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MY TALE GOES LIKE THIS;AT 1:30 PM,ON MONDAY JUNE 10TH, MOM CALLED, TWO PEOPLE STOPPED TO TELL HER SHE HAD A CALF OUT ON THE ROAD. "COME HELP" SO I DO. THE CALF IS STANDING STOCK STILL AGAINST THE 4 PLANK FENCE. I PICKED IT UP, SHE NEVER MOVED. I LEFT MY CAR IN THE ROAD, AND HELD HER, OVER THE HILLS TO HER MOM. 7:50 I GET A CALL, "GO GET SOME CALF MILK". I BANG ON THE DOOR AT TRACTOR SUPPLY (THEY HAD JUST CLOSED) AND THIS YOUNG GAL TELLS ME BASICLY WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW, "GET THE ELECTRO LITE PACKET TOO" SO AT 8:30 I HAVE TO PRY THIS POOR THINGS MOUTH OPEN, ITS SO STUCK, DRY. SHE DRANK 4 PINTS, STRAIGHT DOWN. GREAT! SO WE PUT HER BACK IN WITH HER MOM. NEXT MORNING, THE PHONE RINGS. MOM CANT GET HER TO NURSE, I GO GIVE HER 2 PINTS MORE OF THE "RED KOOL-AID", SHE WONT TAKE ANY MORE. BACK TO THE FIELD SHE GOES, ( ITS AN OPEN VEIW FROM THE HOUSE, 40 FT.AWAY). I GO DO MY APPOINTMENTS AND GO BY TO CHECK ON HER. THE MOMS MOOING, STANDING OVER HER. THE OTHER COWS ARE DRIFTING BY, GOING TO THE HOLLOW. AND I SEE 'lITTLE SIS'(ITS A RED HAIR THING) STRETCHED OUT FLAT ON HER SIDE, CANT BARELY RAISE HER HEAD OFF THE GROUND. SO I REACH THRU THE BOARD FENCE AND START RUBBING HER HARD, TO HELP HER CIRCULATION. SHE GETS UP AND ON PALSEY LIMBS WALKS 20 FT. AND FALLS FLAT ON HER SIDE. SHE STUGGLES UP AND AN ANGUS WANDERS PAST AND STOPS TO SMELL AND CLEAN A BIT. L SIS FLOPS DOWN AT THE ANGUS' FEET, WHO THEN CONTINUES OVER THE HILL. MOMS' STILL THERE, WATCHING MOOING AND GRAZING, SHE COMES TO HER AND WORKS HER OVER W/THE TOUNGE. L SIS JUST CANT GET UP, HER HEAD CURLS ALL THE WAY BACK TO HER SPINE,BUT SHE CANT RAISE HER SHOULDERS ANY MORE. 5 MIN. THE MOM IS STILL MOOING, BUT OUT OF SIGHT OVER THE HILL. I JUMP THE FENCE, AND HAD ONE HARD TIME, TRYING TO PICK HER UP, SHE WOULDNT STOP STRUGGLING HER NECK BACK (75LBS.) I CARRIED HER THOUGH THE FENCE AND GOT THE LAST 2 PINTS DOWN HER. I HAD TO FORCE IT DOWN HER THROAT. SHE WAS SO DEHIDERATED. I WAS TOLD, IF YOU CAN SAVE IT SHE'S YOURS. I WENT HOME THINKING I'D HAVE TO BURY IT IN THE MORNING. I GOT UP AT 4 AM, WENT OVER AT 7:30, HAD TO GIVE HER A BIG RUB DOWN,TO GET HER UP. SHE, BY THIS TIME KNOWS ME, AND FOLLOWS ME DOWN ACROSS THE YARD. SHE ACTUALLY TOOK THE NIPPLE AND DRAINED 3 PINTS, 2 HOURS LATER SHE DRANK 2 MORE. I WALKED HER UP INTO THE FIELD AND SHE FOUND HER A SHADY SPOT BY THE FENCE AND SLEPT THERE, MOVING TO 3 CLOSE SPOTS THRU THE DAY. WONDERFUL! I GO TO CHURCH (WE HAVE A REAL ALIVE CHURCH FAMILY) I GET BACK, IT'S BEEN RAINING. THE POOR THING IS RACKED WITH CHILLS, MY DRESS BECAME HER TENT/TOWEL, AND MY MOM COMES OUT,(WERE BOTH, ME AND SIS, SITTING ON THE GROUND,WET). MOM GOT A TOWEL FROM MY CAR, AND I WRAPPED IT OVER AND AROUND L SIS, STOOD UP AND PUT HER IN MY HUSBANDS CAR, (I HAD IT FOR THE DAY). I EVEN PUT NEWS PAPERS ON THE SEAT (FOR THE CALF'S WARMTH). IT WAS HUMID. I TURNED THE HEAT UP, AIR OFF. HELD HER SHAKING HOOF ALL THE WAY HOME, NEVER REMEMBER THOSE 4 MILES BEING SO SLOW. I WAS AFRAID I'D THROW HER OFF THE SEAT ON THE HILLS. WHEN I GOT HOME SHE HAD LEFT A COUPLE SMALL TOKENS FOR THE MISTER, ON THE SEAT. YES I'VE CLEANED IT. OH, I FORGOT SHE'S GOT PINK EYE IN HER RIGHT EYE, TOO. SO I CALLED THE NEIGHBOR, BLUBBERED A BIT, AND ROUNDED UP NEWS PAPERS FOR THE KITCHEN FLOOR.