What a difference a week makes! First off, I had my tubes "installed". Unfortunately, the doctor was unable to put the longer lasting tubes in because one ear did not have enough space behind the ear drum since it had been collapsed for so long and he could not place it in the other ear either because it would not come off his tweezers. Basically, after several agonizing tries to get it in, he gave up and put in the smaller tubes in both ears, which hurt much less to insert, but will fall out in a year so I have to do this all over again next year. He did use a pain deadener, which consisted of filling my ear up with lidocaine and using an electric probe inserted into my ear canal to "pulse" it deeper for about 15 minutes on each side. It really helped, but it still was sort of painful. Every thing sounds so weird now. It is like I hear everything underwater. I hope it sounds normal soon! I did notice that my ceiling fan makes this annoying little ticking sound EVERY TIME it makes a rotation. I've noticed other sounds I have never noticed before too. I guess my hearing had been effected by the fluid on my ear drums. Now, that my ear drains my ears feel oily all the time. I guess I will get use to it, but right now it feels really gross.
L and A finished up with their volleyball teams. A's team placed 3rd and L placed 2nd, though they only lost in the 3rd set in overtime. It was crazy intense and they came very close to placing 1st. We now have our Tuesday evenings and Saturdays free......at least until T starts basketball in June. I am excited he picked an indoor sport for summer. It is just too hot for football.
This week we had to give our roosters a "spa" day. They have developed very raw red legs and I have read that it could be scaly leg mites. They best way to treat this, plus a variety of other possibilities, is to soak their legs in an Epsom salt bath for 20 minutes and apply antibiotic ointment. This is much easier said than done. In order to accomplish this task, we had to wait until dusk when they went to roost, extract them from the coop, no easy task...think of trying to take a dog out of a kennel it is trying desperately to stay in, place them in warm water without them moving for 20 minutes, and then have them hold their leg still while it is dried and you apply ointment. I won't say it is impossible because we did it, but it was ALMOST impossible. After attempting this for two days in a row, we (mostly me) (okay all me D just does what I decide when treating the animals..he is so awesome) I decided if they die they die. They are fun to watch, but I am not really going to put a whole lot of effort to keep roosters. Now, my hens that is another story, but luckily all 7 girls are very healthy.
Maisy reminded us this week of why she is NOT allowed to roam free in the house when we are gone. D left his shirt on her kennel when he changed and apparently left it where she could get to it. Yep, she pulled his shirt through the slats on her kennel and happily munched on it until we came back. Glad it wasn't something we actually care about.
L and A finished up with their volleyball teams. A's team placed 3rd and L placed 2nd, though they only lost in the 3rd set in overtime. It was crazy intense and they came very close to placing 1st. We now have our Tuesday evenings and Saturdays free......at least until T starts basketball in June. I am excited he picked an indoor sport for summer. It is just too hot for football.
This week we had to give our roosters a "spa" day. They have developed very raw red legs and I have read that it could be scaly leg mites. They best way to treat this, plus a variety of other possibilities, is to soak their legs in an Epsom salt bath for 20 minutes and apply antibiotic ointment. This is much easier said than done. In order to accomplish this task, we had to wait until dusk when they went to roost, extract them from the coop, no easy task...think of trying to take a dog out of a kennel it is trying desperately to stay in, place them in warm water without them moving for 20 minutes, and then have them hold their leg still while it is dried and you apply ointment. I won't say it is impossible because we did it, but it was ALMOST impossible. After attempting this for two days in a row, we (mostly me) (okay all me D just does what I decide when treating the animals..he is so awesome) I decided if they die they die. They are fun to watch, but I am not really going to put a whole lot of effort to keep roosters. Now, my hens that is another story, but luckily all 7 girls are very healthy.
Maisy reminded us this week of why she is NOT allowed to roam free in the house when we are gone. D left his shirt on her kennel when he changed and apparently left it where she could get to it. Yep, she pulled his shirt through the slats on her kennel and happily munched on it until we came back. Glad it wasn't something we actually care about.
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