Reflections
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Correct. Psycho parents threatening to shoot neighbors and go Ruby Ridge on the authorities played a role as well.
I feel badly for the kids but not because of CPS taking them away. I feel badly for them because their parents are idiots.
So you think that the facts as have been laid out (that we know of through the media and social media) are in correlation with Ruby Ridge??? Really?
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Hmmm.....one link said that if they have teeth starting to erupt they are between 2 and 3 weeks old. However, the pictures look more like 9 or 10 days old. This drastically affects my feeding schedule so any insight would be helpful. :)
Thanks so much for updating. And honestly, your update sounds very encouraging. First nights are the hardest.
If you can find a way to post a picture I can date them for you.
I'll pm you.
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Few people have the guts to get out of their cars when the dogs greet them. I did have a lady stop the other day, with her windows half rolled down and I ran out the door screaming to roll them up and go away, or the Akbash was going to take the elderly lab. Turns out the lab was a stray and she was trying to find the owner. Doesn't change the fact that he was going to be dinner...
Funny JW story--the ONLY time I've ever really been bothered was the day I was riding a rank, green horse. I had spent an HOUR rounding up crazy heifers to move down the road, and these idiots drove into the middle of the herd and opened the door. I came down HARD on the windshield with my stock whip and man, did they jump back into the car! Hello? You're surrounded by very agitated, large animals. Did you really think this was a good idea, to leap out, flapping your Watchtowers in your hand? It took me another hour to round the cattle up. I think we're on their "don't go" list now... :lol:
You win!
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Yes. I think it's very normal to have some strong feeling once in a while. Every day, all day for years and years. No. Not normal. Get help.
Telling someone you understand and trying to help them is not condoning behavior, it's being a compassionate human being. I'm sorry there's this turmoil in your life right now. :grouphug: :grouphug:
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Evolving social norms.... all I can think is money. Who has it and who doesn't. I think that is how a social "norm" is determined.
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I'm going to obviously point out that here in this country, there are lots of kids living in similar to worse conditions right now that few care to notice nor help. You cannot convince me that living conditions alone caused them to take the kids away.
Also, you cannot convince me that Kentucky CPS is innocent in their dealings with parents (not these, others).
Also, you cannot convince me that the parents are innocent homeschoolers who only live off the grid and have done nothing to anyone.
I'm not one to quickly pass judgement. It'll play out. And in the meantime, it will be the children who will suffer the most. Being hauled away from your parents has got to be traumatic no matter what "great" and "clean" and "safe" foster home they put them in.
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Oh my goodness! If they can get a large no-kill cage they can put the kittens in outside and Mama will almost certainly come to rescue them. Then they can shut the door and they'll have all six cats safe.
Try calling your local vets as well. Often they have some ideas about which of their clients are willing to foster animals.
Yes. This. Likely there's even an emergency vet within calling distance that you can get advice from.
IMO, right now, you are in crisis mode with week old kittens and have a very small window to meet their needs. Worry about getting them homes next week, now the focus is elsewhere.
Not that you're not. I have no way of knowing what your level of experience is with kittens and cat in general. So I'm erring on the side of "very little".
ETA: some rescues and vets even have nursing moms that are willing to take in "extras".
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My first large concern is - have you been able to provide food for the kittens in the form of a bottle. If not you need to start thinking quickly about nourishing these kittens or getting them back to their mother. It can be done either way. But ime, feral kittens can be difficult to bottle feed. Babies can die quickly if they haven't eaten.
I had a feral mother cat bolt out of my car and disappear in the woods. The worst and most terrible things I ever did to kittens was: I placed a live trap with smelly food and one kitten in it and then held the other kitten high in the air so it would scream it's little guts out. Within ten minutes she started calling back to them and got into the trap even though I was standing right there . So strong was the urge to get her kittens back.
Also there is a way to nurse reluctant kittens that is like tube feeding. But that can be dangerous if you have never done it before as you can fill their lungs with fluid.
Pm if you need any help at all. Shoot, I'll even give you my cell number.
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Wow. That has got to be unusual though. I can't imagine that.
Uh, IF I know someone, you might know someone too. An office colleague of mine shared a story with me of how hers had gotten lost up there when she pushed another in after it (having forgotten the first). She got a bad infection and she had to go in to get it removed.
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They are not. You are never supposed to flush tampons - only waste and toilet paper. If they don't clog up your pipes, they sooner or later clog up the sewer system, and then the city has to pay good money to scrape out a ginormous fatberg made up principally of tampons and bacon grease.
http://www.theperiodblog.com/faq/faq-can-you-flush-tampons/
http://jezebel.com/time-to-accept-reality-and-stop-flushing-tampons-down-t-1566737300
If you doubt me, write to your city and ask how much money is spent every year dealing with the problems from flushed tampons.
Oh, Thank you. Thank you so much for that visual. :glare: :lol: And the poor souls who have to do the scraping. :svengo:
But you are so right. You really shouldn't flush anything but your waste and toilet paper.