(SHE MISSED THEM TOO.) NEIGHBOR HELPED ME WITH THE DOORS, SAT WITH ME, THEN, WENT HOME(SHE HAD BEEN IN BED). BY THIS TIME, L SIS'S EYES WERE SEEMING TO SINK INTO HER SKULL. SHE QUIT SHAKING ABOUT 1:30 AM, LEFT SOME NICE DROPPED PACKAGES, TURNED THE FLOOR INTO A MAJOR PUDDLE, AND STILL, COULDNT STAY ON HER FEET BALANCED.I SAT WITH HER HEAD ON MY SHOULDER, TAKING THE WEIGHT, SO SHE COULD BALANCE ON HER FEET. STILL WOULDNT TAKE LIQUID. HUBBY CAME IN, AND WE WENT IN THE YARD AND EMPTIED OUT THE SHED, BABY PROOFED IT. I GO TO GET HER, SHE'S IN ANOTHER LAKE, FLAT ON HER SIDE BACK LEGS SMEARED. CLEAN-UP #3, AND HER, HAD TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS DRY. PACKED HER OUT TO THE SHED, POSITIVE IT WAS A GOOD BYE. I STAYED UP WAITING ON THE STORE TO OPEN AGAIN,(HER BOWELS WERE GETTING SOFTER,NOT LIQUID). GOT SOME MORE ELECTRO-LITE STUFF AND FOUND A BOTTLE WITH AN 18" TUBE! NEVER HEARD OF, NOR SEEN ONE, READ THE DIRECTIONS AND GRABBED IT. CHRIST IS MY COMPANION, WE TALK, WELL I DO. SO VETS IS ON THE WAY, I STOPPED, TOLD ALL, HE SAID THATS ABOUT ALL YOU COULD DO. SAID HE'D GET SCOURS BAD, IF NOT ENOUGH FIRST MILK FROM ITS MOTHER.???????? I GET HOME, HER LEGS ARE GETTING STIFF, SHE HADNT STOOD IN 9 HOURS, I WISH I COULD HAVE GOT THE SAME RUB SHE GOT, I MEAN I WAS TIRED. I HAD RECIEVED 2 NEEDLES WITH 3CC OF ANTIBIOTIC ONE FOR TODAY AND ONE FOR SUN. FROM THE VET , HE ALSO GAVE ME 6CC OF A B COMPLEX????????????? FOR TODAY. I HEMMED AND HAWED AROUND, FINALLY STUCK HER WITH THE NEEDLES( MY FIRST STICKING ANYONE!) TRIED THE BOTTLE TWICE MORE, SHE WOULDN'T EVEN TRY, THEN FILLED THE STOMACH BOTTLE. YEP, I'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT ALL STERILE, EVEN THE KITCHEN FLOOR!
I WOULD NOT ADVIZE ANY ONE TO DO THIS ON A ACTIVE CALF,BUT FROM MY SCRUTINY OF THE PICTURE(IT WASN'T CLEAR) AND THE DIRECTIONS, THEY WERE PERFECTLY CLEAR, I SET ABOUT PUTTING THIS 18 INCH LONG, 1/2 INCH ROUND TUBE, DOWN L SIS'S THROAT. SHE, WEDGED BETWEEN MY LEGS, HEAD FORWARD, BACKSIDE,LISTING BACK AND FORTH. THE THING THAT I WAS MOST AFRAID OF WAS THAT SHE'D FALL AND REDIRECT THE TUBE. THE DIRECTIONS WERE SPACIFIC, THE TUBE MUST FOLLOW DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NECK. OTHERWISE IT COULD GO IN HER LUNGS AND DROWN HER!!!!!!! I NEVER TAKE SUCH RISKS!!!!!!!! I WAS PRAYING FOR GUIDANCE!!!!!!!!!! LIKE I NEVER HAVE.! AND THEN SHE FELL, IT WAS IN , UP TO HER LIPS, AND THE BOTTLE WAS DRAINING IN.! AND SHE TRIED TO SWALLOW, THEN JUST LAYED THERE, BREATHING, IN AND OUT, SO CALMLY. NICE AND SLOW DRAIN, SHE DIDN'T BRING ANY UP. I HAVE NEVER PRAYED FOR AN ANIMAL. SEEMS SO PETTY, WITH SO MANY DIEING IN THIS WORLD, BUT I DID. 6 HOURS AGO MY SON CAME IN TO TELL ME SHE WAS ON HER FEET, STANDING SWAYING, BUT NOT FALLING. I'VE BEEN OUT WITH HER TILL 2 HOURS AGO. SHE STAYED ON HER FEET THRU DETERMINATION, CAUSE EVERY TIME SHE SHIFTED HER FEET, SHE STUMBLED BACK INTO BALANCE. I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH A CLOSENESS WITH AN ANIMAL BEFORE!!!!!! SHE'S CURLED UP ON HER FEET, HEAD TUCKED INTO HER SIDE, BREATHING SO SWEETLY.
