Pneumonia and Cows
This is a first. I finally got to a place where I could be seen by medical personnel (I’ve been off-net more ways than one for the last week and a half), and confirmed my fears — I have pneumonia in my left lung. Now that I got the “good” drugs last night, I’m feeling much better.
The ranch is alive and well. The hay field looks great. We repaired fence again — what would a trip to the ranch be without having to string barbed wire? There’s still a cow trapped on our side of the fence. I hope she doesn’t create too much havok on the hay rolls. Apparently, the neighbors wound up chasing 40 head out, but at least one remains, presumably enjoying the solitude.
I hope you continue to improve and get well soon.
I do hope you get better soon.
Rest! No fixing fences while having Pneumonia! (I don’t believe that’s part of what docs would suggest to getting better 🙂
Feel better soon. My sympathies also on the barbed wire. Not really a fun job.
I hope keep getting better. Feel better soon!
Poor you. I’ve had pneumonia a couple of times and you really have to take care of yourself and get plenty of rest and “drink lots of liquid”.
Not being a medical practitioner, but I do recommend the next time you feel a cold or the flu coming on that you drink ginger and lemon tea, or ginger mixed with another herbal element like rosehips and/or licorce. There is a horrible cold bug with terrible sore throat and fever going through Toronto since before Christmas that hangs on for several weeks and I managed not going to the doctor for antibiotics by drinking ginger and lemon tea. I was a sceptic until I tried it, because I always get bronchitis or a low-grade pneumonia with a head cold. So far, the tea is working (combined with the few days off after Christmas of sleeping most of the day). It boosts the immune system and acts like an antibiotic — the tea.
As for your cows, what breed are they? I have only read a bit of your blog and not much else. I’m not a farmer per se, except my parents came from families who did mixed farming in Alberta and Manitoba. But, I love horses, and the best cattle horses are Quarter Horses and Andalusians. Arabians too, if they have certain bloodlines.
I did have a farm in central Alberta for awhile raising horses and I do remember fixing page wire fences without a wire puller. This will be a groaner for ranchers and you’ll think I was nuts, but I used a large snap on a thick rope lead shank, tied it to the trailer hitch of the truck to keep the wire tight while I hammered the staples into the posts. For one pen, I put in the posts by myself with a hand auger in hard packed dry soil. I found pouring water into the hole and waiting half an hour assisted with getting the dirt out.
A little more explanation here will probably help — I lived alone on 160 acres with 5 horses, a goat, 6 Doberman Pinschers and a Saint Bernard, and had to do most everything by myself. I worked for the Alberta Government and when my colleagues learned I was doing this by myself some of them offered to come out and put up proper horse pens. Which they did; with strings and levels and tape measures, and a gas powered auger that took two brawny men to keep steady. In the end, I had two pens, side by side with covered shelters; and gates that worked on hinges. All for a barbeque on a summer weekend.
Hi, Barbara. I loved your notes. The cows aren’t ours. They belong to our neighbors. I’m not real up on my types of cows.
I had Saint Bernards when I lived in Montana, and I loved them. Sounds like you had a real nice spread — and a good batch of co-workers.
I’ll keep the tea advice in mind. It certainly can’t hurt. Rest and fluids have been high on priority list. 🙂