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I am right there with you, SS! If icu4dzs was in my town, I'd SO go see him as my doctor!!! He had information that said that he'd get to fill out a survey... and boy is he going to fill it out! He feels MUCH better today, and didn't do anything major except cut back on the antibiotics (was prescribed 4x/day, doc said that was too much since there was a really low risk that he actually HAD and infection, and to reduce it to 2x), and he added a little heat, and used Cypress oil to help improve circulation. He said he slept ok (still taking a light pain pill at night to help take the edge off the discomfort of laying down), and he put more oils on this morning. I'm RELIEVED that he's beginning to feel better. I just hope he hurries up and gets better, cause he's no fun when he's in pain!!
Deb, I don't know why Storm over heated. I have no idea if there was an underlying factor other than the fact that it was somewhere over 100 degrees that day. Bigger horses are more likely to have heat issues. Just like smaller horses are more prone to founder and colic. I'm not convinced that he's "right" yet, but it hasn't been warm enough since Sunday to cause any of them to sweat. We'll just have to see what happens in the next week or so.
Thanks, Dawn. This afternoon was a little goofy and rough, but hopefully things will settle down soon. This weekend should be GREAT! I'm canning for the first time with a friend on Saturday, we're going to stop by the gun shop, too, I have to give a presentation to entice boy scouts that they want to come learn about horses (that's only sorta fun... LOL). Sunday we're probably going to the range, and then Monday I'm going to shoot with E, which should be a blast and give me some good constructive time with the guns to really get more comfortable with everything. I should attempt to squeeze a ride in there somewhere, though I am a bit cautious with his issues... Now if I can just get through the end of the week!
I am a bit irritated that the power is still doing its half out thing. I had the dish washer running this afternoon since we didn't run it last night because the power was flicking and of COURSE it went out while it was half done. Thankfully it came back on, so the cycle was able to finish. I don't like it getting caught in the middle, I'm afraid its going to burn something up. I need to do laundry, and I don't want to have the washer quit half way through! That would be worse than the dish washer!! I sent another message to the park to remind her that we're stuck half way in between with a pretty big inconvenience, so we'll see if they've made any progress. They were supposed to be lining up some bids starting tomorrow, so we'll have to see if they actually have gotten that far. I certainly hope so!
Thanks guys for the support!
Deb, I don't know why Storm over heated. I have no idea if there was an underlying factor other than the fact that it was somewhere over 100 degrees that day. Bigger horses are more likely to have heat issues. Just like smaller horses are more prone to founder and colic. I'm not convinced that he's "right" yet, but it hasn't been warm enough since Sunday to cause any of them to sweat. We'll just have to see what happens in the next week or so.
Thanks, Dawn. This afternoon was a little goofy and rough, but hopefully things will settle down soon. This weekend should be GREAT! I'm canning for the first time with a friend on Saturday, we're going to stop by the gun shop, too, I have to give a presentation to entice boy scouts that they want to come learn about horses (that's only sorta fun... LOL). Sunday we're probably going to the range, and then Monday I'm going to shoot with E, which should be a blast and give me some good constructive time with the guns to really get more comfortable with everything. I should attempt to squeeze a ride in there somewhere, though I am a bit cautious with his issues... Now if I can just get through the end of the week!
I am a bit irritated that the power is still doing its half out thing. I had the dish washer running this afternoon since we didn't run it last night because the power was flicking and of COURSE it went out while it was half done. Thankfully it came back on, so the cycle was able to finish. I don't like it getting caught in the middle, I'm afraid its going to burn something up. I need to do laundry, and I don't want to have the washer quit half way through! That would be worse than the dish washer!! I sent another message to the park to remind her that we're stuck half way in between with a pretty big inconvenience, so we'll see if they've made any progress. They were supposed to be lining up some bids starting tomorrow, so we'll have to see if they actually have gotten that far. I certainly hope so!
Thanks guys
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hqueen13
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Hmmm what's happened....
The other half is beginning to feel a LITTLE better. The pain has shifted upward a bit, but some of the swelling is going down, so that is a good thing. He's been using oils and heat/ice as needed, plus elevating it.
The product of yesterday's labor:
USNBrat came over and helped, err directed traffic while I just kept doing whatever she said! We got started much later than we hoped, due to getting side tracked at the gun shop.
Once we finally got home, we were able to get things rolling, and so she blanched and peeled while I diced and then we had to do 2 separate batches of cooking since I didn't have another pot large enough to handle all of them. We managed to cook the PERFECT amount, and loaded up 7 quarts into the pressure canner. We weren't even going to use it, we were just going to do water bath, but when we realized they would have to cook for 40 minutes, and it was already 6:45 we decided to go wtih the pressure canner to speed things up. We finally sat down to dinner at 8:00!
It was all worth it, and I am really looking forward to doing more things, cream of soup, marinara, apple butter, chili..... I can't wait to be able to open my cabinet and have MY jars of my own food sitting there waiting for me to use!
