Yesterday, I called the vet to talk about The Shush Sister Charlotte, who is still walking very wonkily. And not often. She lists to the side like a sinking container ship. 
But the vet was out for the day and would not be back until Monday. No-one could help me there. Hmm. 
I called the breeder, no joy there either. By then I was feeling a bit annoyed with them all. So I decided to take things into my own hands and looked on the internet and discovered that pigs can take aspirin. Who knew! One and a half per hundred pounds. So I gave her three with some honey. Charlotte woofed it down then went back to her corner. Whether it was the aspirin or just that she is into her third day of recovery ( I refuse to discuss anything other than recovery) but she did move about a bit within the hour and she stood up to eat later in the afternoon. Putting her foot down when she was eating. 
So I think she is ever so slightly on the mend. The mornings are the worst for her though. Stiff I suppose. Ella Dee has suggested arnica and glucosamine. So we will find those too. I swear, between us, using all the knowledge the Weblog family has, and the support and good thoughts from you all, I think we can pull her through ourselves. (That was a muddled sentence but it is too early in the morning for me to untangle it and I am sure you know what I am saying!
The Daily View, a month ago –
And yesterday.
The night temperatures are dropping. Twenty Two F. That is something like minus 4C. Chilly. 
Now I am going to go and grind up some aspirin for our girl (the hardest part is making sure it is Charlotte who gets the pain relief not that Sheila, but so far so good).
Daisy has new milking cups as part of the ever lasting mission to get the most comfortable and efficient milking system for the winter and these cups have a wee area at the top of clear plastic, so we can see what quarter is giving how much milk, it is pretty neat actually. They arrived yesterday. Daisy does not care. Daisy being Daisy just eats, whips me with her tail and tries to kick the cups off when she decides she is finished. Which is usually about the time she is finished but I prefer to take them off myself thank you very much Daisy.
Have a lovely day.
celi
PS. Yesterday I wrote 3, 656 words, good words too I think, which brought my big total up to 12, 487 words. And I found that yesterday I was writing better too. The actual content is improving. I am not allowed to edit but I can already see where I will be deleting, adding and reworking when January comes along. But the story is fun. We just found the husband in a freezer in the back of a removal van! Fantastic. Ah well, we did not like him much anyway!
PSS. If you have a teenager saying what shall I do with my life tell her or him to be a vet. They will never ever be out of work.
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79 responses to “Charlotte begins her Slow Recovery. Because I said so.”
This will make you laugh Celi. Yesterday I wrote 11,378 words, but NOT on my NaNo novel!!! Wrote them as a response to affidavit and my own affidavit and description of my day in the Supreme Court law library including the woman crying hysterically over her forms, a man up to his armpits in stacks of papers and a young Indian woman looking to divorce out of an arranged marriage. (Ex wants to stop child support) And it was the easiest 11,378 words in my life! Now if I can just do that with my novel. But at least I know what easy writing feels like. 🙂
maybe your character works in a courtroom! easy is good! c
It is wonderful the advice one can get from blogging friends… our one dog was not well a couple of months ago… and a friend said we should try an antihistamine… within hours the dog perked up and the following day was right as rain and has had no relapse… who would have thought to give a dog one of those, read the pamphlet in the box and it actually mentions dogs…
Glad to see the word count is climbing so fast… so if you hit a wall for a day now it is not going to be a panic station… glad the piggie is doing better again who would have thought aspirin…
Bravo Celi on your word count! Now about those aspirins. We know the famous reply of a phoned Doctor. “Take two aspirins and call me in the morning” . Perhaps there’s something to it. Sending get-well kisses to Charlotte, and a happy week-end to all on the Farm. Virginia
Glad Charlotte is improving. With the way you’re writing you’ll be able to do two books. Excellent job, Celi! What a change a month makes of the view. All our leaves are gone now. We’re still without power and phone here. Baked Irish Soda bread and biscuits in the wood stove after it died down to coals. Very yummy! I’d never made it before. We’re using the generator a couple hours a day for freezers so it allows me to check in! Have a great week-end!
You really are living old fashioned, so good to see you and know you are all alright, i cooked on a wood stover for years, i wish we could find you an old range with the little ovens, that would be just the thing.. c
Good luck Charlotte! Those two always look like such happy little pigs 😉
I hope Charlotte makes a full recovery.
LOVE all of your pictures!! I hope Charlotte gets better fast, it’s a good sign that she was up to get her own food though!!!
She never stopped eating even though for a few days i had to hold it under her head as she ate lying down.. much better now though.. c
Such good news about Charlotte and the miracles of aspirin. See…I told you you’d have that 50000 written by the end of next week!
So relieved to hear that lil Charlotte is much improved…and I bet she is too, along with her mama! 🙂
Glad Miss Piggy is feeling better!
Have a Happy Writing Day!
Can I suggest MatronofHusbandry [http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com] for a recommendation of, at the very least, which homoeopathic books to acquire. (The reading list on her site is mainly cattle but she will know which Materia Medica’s are user friendly.) The contact details of her Naturopath might be handy too (real phone consultation); and if you gave MoH your detailed observations of Charlotte’s case, MOH might suggest which remedies she would look up? Also, there is online MM stuff here: http://hpathy.com/materia-medica/
MoH – worth an email, I reckon.
Carrie, I just went over to the MOH page – thank you, great referral… wow 🙂
Thank you carrie, that is all stunning stuff, I do pop in on her every now and then and especially when Daisy was due to calve. She is a stunning and talented woman. and I had not thought of getting in touch with her, thank you.. i shall.. c
Aspirin seems to be the universal cure for ailments, rather like unplugging and replugging is the universal cure for computer ills:)
I would poo-poo on the vet, but I’ve found that even when they call back I don’t usually get a straight answer. Hope Charlotte continues to recover.
yes you have had bad luck with vets. c
Hope Charlotte is doing well. Inflammed something that the aspirin is helping.
Is it any wonder ranchers and farmers got so self sufficient with illnesses and wounds ( animal and human!)
Hooray for Charlotte!