We are now all free to carry on with our lives. And we will incorporate the fat little potbelly into the life of the farmy where he will live happily ever after. Though still in a lot of pain it looks like he is going to be OK.
Just before the vet arrived yesterday morning Wai went outside and moved his bowels. Isn’t that just like a pig. So A OK in that department and nothing more needs to be said about the poor pigs toilet habits.
The vet said his skin is improving though he was surprised at how hard the plates are that cover the little pig in this terrible armour. We know it will be a very slow process.
Three times a day : Exercise and Emollient. Wait for the skin to peel away before snipping. This will go on for a very long time. Keep the high fiber diet.
And I had not fully processed that there will be no summer grazing for Wai – only evening and early mornings – his skin will not take the sun at all not for months and possibly a year. So putting him with Tima and Tane will not work. He has to stay inside in the day time. Anyway – we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
Here is Wai a week ago – the day he arrived. Funny how what we thought was really awful last Monday raises no eyebrows today. We have become desensitised which is probably a good thing.
So I have new instructions for some areas but a Well Done over all. He will have pumpkin and prunes for breakfast for the rest of his life though – I don’t want him going through that again.
Thanks Gods.
The rest of the day I worked in the gardens, tying up tomatoes, weeding, hoeing. I was worn out by the end of the day.
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
Weather – decreasing cloudiness – that sounds odd – you would think the clouds would be INcreasing.
Decreasing cloudiness and windy. High around 85F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph.
Wednesday Night 06/2850% / 0.05 inMostly cloudy during the evening then windy with a few scattered thunderstorms overnight. Low 71F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
The Kitchen's Garden 
33 responses to “A for a work in progress”
Happy for you here, Miss C, and proud to be (a tiny) part of this big project, this place where all life is honored and nurtured and shared.
Visions of fried green tomatoes are making my mouth water….. I know – you want red ones so you can’t eat the green ones…. the struggle is real….
I’m happy for Wei. His armor does look much better and smaller.
Well done, Wai!
Such a labour of love. Another lucky animal rescue. Good work Miss Celi. May he continue down the path of recovery. How’s the nanny Boo working out?
This is GREAT news! So relieved he is doing better. You could probably hear the collective sigh of relief around the world as folks read your blog posting this morning. Looking forward to continued and wonderful progress!!!
Wai looks much, much better! So happy for him and for you. Still, though, I’m a bit confused about the images. What is that blue patch that looks like something sticking into his head in the first photo? Further down it looks like a plug of chopped grass? What is that?? The gardens are beautiful. I would be lousy help…I’d pick things off the vine and eat them before they even got to the kitchen. x
In your wildest dreams, Cecilia, did you ever think you’d become an ER doctor wrestling hopeless cases from the jaws of death? Of course, raising 5 kids gives you plenty of hands-on experience, but still! Nothing like an armored pig.
Even though you’ve said we are now to go about our usual day, I hope you will please relate signs from Wai that he appreciates and loves you…like when he “rose up” to greet you yesterday. Or when he attempted to follow you, though slowly.
I think you are now a member of the Guild of Guardian Angels of Pigs ♡
Thanks for posting updates about Wai’s health, and I’m so glad he is improving, and glad that he has a forever home. 🙂
Hooray that he’s doing so much better! Are those San Marzino paste tomatoes I see? Our indoor raised tomatoes (bellstars) got a lot of wilt and died but the San Marzinos left so many seeds all over the back yard last year from the dratted groundhog eating half a tomato here and half of one there that I ended up with some 60 volunteer tomato plants in the end despite all the bad! Looks like I’ll be growing the San Marzinos again this year, whether I like it or not!
Yes- well seen. I have not grown them before but they look strong- are they tasty? I hope so! – if you have 60!
So glad piggy is better. Little at a timeand before we know it , he will be all beter. Miss C. Will get hin there.
Well done you! It’s amazing how quickly we do become desensitised .. which I’m sure is a good thing. Hugs Miss