Wehner Homestead

[Wehner Homestead]

Weak pyloric valve?
One of my B-I-L's had it. Had some kind of reconstructive surgery done to fix it but it's been a few years ago now...don't remember much about it, if I ever knew exactly what they did.

Yes GB. They think mine has been weakened by stress. Time will tell though. I’m trying to follow all of the recommendations and restrictions to a T to avoid surgery.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I posted an update last night but left y’all without any pics so here goes!

Forgot to tell ya that I worked Sat/Sun. Both were long busy days. Being a nurse is rough. My patients and their families took so much out of me!!

DS and DD2 also had their first field trip on Thursday. We went to a pumpkin patch. They had a blast and there was also an educational side. They had calves for the kids to bottle feed, baby Boer goats to see, sheep, and feeder pigs. I didn’t get many pics without kiddos’ faces so I only have a few to share.

This is DD2 and my mom checking out the sheep. Not sure if they are Katahdin or Dorper. Can one of my sheeples help me out?? Lol

Halo. She’s not spoiled at all! Napping in a kid recliner.

Kids took a pic of me in the heifer pen. (The jump rope is tied to a gate that goes into the chute system. Kids have some game they’ve made up and use the jump rope to pull the gate back and forth to that hay pile.)

DS taking my grandma a drawing that he’d made. It’s a surprise! She had knee replacement surgery a week ago today and we finally made it over to check on her Sunday after work.

Theo. I woke him up. These goats make me laugh!

Some pics of the cosmetic dehorning. I didn’t get during shots as I didn’t want to offend the vet but here’s a before and after.
This is Jordan. He just had scurs.

Lazy cats staying cool! Sophie in front, Disney in back.

This is why the steers’ water is always filthy. We change it out twice a day! Ugh! Caught Reggie!!

 

[farmerjan]

Don't feel bad about the calf in the water. I have one heifer that insists that it can't drink unless she is standing in one trough/bucket, then drinking out of the other. Drives me freakin nuts. She is on the short list to sell because she just isn't too smart..... got another that only wants to be a bully when someone is standing next to the water, then butts them and they fall into the trough.... she is on the short list to sell too. And then there is always one that has to stand with their butt near the water and lift a tail into the water.....GRRRRR.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

1) Caramel is due on Friday. I know several of you have been cleaning out your watches threads so you may want to follow the kidding thread again. I’ve posted a few pics of her progress.

2) Halo amazes me daily. She’s almost 14 weeks and knows her name, comes most of the time, acknowledges a whistle, almost has sit down pat, no longer cries in her crate unless she needs to potty, and can catch a ball on a bounce. She even brings it back! She’s going to be a lot of fun!!

She still sleeps a lot like a typical Pup. Her favorite place is on the vent. These three pics are from different times today.

 

[Bruce]

She had knee replacement surgery a week ago today and we finally made it over to check on her Sunday after work.

And?? You can't leave us hanging like that!

Theo. I woke him up. These goats make me laugh!

Huh, wha? Turn off the light!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@Bruce what do you want to know about my grandma? She’s ignoring what the dr says and pushing her limits. Can’t keep her down! Taking her supper tomorrow night.

 

[Bruce]

Why, how she is doing of course! I get the impression that pushing the limits is the right thing to do with replacements now. Not like the "old" days when they had you sit and lose muscle mass while you recovered from the surgery. But she shouldn't push TOO hard, don't want to mess anything up.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@Bruce she’s already going up and down the stairs to the basement to do laundry. These stairs are quite steep and have intimidated me my whole life. I think that’s a little much when it’s barely been a week.

 

[farmerjan]

It is a bit much, BUT, she has been doing them for a long time..... still I know you worry. The muscles are weaker ... It sounds like she is doing EXTREMELY well. Did she have the "quad sparing" type of knee replacement? I understand it is much easier on you and recovery is 1/2 or less the time. Still, after a week I am very impressed. You probably can't convince her to "stop" doing, so try to impress on her to just be EXTRA careful, so she doesn't fall and have to have it redone.....

 

[Bruce]

so try to impress on her to just be EXTRA careful, so she doesn't fall and have to have it redone.....

I like that answer!