Another Patient

Feed runs are beginning to slow down, but we're still spending a couple hours a day in the feed truck:

Waiting on cows:

Skeet doesn't miss much

This particular feed run was made on our anniversary. DH noticed a heifer off by herself and after seeing she was feeling poorly, we went back to the house, loaded a horse and trailered back to pick her up:

With Skeet's help, of course

 Poor thing didn't put up much of a fuss

Skeet's ready with a little encouragement

Back at the house DH prepares to give her a shot

One stick, and he's in

Once she's unloaded, we see if she'll drink

O.K., maybe with a little help

Nope. So we gather supplies - 10 gallons of warm water from the house

pvc pipe, tubing, and a drench pump

She gets a dose of oral meds

Then DH puts the pvc pipe in her mouth

So he can run the tubing to her stomach

Checking to make sure he's in the stomach

The pictures stop there because I've attached the tubing to the drench pump and am pumping water into our patient. We aren't always successful in saving them, but we do what we can, pray, and leave the rest up to the Good Lord.

Our other patient is doing well and enjoys daily visits from the local canine home health care resident. In fact, they've become buddies and are both relishing the warm sunshine on a daily basis: