Last Blogger Post....

This is the last post I will be making to Blogger.  I have decided to re-try WordPress hosted from my website, NathanVoris.com.  

The main reason for my moving away from wordpress when I first started to look at blogging was the constant updates from WP I had to manually upload onto my server.  Luckily, the updates are now automatically sent to the server and I don’t have to worry about loading them incorrectly and crashing the blog….yes, this happened-once, then I switched to Blogger.

Lately, Blogger has been giving me formatting challenges so it seems like a perfect time to switch.  I have to admit, Blogger is a pretty simple little blogging tool, and I would highly recommend it to friends who are looking into starting a blog, but I think I am ready for a few more options and a little more control over how my site looks.

The Friday that just wouldn't end...

Friday, April 3, 2009 was one of those days that just wouldn't end.

It all started innocently enough. Dropped M off at school, went to the office and took care of a few things. Broke away for a brown bag lunch with M at 11, followed by a couple of afternoon appointments. One of which was a pregnancy check on the dam of the hypothermic foal born on February 13.

Wrapped up things at work and got home about 5:45. Mel and the neighbors had planned a fantastic BBQ dinner. Had a great time visiting and enjoying steaks, chops and burgers off the grill!

Got the kids cleaned up and headed for bed when the first call came in-it was about 8 pm. A 2-year old filly I had been working with for about a week, finally succumbed to her disease-the farm just wanted to let me know.

The second call came about 30 minutes later, a dystocia. For those unfamiliar with dystocia, it is probably the single biggest hurry up and get there emergency calls there is. Once a mare's water breaks, the fetus has about 20-30 minutes to be delivered or it will not survive. The fetus in this case was in dorso-pubic orientation with both front legs flexed at the carpus and the head back. In order to straighten the legs, pull the head forward and rotate the fetus to sterno-pubic orientation, I had to place the mare under general anesthesia and elevate her hind quarters with a loader. Repositioning went smoothly, and the fetus was delivered without damaging the mare, but it was too late to save the foal. The mare recovered from anesthesia in about 30 minutes, I left treatment and examination instructions and got home about midnight.

A third call came about 4 am-another dystocia! Fortunately, the owner was able to assist the delivery before I got to the farm. Unfortunately, the fetus was dead. He called and let me know I didn't need to come so I turned around and went back home.

Usually when I get called out after 3 am, I have great difficulty falling back to sleep. This time I had no difficulty. It probably comes as not suprise that I did have great difficulty getting up at 7:00 to go into work this morning. Luckily, things were pretty calm today.