The other half is beginning to feel a LITTLE better. The pain has shifted upward a bit, but some of the swelling is going down, so that is a good thing. He's been using oils and heat/ice as needed, plus elevating it.
The product of yesterday's labor:
USNBrat came over and helped, err directed traffic while I just kept doing whatever she said! We got started much later than we hoped, due to getting side tracked at the gun shop.
Once we finally got home, we were able to get things rolling, and so she blanched and peeled while I diced and then we had to do 2 separate batches of cooking since I didn't have another pot large enough to handle all of them. We managed to cook the PERFECT amount, and loaded up 7 quarts into the pressure canner. We weren't even going to use it, we were just going to do water bath, but when we realized they would have to cook for 40 minutes, and it was already 6:45 we decided to go wtih the pressure canner to speed things up. We finally sat down to dinner at 8:00!It was all worth it, and I am really looking forward to doing more things, cream of soup, marinara, apple butter, chili..... I can't wait to be able to open my cabinet and have MY jars of my own food sitting there waiting for me to use!
Beautiful! 
I totally know what you mean about things taking longer than you expect--it's 9:30pm here now and we're just sitting down to dinner ourselves after a long day of canning and working on a project (improving our laundry room). But it feels good to have accomplished a bunch of things today, and I bet you are feeling much more comfy with the whole pressure canning thing now, having jumped right in with both feet
I totally know what you mean about things taking longer than you expect--it's 9:30pm here now and we're just sitting down to dinner ourselves after a long day of canning and working on a project (improving our laundry room). But it feels good to have accomplished a bunch of things today, and I bet you are feeling much more comfy with the whole pressure canning thing now, having jumped right in with both feet
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Yes, Moolie, I do. I still would like to have someone around to do some of this process, mostly because many hands make light work and because I'm just not sure of everything yet. A few more times with different things and I think I'll be good to go.
Spent the day with a friend up at a gun range in the area and had a BLAST. I'm a frighteningly good shot for as little work as I've had. He was able to stand over my shoulder and work with me to help correct my mistakes, and I improved QUICKLY. Scary QUICKLY. He finally asked me to fire off three rounds in quick succession, and I blew up the middle of the target. After some practice I was hitting clays set on the hill at 20 yards with the 9mm. He really helped me reduce my anticipation, and get my aim a little cleaner. I think I shot more than 10 guns today between the 3 that I brought, and the several that he had with him, including his shot gun, which really rocks me. I put 10 rounds through it, and then worked with the little M&P 22 rifle that we have, plus my M4, plus several of him M4 style guns. My shoulder is BRUISED. My trigger finger is SORE, and I'm content! I am satisfied with my level of shooting since I was really staying on target very well, considering that the steel plate shoot will be easier because the plates are much larger compared to what I was working with. I feel much better about doing it at all with a little more practice under my belt. I shot until I couldn't hit the target anymore, and I finally called it quits. I probably fired off 300 rounds or more, which is more than I have ever done in one sitting, save for the 3 hour lesson I had, and even then I probably didn't hit 300. I was very glad he was able to challenge me and push me, but didn't treat me poorly or anything when I would miss or make a mistake. It was the right level of being outside my comfort zone, but with my grasp. I would LOVE to do it again, but unfortunately I can't sacrifice too many vacation days
Spent the day with a friend up at a gun range in the area and had a BLAST. I'm a frighteningly good shot for as little work as I've had. He was able to stand over my shoulder and work with me to help correct my mistakes, and I improved QUICKLY. Scary QUICKLY. He finally asked me to fire off three rounds in quick succession, and I blew up the middle of the target. After some practice I was hitting clays set on the hill at 20 yards with the 9mm. He really helped me reduce my anticipation, and get my aim a little cleaner. I think I shot more than 10 guns today between the 3 that I brought, and the several that he had with him, including his shot gun, which really rocks me. I put 10 rounds through it, and then worked with the little M&P 22 rifle that we have, plus my M4, plus several of him M4 style guns. My shoulder is BRUISED. My trigger finger is SORE, and I'm content! I am satisfied with my level of shooting since I was really staying on target very well, considering that the steel plate shoot will be easier because the plates are much larger compared to what I was working with. I feel much better about doing it at all with a little more practice under my belt. I shot until I couldn't hit the target anymore, and I finally called it quits. I probably fired off 300 rounds or more, which is more than I have ever done in one sitting, save for the 3 hour lesson I had, and even then I probably didn't hit 300. I was very glad he was able to challenge me and push me, but didn't treat me poorly or anything when I would miss or make a mistake. It was the right level of being outside my comfort zone, but with my grasp. I would LOVE to do it again, but unfortunately I can't sacrifice too many vacation days
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I have to say I LOVE my all natural stuff! After I got into the shower and washed all the sweat and gun dirt off of me (horse dirt, gun dirt, its all dirt!), I slathered my shoulder and the couple other aching spots with a bunch of stuff... Recovazon ointment, Helichrysum, Cistus, and Copiaba essential oils, and Arnica spray. I also took some Arnica drops before I crashed into bed at 9:00!
