So I happened to be talking to a former student who works for the same person we got hay from before and mentioned hay, and he asked if we needed some. He called his boss and we are getting 100 bales delivered tonight at $5 each, 3rd and 4th cutting, nice stuff! I am soooo happy and I bet the goats will be too. Kind of wish DH was going to be home though because I will be getting in quite a workout stacking those by myself.
promiseacres
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Hope everything with the surgery goes well..we got lucky on our hay....a farmer my dh knows didn't have time to make some of his fields so he let us cut and bale it.
