Calamities In Abundance

Dear sweet Murphy has had a field day with us these past couple of days! Exasperating and frustrating, just one thing after another going wrong. UGH! 

So, yesterday, we woke up to Rover having one of his icky tummy bouts. He has such a sensitive stomach, so he gets grain-free, pumpkin, probios, and when it gets really bad, a prescription anti-diarrhoeal that the vet gave us. I hate seeing him when he gets like that, he hunches and is obviously in pain, and he is such a good boy. We cleaned up a couple of accidents and then ...

We went to let Solomon and Sunshine out, and lo, her pen has little heaps of pudding consistency poop again. I've checked everything the online vet said and we are pretty much down to it's the new home/food/stress causing it BUT I wanted a fecal sample done to make sure nothing insidious is the underlying cause. Called 2 emergency vets, they could not even chheck a fecal sample for me as they only do dogs and cats, basically. I was so upset, I sat and sobbed. I felt so helpless.

So, this morning, I called and made an appointment with the nearest farm vet who's actually about 30 miles away. For 2pm.

I had a topsoil delivery coming between 9 and 10am, so rushed this morning to be out of the house, showered and dressed, by 8am so as to be ib Belton by 9.  The guy arrived at ten past eleven. 

Again, I was well stressed, had to drive back to try to get everything situated for Mark to take Sunshine and me to do the school run and grab Daniel. Lo and behold, dogs messing around in the car, Mark coming through the gate, slams on brakes, and Brunel smashes into the key and breaks it off in the ignition. Couldn't find the spare, the dealer needed the vehicle there to cut a new key, and the truck is stuck in the gateway.

I had to call the vet to cancel, Mark hunted for an old key that won't do anything else but will start the car, so - now that he can start/drive the truck, he's going to Batteries Plus to get a new one cut.

I've called the vet back and we now have an appointment for Sunshine in the morning at 11am. Hopefully the vet will say she's ok just a goat with an icky tummy. I'm going to have him do her CD&T while she's there tomorrow, though. Get that over and done with. 

She is such a little sweetheart. I just worry about her and I don't want anything to happen to her. 

So that's how the last couple of days have been, I am so hoping tomorrow is better.