Farm happenings
Soooooo, we go to check on Peace the calf and she has poop on her rear end again. Tori and I decide to take her out for her daily physical therapy for her swollen leg and also to spray her tush down again. As we're cleaning her off, Tori says "eww what is that on her leg??"
So I look and I see a small clump of what looks like scrambled eggs. I think "What in the world is that?" I grab a paper towel and pull it off and then.......Mt. Vesuvius erupted. The thick yellow cottage cheese stuff starts pouring out of a hole in her leg.
Silence
So I run in and put on some rubber gloves, tell Trey to bring me the saline bottle and grab a new roll of paper towels. Back to the leg I go. I start squeezing and wiping and squirting and the stuff just won't come out. So into the wound my fingers had to go to rip out the mess. \€|£~+}¥!!??|#%%€£
Omgosh
Omgosh
I don't know how I didn't throw up.
After the chunks came out the liquid started. So I squirted and wiped and squirted and wiped and when we were done I looked at her and she had nothing but a look of relief on her face. I was covered in sweat and had turned a shade of green.
A Dr. Pol moment. A disgusting Dr. Pol moment.
So I called Lloyd to let him know and one of the questions he asked was "Did I use my bare hands"
Definitely not there yet
Later that night
Peace the calf update-
Lloyd came by tonight and drained another abscess on the other side of her joint, squirted her down with iodine, gave her a shot of antibiotic and a pain killer. She had a bit of a fever so we'll check her in the morning.
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