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I'm a fan of the big 90lb, barking, clawing, grunting, straining dog that I struggle to hold back. IF they only knew that he was frustrated with ME because he thinks they've come to play with him and I just won't let him introduce himself.
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I drove an Acadia, a Tahoe, a Suburban and a Yukon and various other mini vans for a rent a car company. I was also in the market for one of those type cars. I like the Acadias over all of these. There's a ton of room in the back of the third row. The third row seats are adjustable unlike the Tahoe. I like the console center of the second row. The Tahoe seemed wider and bulkier than the Acadia and didn't seem to have any more room in the interior. The only reason the Suburban and the Yukon have more room is because they are 18 inches over the wheel in the back. It was way too much car for what I wanted. I didn't like the Yukon at all because of how the third row seatbelts were set up. I also hate the price tags on all these cars. The Acadia was in the 43,000 range new, the Tahoe was 52,000, I don't remember the Suburban, but the Yukon was in the 63,000 range. Yikes!
We finally settled on the Ford Flex SEL AWD. One of the ugliest cars on the road. We call it The Toaster. It has all the room the Acadia had plus a bit more. Solid on the road. Console 2nd row. And we got ours brand new with leather and AWD for 34,000. We didn't go used because we were going to have a payment no matter what, so the finance deal was better and cheaper overall with Ford incentives.
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I'd forgotten that fb has ads. I think I have like 3 ad block things on my computer. Having said that, I have no doubt that fb tracks everyone's movements. :leaving:
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:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: for your dh. Tell him; Thank You for being there.
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Thank you. I think it may be a bit of a beginning.
Now to work on healing the "other brother" thing.
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I think this life's purpose is a bit to work out stuff, y'know? I can never fully rest when I am out of fellowship with someone. Perhaps if I worked towards healing, it would release some mental energy. It always seems to hang in the backround, when "things" are not right.
My brother is on my Anxiety List. Perhaps if I cleared the air and cleaned the wounds, it would lessen my Anxiety. Capital A. You know, the stuff that is niggling at the back of the mind all the time, using up energy that could be put towards something fulfilling and wonderful.
Do you have those things to work on in YOUR life?
Yes. And thanks for sharing. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
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Wow. No nice gift or plate of cookies at Christmas for that mail carrier! Good grief!
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Jean, :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I wish I could fix this. I'm very sorry.
But, uh, quit dissin the sauerkraut. And ditch that puny paper mask... what you need to wear is this (otherwise you're not really tryin) and at only 27.50 with prime shipping no less there really is no excuse....http://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Civilian-Protective-Adustable-Emergency/dp/B00DZ019NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430373711&sr=8-1&keywords=gas+mask
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I can't ever imagine that MY child is ever NOT my responsibility. Whether I am an official chaperone or not. No one would have to spell it out to me or have me provide in writing that my child is my responsibility.
I've been on plenty of field trips (you know, before I was a homeschooler) and never not once did I leave without telling my child's teacher that I was leaving. And honestly, I never - not once - left until my child and the whole class was back at the starting point - the school most of the time.
OP, I too would be livid and horrified if a parent just left.
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I will hear tomorrow but know that it will be ASAP- my doctor thought tomorrow. The goal is to get the fluid off and regulate my heart. Hopefully, because it was caught early the damage will reverse itself with no permanent effects. No way of knowing right now, but they are monitoring closely as apparently pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure can occur very rapidly from this.
It frustrates me to know that when the swelling originally ballooned a couple of hours after I arrived home from hospital, I phoned the hospital AND the on-call doctor and was told 'swelling was normal.'
Thinking about you today. Hopefully the cardiologist has put a plan in place. IME, cardiologists are usually very caring individuals.
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My 2 cents:
I hate that chiropractor's crack and manipulate bones to get results. It's truly not my thing. I love Osteopathic Manipulation. I might have degenerative disk disease and if I go to the chiro - their therapy might actually make the condition worse.
http://www.osteopathic.org/osteopathic-health/treatment/Pages/default.aspx
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Update:
Diagnosis is postpartum cardiomyopathy based upon results of an echocardiogram and bloodwork, as well as an ekg.
It is nerve wracking. For now they will be monitoring (referral to a cardiologist as well) and medicating. I truly hope that I will continue to be able to do it from home as we apparently caught is very early.
Thanks for all the words of wisdom, experience, advice, and kind words. Here I thought when little Max arrived we would be through with all the drama!
Oh, :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
Thanks for updating.
I'm sure they are getting you into a cardiologist right away.
Please try to rest. You and Max and that's it.
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Wondering how things went. :grouphug:
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Have you all followed the Naugler family?
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Really? Because you said: "and go Ruby Ridge on the authorities played a role as well." So, if you are not making the correlation between this case in Kentucky and the Ruby Ridge case in Idaho what exactly did you mean by "go Ruby Ridge on the authorities"?
The mom can say what she wants to the authorities. It's on the authorities to always be professional and handle this to the letter of what the law allows. Or are you advocating that those in power, the authorities, should act like the parents?