A while back, I wrote about Isis’ odd lumps behind her front legs. The vet came out in mid-July and biopsied one of the lumps on the right side. Test results finally came back last week: the lumps are granulomas. In other words, the lumps are scar tissue from an allergic reaction or injury. They should go down on their own. Granulomas was the best possible outcome of the biopsy. For once, Isis’...
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Free lunging finally!
Kasane finally figured out what free lunging really is today. It doesn’t mean that I chase her around the ring while she stops in each corner to graze until I can catch up with her. Even if the grass in the corners looks so enticing. The first time I tried free lunging her was after she had watched Isis free lunge in the big ring. I brought Kasane into the ring, let her...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01
Rode Isis for the first time in 3 weeks. Bareback. She spooked and teleported. I fell off. Got back on. Laughed a lot. # RT @dancinghorse: CONTEST http://www.bookviewcafe.com Friday 7/30 Answer question in today's chapter of Fools Paradise-free copy to 30th responder! # RT @archaeologynews: (Egyptology) Distance learning BA in Egyptology? http://bit.ly/avcP8V # Related Images:
Continue reading...Symptoms of being a horse person
I found this online a while back. I originally got something like this when the “you know you are a horse person” emails went around. I can certainly relate to most of the things in the list. Variations on this theme are on quite a few web sites. You know you are a horse person when… …Your horse has had medical insurance when you did not. (That’s me all right.) You realize finding...
Continue reading...Game on! The Guild music video
The Guild is a web series about people who play an online role playing game and belong to a guild called the Knights of Good. (The game is based upon World of Warcraft, but the game itself is never named.) Every now and then the cast produces a music video. The first one was “Do you want to date my avatar?” The new video, Game on, was just released today. The Guild meets...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25
Stella, the 21 year old cat, is playing Guild Wars with me. She plays with the characters on screen as they move around. # Heat index is 111F (~44C). Not going out. # Very hot today with a heat index of 108F (~42C). Spa day for the horses! Three bathed happy horses in the dirt rolling. # Reread Patricia McKillip's Riddle-Master of Hed series. Wonderful descriptions of the connection to the land. #...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18
I gave away my size 14s. Finally going to go buy "real" clothes in a size 6. Yay! (happy dance) # Oh look. More rain. # Pretty. Precious. Want. // Dell M11xR2 Review: The World's Smallest Gaming Laptop Goes i7 http://bit.ly/aOepRP # Funny how when you take a writing class suddenly friends want you to critique manuscripts… Where did I put that fiction hat? # Getting back into dance. Yay! Choreography, how I've...
Continue reading...Update from vet visit with Isis
The vet said that the lumps on Isis’ sides might be three things: allergic reaction that turned into hard bumps, sarcoids, or lymphoma. The vet gave Isis a local pain block so the lump on her right side could be biopsied. The test results should come back in two weeks. The biopsy site has two stitches in it. No real special care for it: just Swat around the wound to keep flies away....
Continue reading...Older kitties: joys and pains
Stella’s eyes are changing. Today her eyes are not very responsive to the light. When she opens them, the pupils stay wide and are slow to adjust to the light. The vet warned me on Friday that Stella might end up with detached retinas from the hypertension (high blood pressure). Basette ended up with detached retinas as a side effect of her diabetes. The night she lost her vision, she wandered in to...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11
How to Run Mac OS X in VirtualBox on Windows.. http://digg.com/d31WPz3 # Off to the barn to play with the horses. Joy! And then — more cleaning! Joy. (bleh) # The best thing about cleaning is when you've finished. Otherwise, it sucks. # Miffed kitty coming home from the vet. http://twitpic.com/24aa88 # Ever noticed that just about the time you pay off a vet bill, you get hit with more? # More interesting...
Continue reading...Isis feeling good
Last weekend the weather was gorgeous and Isis, who has trouble dealing with the heat, was feeling frisky. I free lunged her in the big ring and after a few minutes, the tail came up and she started snorting. The snort, the prance, and the bounce in her step all show how good she was feeling. This is the bay mare that takes my breath away. Miss Charisma sure that she is the...
Continue reading...Lumps and bumps on Isis’ skin
Isis has always had skin issues: rain rot, fly bite allergies, scratches, etc. For the most part, these things last a little while, are treated, and then resolve. For the past two months or more, Isis has had lumps under her legs, right where the girth goes. Initially, the lumps did not interfere with the position of the girth. The lumps were slightly in front. However, wearing the girth irritated the lumps. The...
Continue reading...Bragging rights on the Bay Wonder Mare
I’ve been trying to ride my mares more often. Today was a 2.5 hour trail ride on Prize. We baby sat my friend’s four year old gelding. He’s been ridden about the same number of times as Kasane, although is training is farther along. Here is Sylvana riding Renegade: We got back from the trail ride, and I tacked up Kasane. My friend was in the ring with me and offered to take...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04
Leaving work and going to the barn. Yay barn! # Check this out to WIN A FREE APPLE iPAD / CARBON FREE http://foodforthought.greenearthappeal.org/winanappleipad/ @greenearthapp # Excavations at the Mamertine Prison Find Evidence of Pre-Chr.. http://digg.com/d31VcEK # Conjure One has a new single out! #conjureone # Lovely. Bomb threat has I-40 closed at my exit. Looks like I'll be at work late tonight… # WalesOnline: Website maps Welsh archaeological sites.. http://digg.com/d31VVGQ # Related Images:
Continue reading...A good feeling
I originally started this blog to write about the issues I’ve been having with my various medically challenged animals. Initially it was Basette with diabetes and Isis with insulin resistance. Over the years, I’ve written about every animal I’ve had because they have all had some kind of medical issue. It means so much when someone leaves a comment. Maybe all of the work I do to document what happens with my animals...
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