Peaceful day on the Farmy. Later in the day the sun came out, and the wind dropped right away.
Poor Houdini can’t even have her dust bath in peace.
Mama has been doing a fence inspection
and is not impressed.
Charlotte is still limping dreadfully. I had to stay out of the barn yesterday as every time I checked on her she tried to drag herself up to see what was going on. If I feed them seperately she does eat quite well. At one point I fed Sheila then sat in front of Charlotte as she lay down and ate from a bin lid. She ate everything too. 
And she is getting up to go to the toilet outside and drink her water. And seemed better in the afternoon. But I am not convinced she is improving. I shall call the vet again today. Sheila on the other hand is excited and busy and desperate to get out, but I cannot take her for a walk alone, it would upset charlotte too much, so she has to stay in as well.
The Daily View is still the same.
And the temperatures are still dropping at night though quite pleasant in the day. 
Good morning. Though the farmy was quiet yesterday the keyboard was not and the story roared away picking up 8,818 words so far. As Bulldogsturf advised me, just get as many words down as you can right at the beginning. Then I am committed. After that story will take over. So I am going with the flow. And I am loving it. Just letting the story take me where it will is so much more fun than trying to jam a story into a predetermined time line.
I will let you know how it goes with Charlotte, we have almost no chance of getting a vet to visit just for one pig. Industrial hog farming has changed the perspective of an animals value. And I am not seen as a real farmer so I have even less clout. And my favourite vet is a cow girl. She does not do pigs or sheep. And I have even less chance of getting the poor pig up into the stock trailer to visit a vet. We will see. Fingers crossed.
But this is farming and we will keep on working at it. You all have a good day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
75 responses to “Charlotte not much improved: vet today.”
I’m so glad the writing is going well. I do hope you can find what’s wrong with Charlotte. She looks very sad xx
I really had hope for better news of Charlotte today, Celi. The vet situation must be pretty frustrating. Lucky for Charlotte she’s on a farmy with you there to look after her. I hope, at the very least, the vet can advise you over the phone.
Have a great day, Celi. It’ll be a sunny one but I’m afraid the warm ones are behind us. Don’t forget to write today’s quota. (Ha! Like that would ever happen!)
Sun is good all the animals are out in it except for charlotte, the fire is going inside. Of course i called the vet and he is out all day.. poo.. c
You are doing the best you can for Charlotte. So sad how farming has changed with all those ginormous farms out there.
Wow, Celi, is your computer smoking? : ) What a great start! I tend to write the way you described–no outline, at least not a strict one. I do sketch things out a bit, and I *think* about it quite a lot, even when I’m not writing. I love it when the story takes its own turn, or a character does or says something I didn’t anticipate. Good for you! On a sadder note, poor Charlotte. Good luck with her. Maybe she’ll improve today.
Back to my earlier comment…giving a pig a shot is horrible…like you say thick hide and all, but it can be done. My first attempt broke the needle, the pig got upset, I panicked, the vet came out and LASSOED her NOSE of all things (which upset me and the pig) hooked her to a post and gave her the shot. Both the pig and I were glad the vet left. The bill wasn’t too bad. After 24 hours the pig and I were glad the vet came!
Linda
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Horrible, poor piggy. Well i called the vet and of course he is OUT all day. Not a vet to be had. The girl said something about pain relief that she could not give me until she had spoken to him anyway. So onto the internet I went and I can give her aspirin! Who knew. So I did, mixed with a banana and honey. I sneaked a look a wee bit ago and she is sitting up again. She is always worse in the cold of the morning which does make it look muscular. Now we wait and see again.. c
Good morning, c and the farmy animals. Poorly animals are such a sad sight. I’m sending all my good thoughts toward Charlotte today.
Disturbing about the piggie… hope she comes right… have vets now become like doctors, bigger than their patients, in the old days they got paid in chicken now they won’t come out unless your a big farmer, unbelievable…
Glad the writing got off to a flying start, now your ahead of schedule and will finish early… giving you lots of time for editing and maybe small rewrites… Proud of you… nearly 9000 words.. well done…
Thank you.. today is looking good too.. c
Sure wish you had James Harriot around to visit Charlotte. It is criminal the lack of medical care for large animals! Is the U of I any help at all? They certainly SHOULD be.
I would have to get her up there and she cannot step up at all, and driving all that way in a stock trailer would not be wise.. I wonder if i can call and talk to someone up there tho.. will see..good thinking c
Poor Charlotte. Snuggles and good juju to her. And YOU GO GIRL! So proud of your word count. I am still inspecting the NaNoWriMo fence (perhaps Mama is too?) to see if I wish to take the plunge, but now, time is a-wasting.
Oh, poor lil Charlotte…I was hoping that she’d be better today but will keep my fingers crossed for recovery….Wow, yes your keyboard must be smokin!! You’re off to a great start!! Congrats!!
Mama’s face always makes me smile…such an expressive sheep! I do hope Charlotte improves greatly today or you can get a vet out. How frustrating…and I’d never thought about the fact that a vet would be less inclined to visit a small farmy versus an industrial horror. You’re going to have that book written by the end of next week…I can feel it! 🙂
Oh I hope she’ll be okay 😦
Good Luck with Charlotte! Happy Friday on the Farmy!
Poor Charlotte. I’ve carefully read all the comments. We are not just talking about pigs we are concerned about Charlotte – who happens to be a pig. Sending prayers to the patron saint of animals. St. Francis of Assisi. Virginia
Oh yes Assisi.. he is the man for the job, thank you virginia.. c
I’m reading later in the day, hoping for good news of Charlotte, but it sounds like it will be awhile. I wrote five pages this morning, but most of it is dialog so I don’t know how many words I’ll get out of it. I’ll count them and the post the results on NaNoWriMo.
I love the dialog parts.. c
I ended up with 2487 for the day. Total for two days: 3988. Your dialog is wonderful — I love it when you give the farm animals voices.
awesome, you are rocking along! c