This morning I woke up and the bruising and marks were 50% GONE. I was sore, but not as sore as I expected to be. As the day wore on I was actually feeling a bit better, which made me happy. The other half was quite impressed with how much the bruising had faded over the 24 hours. It had been very angry red and purple, now it is just faint purple only where the darkest marks were.
I love all my crazy natural stuff!
This morning I woke up and the bruising and marks were 50% GONE. I was sore, but not as sore as I expected to be. As the day wore on I was actually feeling a bit better, which made me happy. The other half was quite impressed with how much the bruising had faded over the 24 hours. It had been very angry red and purple, now it is just faint purple only where the darkest marks were.
I love all my crazy natural stuff!
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It is now Thursday, after I went shooting on Monday, and my bruises are almost GONE. There is only one that is still faintly purple at all. The rest of them have faded to yellow/green, and that is all. Gone in basically 3 days.
I LOVE all my natural goops!!!!
Storm had another episode of over heating yesterday. I got a call from the barn manager that she found him in the pasture panting and bone dry again. She brought him up and said that he could barely walk back up the hill, but was fine again once she got him cooled off with the hose. So I checked with my body worker again, and she said "oh, yeah, I told you this was probably permanent"
Maybe I was just in denial... but now it is really real. I'm adding MORE supplements to his regime, which is costing me a FORTUNE, but better than having vet bills. The online research that I have read about Anhidrosis is that they have no idea why it happens, and it can happen to any horse, any age, any breed, any sex. There are no drugs or anything that "cure" it either, and the only real "treatment" is to keep the horse cool.
Hopefully the supplements will work. My bodyworker also reminded me that I'm supposed to be currying him against the hair every day to help stimulate the lymphatic system. Gotta add that to the to do list now. I'm also looking into misting fans, since our barn has very poor air flow and gets hot and stuffy. The box fan mounted on the top of the stall just isn't enough. Of course misting fans are NOT cheap. I'm debating between mounting a mister unit on the stall and using the existing fan, or spending the $$ and getting something that will really do the trick. I found one for about $150.00 that connects to a hose, which means we could mount it up on top easily and let the hose run, rather than having to worry about filling a reservoir, which would be a challenge if it were mounted on top of the stall. Course the little misting hose is only 30.00 or so at Walmart... Decisions decisions.
I dislike having high maintenance animals, especially in the barn because it causes extra work and labor for those in the barn. He is going to need to be brought in when the temps/humidity climbs, otherwise he could overheat and die very quickly. Horses simply can't handle being too hot, especially a big draft horse.
Next twist in the road... you just never know.
I LOVE all my natural goops!!!!
Storm had another episode of over heating yesterday. I got a call from the barn manager that she found him in the pasture panting and bone dry again. She brought him up and said that he could barely walk back up the hill, but was fine again once she got him cooled off with the hose. So I checked with my body worker again, and she said "oh, yeah, I told you this was probably permanent"
Maybe I was just in denial... but now it is really real. I'm adding MORE supplements to his regime, which is costing me a FORTUNE, but better than having vet bills. The online research that I have read about Anhidrosis is that they have no idea why it happens, and it can happen to any horse, any age, any breed, any sex. There are no drugs or anything that "cure" it either, and the only real "treatment" is to keep the horse cool. Hopefully the supplements will work. My bodyworker also reminded me that I'm supposed to be currying him against the hair every day to help stimulate the lymphatic system. Gotta add that to the to do list now. I'm also looking into misting fans, since our barn has very poor air flow and gets hot and stuffy. The box fan mounted on the top of the stall just isn't enough. Of course misting fans are NOT cheap. I'm debating between mounting a mister unit on the stall and using the existing fan, or spending the $$ and getting something that will really do the trick. I found one for about $150.00 that connects to a hose, which means we could mount it up on top easily and let the hose run, rather than having to worry about filling a reservoir, which would be a challenge if it were mounted on top of the stall. Course the little misting hose is only 30.00 or so at Walmart... Decisions decisions.
I dislike having high maintenance animals, especially in the barn because it causes extra work and labor for those in the barn. He is going to need to be brought in when the temps/humidity climbs, otherwise he could overheat and die very quickly. Horses simply can't handle being too hot, especially a big draft horse.
Next twist in the road... you just never know.
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Woman I used to work for has a horse w/that. I don't recall now what she gave him, but I seem to recall she used rubbing alcohol to cool him down if he got overheated.
SSDreamin
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on Storm. It is so weird that it comes on out of the blue like that. It is also so frustrating to know that there isn't a cure for it either :/OK, I give up, how on earth did you get so many bruises shooting? Tactical practice, maybe?
