Wehner Homestead

[Wehner Homestead]

@Bruce she seems to have picked up fleas somewhere along the way home. She was scratching and crying so needless to say when I dug through my box of dog stuff and didn’t find a frontline for her size or anything else that would help, I resorted to a Dawn dish soap bath until the vet is open tomorrow and I can get flea meds for her. Makes me SO sad that those bugs were bugging her but she’s much better now!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Lazy movie day when we aren’t taking Halo out or working with calves.

 

[Bruce]

She sure looks comfortable as a new member of the family!

 

[Pastor Dave]

A good day to rest. We had our Homecoming service today with the best up and coming Southern Gospel Band to perform during our Service, 3rd Row Boys. Check them out on FB or online. It began as a quartet 10 yrs ago and is now a trio. All Hoosiers, and have been to Nashville, TN to record. They have a new song on Gospel/Christian radio called, "Grace, Love, and Mercy". We had a phenomenal pitch-in dinner following, and now have been lounging since abt 2:30.
A good day to rest!

 

[RollingAcres]

Halo is so adorable!
Looks like she's getting comfortable at her new home.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Walked steers to water after being tied all day and then let them loose to eat. The heifers were walked to water but only Emma drank. Indy and Lolli are still pretty antsy. We are seeing lots of progress in the heifers though. Gotta get the last Steer sold.

DH’s truck has been out of commission for more than a month as he works on it a bit here and there. Originally thought it was a battery issue so he replaced the battery. That didn’t work. He sent the dash panel off to be worked on and that didn’t fix it so then he ordered a new starter. He spent some time today taking out the old starter and putting in the new. That’s not the problem so now he has to get and install a new alternator. (I’m not mechanical and don’t understand the whole thing.)

DH also started mowing our yard. It’s bad! Like more than a foot tall in some places. They should’ve just mowed it for hay but they didn’t. I really think he would have been better off using the bush hog than the lawnmower for this round.

Officially decided to dry off Diamond. Her udder didn’t even get full when we skipped two days of milking. I’m watching her closely but I think she had already weaned Jasmine so it’s just getting her dry from the less than half a cup that she was giving me once a day. We will breed her again for spring.

Halo ended up having one accident this evening while putting the kiddos to bed. I still don’t think that’s too bad for the busy life we lead. She stayed inside during evening chores since we were working with cattle and wouldn’t be able to watch her closely. Halo did get to explore the barn some yesterday and a bit more today.

She was accustomed to being carried from her pen to the outside play area. This kept the puppies from rushing any door or gate that was open. Makes complete sense other than Halo refused to enter our garage from outside because she wouldn’t cross the threshold! We are working on that. She will also go up and/or down the single step from the garage to the house some of the time.

Her recall is awesome. She’s being trained to answer a whistle, her name, and “come.” She really enjoys the kids but is Mama’s girl. Halo slept under my chair each time I ate today and while DD1 and I did some school review. She follows me from room to room!

Some more pics from today.

 

[Baymule]

Halo is beautiful. That was some trip to go get her and get back home! Now you have the fun of house breaking and potty trips outside. Aussies are brilliant smart, she will do just fine.

 

[Bruce]

She is a beautiful dog

Maybe DH needs to have a trained mechanic diagnose the truck instead of spending money replacing parts that aren't the problem?

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Where to start...FIL replaced the alternator on the truck yesterday. Ran fine. Battery light came on. DH and FIL switched vehicles so DH could go get feed. He picked up more than a ton total of goat, cow, and chicken feed. (@Bruce FIL has worked as a mechanic in the past. I trust him. They’ve attempted to explain things but I don’t have the ability to recall all of that five minutes later.)

My scope went well yesterday. Talked to the dr today to get the actual information.
I have been diagnosed with bile reflux. Basically the sphincter that separates the stomach from the first part of the small intestine isn't closing properly. This is allowing bile to back up and cause severe abdominal pain. (I don't have the associated acid reflux that most people have.) There is no real treatment, just management of symptoms. I'll take Pepcid from now on and have to be strict with taking carafate until I don't have symptoms for several days. I'll then have to take carafate before any irritating foods. I'm not allowed to have any kind of caffeine, carbonation, coffee, chocolate, acid, anything tomato based, spicy foods, or anything fried/greasy. I also can't lay down for 3 hrs after I eat, we have to put the head of our bed on risers to keep it elevated, I'm supposed to try to lose 5-10#, and reduce my stress. Small, frequent meals too. This is something that if not kept in check could cause irritation of my stomach and lead to extensive complications so I'll be working hard to manage my health.

As most of you know, DD2 had a MRI with sedation today. It went as well as can be expected. (I HATE handing my child over and watching her try to overcome those horrible meds!) The MRI of her brain and spine both looked good! We don't have to see her neurosurgeon again for a year!! What we were concerned about, he thought had to do with her transition as she grows (think: typical kids have awkward stages, more awkward for DD2) and adjusting to new braces on top of all of that.

Of course I got some new pics to share...

Halo doesn’t get very far from Mom!

Jewel on a stack of hay bales in the barn aisle. The kids were playing during chores.

Some candid shots of Sparkle and CeCe.

Sunset tonight.

 

[RollingAcres]

Good news on DD2! Yay!

Not so good news on your new diet restrictions but you have your health to take care of so strict diet it is. Please take care.