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maystoneSo, I'm writing this from a Comfort Inn in Niagara Falls, Canadian side. As you may know, Dar worked her magic and we have Sparky's plasma being delivered to a fellow alpaca breeder in NY. Of course we have to get it back to Ontario, which means that I drive us to and fro. That's usually no biggie at all, except that I'm a tad more easily fatigued these days, so Dar figured it would be easier on me if we split the trip in two.
We did all the animal chores (including a fun-filled wrestling match with Sparky to give him his meds, and which he won, btw), and then booked it out of town. On top of the autoimmune whatsis going on, I also have that lovely late-middle-aged loss of night vision. Which is why we still have another 45 minutes or so of driving to make it to the border tomorrow, but it was not a good idea at all for me to continue driving an unfamiliar highway after dark. And boy, does that suck. I used to love night driving during the summer. Ah, well.
The room is pleasant and quiet. Well, once we turned on the AC to block out the noise of the live band down the street :) And it has high-speed internet access, which is why I'm sitting here on my bed in Niagara Falls, ON using my laptop! This is truly terribly exciting!! Really! OK, I'll stop with the !!!!s But it's so cool to be doing this :) I've never owned a laptop before, and to be honest I'd always thought that they were kind of weenie, but oh yes, I'm feeling the love now.
I think I need to clarify Sparky's condition. He is not prostrate in the barn, lying at death's door. Not at the moment. He's charging around like the young cria that he is, but the potential is there for his condition to deteriorate very rapidly, and where now there is a bouncy cria there would quickly be a dying cria. We just have to hope that the infection he has now won't go aggressive before we can get his plasma transfer done tomorrow afternoon. He'll be missing tomorrow morning's penicillin shot, too. Sigh. There's no perfect solution here, so we do the best that we can.
And the best thing for me is to try to get some sleep. We have a lot of running around to do tomorrow.
We did all the animal chores (including a fun-filled wrestling match with Sparky to give him his meds, and which he won, btw), and then booked it out of town. On top of the autoimmune whatsis going on, I also have that lovely late-middle-aged loss of night vision. Which is why we still have another 45 minutes or so of driving to make it to the border tomorrow, but it was not a good idea at all for me to continue driving an unfamiliar highway after dark. And boy, does that suck. I used to love night driving during the summer. Ah, well.
The room is pleasant and quiet. Well, once we turned on the AC to block out the noise of the live band down the street :) And it has high-speed internet access, which is why I'm sitting here on my bed in Niagara Falls, ON using my laptop! This is truly terribly exciting!! Really! OK, I'll stop with the !!!!s But it's so cool to be doing this :) I've never owned a laptop before, and to be honest I'd always thought that they were kind of weenie, but oh yes, I'm feeling the love now.
I think I need to clarify Sparky's condition. He is not prostrate in the barn, lying at death's door. Not at the moment. He's charging around like the young cria that he is, but the potential is there for his condition to deteriorate very rapidly, and where now there is a bouncy cria there would quickly be a dying cria. We just have to hope that the infection he has now won't go aggressive before we can get his plasma transfer done tomorrow afternoon. He'll be missing tomorrow morning's penicillin shot, too. Sigh. There's no perfect solution here, so we do the best that we can.
And the best thing for me is to try to get some sleep. We have a lot of running around to do tomorrow.
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