SO FROM ALL THIS I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WILL B VITAMINS CAUSE TWITCHING ENOUGH TO CAUSE HER TO SPASIM? OR COULD IT BE SHE JUST KICKED HER HIND LEG FORWARD TOO FAST BECAUSE OF AN ITCH, CAUSING HER TO COLLAPSE ON HER TAIL BONE.? ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER THE B SHOT, IT SEEMED BOTH HAPPENED AT ONCE. ALSO WILL TABLE SALT CURE PINK EYE.? ALSO ABOUT THE COLOSTRUM, HOW CAN I TELL HOW OLD SHE IS.? WHEN I FIRST PICKED HER UP, HER NAVEL CORD WAS A VERY DARK RED, LIKE BEEF JERKY COLORED. I'M ASSUMING SINCE SHE HASN'T HAD THE RUNNS YET, THAT SHE MUST HAVE NURSED AT LEAST HALF A DAY, BECAUSE HER MOMS UDDER LOOKED TOO FULL, AS IF IT HAD BEEN EMPTIED SOME, THEN BECAME ENGORGED
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I WOULD NOT ADVIZE ANY ONE TO DO THIS ON A ACTIVE CALF,BUT FROM MY SCRUTINY OF THE PICTURE(IT WASN'T CLEAR) AND THE DIRECTIONS, THEY WERE PERFECTLY CLEAR, I SET ABOUT PUTTING THIS 18 INCH LONG, 1/2 INCH ROUND TUBE, DOWN L SIS'S THROAT. SHE, WEDGED BETWEEN MY LEGS, HEAD FORWARD, BACKSIDE,LISTING BACK AND FORTH. THE THING THAT I WAS MOST AFRAID OF WAS THAT SHE'D FALL AND REDIRECT THE TUBE. THE DIRECTIONS WERE SPACIFIC, THE TUBE MUST FOLLOW DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NECK. OTHERWISE IT COULD GO IN HER LUNGS AND DROWN HER!!!!!!! I NEVER TAKE SUCH RISKS!!!!!!!! I WAS PRAYING FOR GUIDANCE!!!!!!!!!! LIKE I NEVER HAVE.! AND THEN SHE FELL, IT WAS IN , UP TO HER LIPS, AND THE BOTTLE WAS DRAINING IN.! AND SHE TRIED TO SWALLOW, THEN JUST LAYED THERE, BREATHING, IN AND OUT, SO CALMLY. NICE AND SLOW DRAIN, SHE DIDN'T BRING ANY UP. I HAVE NEVER PRAYED FOR AN ANIMAL. SEEMS SO PETTY, WITH SO MANY DIEING IN THIS WORLD, BUT I DID. 6 HOURS AGO MY SON CAME IN TO TELL ME SHE WAS ON HER FEET, STANDING SWAYING, BUT NOT FALLING. I'VE BEEN OUT WITH HER TILL 2 HOURS AGO. SHE STAYED ON HER FEET THRU DETERMINATION, CAUSE EVERY TIME SHE SHIFTED HER FEET, SHE STUMBLED BACK INTO BALANCE. I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH A CLOSENESS WITH AN ANIMAL BEFORE!!!!!! SHE'S CURLED UP ON HER FEET, HEAD TUCKED INTO HER SIDE, BREATHING SO SWEETLY.
SO FROM ALL THIS I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WILL B VITAMINS CAUSE TWITCHING ENOUGH TO CAUSE HER TO SPASIM? OR COULD IT BE SHE JUST KICKED HER HIND LEG FORWARD TOO FAST BECAUSE OF AN ITCH, CAUSING HER TO COLLAPSE ON HER TAIL BONE.? ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER THE B SHOT, IT SEEMED BOTH HAPPENED AT ONCE. ALSO WILL TABLE SALT CURE PINK EYE.? ALSO ABOUT THE COLOSTRUM, HOW CAN I TELL HOW OLD SHE IS.? WHEN I FIRST PICKED HER UP, HER NAVEL CORD WAS A VERY DARK RED, LIKE BEEF JERKY COLORED. I'M ASSUMING SINCE SHE HASN'T HAD THE RUNNS YET, THAT SHE MUST HAVE NURSED AT LEAST HALF A DAY, BECAUSE HER MOMS UDDER LOOKED TOO FULL, AS IF IT HAD BEEN EMPTIED SOME, THEN BECAME ENGORGED
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