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DD#1 has only been back for a few weeks and she got a call from MSF for emergency help in Mozambique (Cyclone Idai). Supposed to be only for 2 months but she'll be leaving in a day or two. The previous stint in S. Sudan was interesting to her (long term maternal health outcome study) but this new as...

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OH, one suggestion someone made last year was to hose him off when I bring him to wash off any saliva left by bugs, that was a FABULOUS suggestion! Thanks to whoever suggested that, quick, easy and made a difference! That was me. Glad it worked. Best fly boots are these. I've tried them all! https:...

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Great pictures everyone. Goldhorse what is the story behind your picture? My grandparents lived in Cuba. There were a few years after Castro took power that Americans were still in Cuba and still owned property. My grandfather saw the writing on the wall and was trying to move his rum business to B...

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KathyK, that's a wonderful picture of your family. I love old pictures!

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My maternal grandmother on the left. My Aunt Ruby on the right. Man #1 is probably Antonio Nunez Jimenez. Man #2 is you guessed it.

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Flight just got into JFK. She will spend some time in NYC and then back to San Francisco on Tuesday. Sadly, her grandma is slipping mentally and the family is putting her into memory care soon. But she'll get to spend a few days with her before her flight out west.

HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!!

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The horse-which one? The one that was at death's door is doing great. If he didn't have an awful clip job from the abdominal ultrasound, no one would guess that he had been sick. He has put back on his lost weight, he's eating and pooping up a storm, and he's moving really well because of the steroi...

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She's in Tanzania. Happy Dance!!!!

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StraightForward wrote:Glad to come in and read this. I was thinking of your colic post and got worried with the "End is Near" modifier, but this is a good thing. I'm sure you can't wait to see her!

That was bad of me. I fixed the title.

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Quick update: This is her last week and then she meets up with her BF in Tanzania for safari. Then onto Paris for debriefing, NYC to see her ailing Grandmother and her college friends, and then back home to SF. COUNTDOWN BEGINS!!!!! P.S. I have been hesitant to share any pictures of people or locati...

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WOW! You are a good owner to go the distance. Jingles for rapid healing!

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So today was nothing that I expected. His ultrasound was clean. Intestines have healed and NO EVIDENCE OF CANCER!!!! So the vets think it was a one off episode of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cats are supposed to have 9 lives. I don't know what it is for horses but this one has gone through 3 of them.

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Tomorrow is our recheck at Davis so we can start tapering him off his steroids. Steroids are wonder drugs. Too bad about the side effects though. Currently, if he didn't have the awful clip job from an abdominal ultrasound, no one would suspect that he had been sick. And I mean an awful clip job. Th...

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Hi and welcome from the professional lurker.

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I was reading this thread in Hawaii and thought "Hell, who needs a comforter?" But now, I've returned to Quelah's area which is cold and rainy so I can pipe in. I have many silk comforters obtained from my DH's oh-too-many business trips to China. They are fabulous!!! In the house, we have...

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So is there any advantage to joining California DS or just skipping it and just joining USDF?

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I don't show. The last time I entered a recognized show was 1975 so things have changed. Anyway, a grade 2 Paradressage rider is planning to show my Morgan gelding in rated shows this year and I partly sponsor her by agreeing to pick up all the horse related fees. So I have to join and also get my h...

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Just finished Bad Blood about the biotech company Theranos which tried to make commercial blood analyzers that could run multiple tests on a drop of blood and the fraud behind the company. It's a very fast paced book. Now I'm well into Educated. Great read so far.

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He lives on irrigated pasture in Lodi and eats pellets from a feeder. The Davis vets felt that the xrays didn't show enough sand to account for the severity of the colic and aren't going forward with recommending any psyllium treatments. I've always wondered if he had some kind of auto-immune thing ...

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Jingles!!!!!

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He was ready to be discharged today. Since it's the holidays, I opted to leave him there for the attention and care. He'll be picked up on Wednesday. What a grand and glorious Xmas present!

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He appears to have turned the corner. Back to formed manure balls. Yeah Xmas Balls!!!! Able to eat his normal rations. Alert and anxious to get out of there. I'll probably pick him up Wednesday or Thursday. So another of his 9 lives used up. Some may ask why I went through this for a retiree. He was...

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He's 18. A retiree. My heart horse. My DH and I are having a hard hard time letting him go. I just want to get him back to his pasture mates for whatever time he has left.

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Not good. He either has a non-lymphoma cancer or an autoimmune colitis. Appetite and energy has returned. The plan is to start him on steroids which should suppress either for awhile until he crashes again.

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Goldhorse #2, the first colicer, is doing great except for his silly clip from the abdominal ultrasounds. Back to full work and a month of Gastrogard has him feeling oh-so-good. Now, it is the origianal Goldhorse's turn. He's been retired for 4-5 years and living trouble free at a wonderful facility...

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Khall, I'm very sorry for your loss.

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My trainer has a 5 yo gelding that came from her. He is rock solid and easy to train. He takes older horses out on the trail and acts as the old soul who's seen it all. The story that I've heard is that there was a crazy woman in Idaho who turned out a bunch of Iberian horses on her property and let...

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My Morgan gelding has an older full brother who's Cremello. He was sold to an Arab breeder to make colored Morabs and he has sired some colored Morgans. Recently, I found a purebred Morgan gelding son of his (nephew to mine) and he was the spitting image of my boy. I'm on the market and damn, I didn...

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Here's the history. Sunday am he had a lesson and was kind of cranky which I blew off thinking he was ready for new shoes (he is very sensitive to his feet being unbalanced). He kicked out when asked for a canter transition. He also only had one poop pile during the 1 hour lesson while he normally h...

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Hmmm, maybe I'll just trailer over the Bay Bridge to the convention center.

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Congrats!!! Such happy news!!!

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He's home. He could have come home yesterday but it was Thanksgiving. The obstruction was in the colon. 2 ultrasounds showed thickening of the stomach wall so they presume he has ulcers. I opted not to have him scoped and just go directly to the Ulcergard treatment. We'll never know if the ulcers we...

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Poop fairy arrived this morning!!!!

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Here's a picture of my boy https://www.facebook.com/UCDavisVetMed/photos/a.196211924030/10156775987779031/?type=3&theater In retrospect, I think this was a weather related colic combined with the awful smoke from the Paradise fire. All the horses have been on reduced exercise and we got a cold s...

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Since he didn't pass any poo in a reasonable amount of time after tubing, I opted to take him to Davis earlier rather than later. He's currently in their ICU which is where they put colic cases. Xrays and ultrasound didn't show anything alarming and blood work was good so it looks like he's dehydrat...

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I thought we were out of the woods yesterday but no. Got a second tubing and oiling today. If not hugely improved by tomorrow morning, we're off to UC Davis so he can get better support. And I don't want to wait until Thanksgiving. Jingles are appreciated!

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I am so sorry Khall.

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All is fine. Minor impaction which will pass after tubing. But I HATE COLIC

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If you want to donate to help, this is a good organization https://www.facebook.com/HoldYourHorsesContraCosta/?__tn__=kCH-R&eid=ARCsS3Xrcp1NVzO6p991zeswB0BBhbscDmhGm2ebgDDPfhD20okdalLz7LBd1810QHYVIiX-AfYhH-o7&hc_ref=ARSPMZve0PbP-eAvUbBOl7p-EEDfdJZDCwlFlCSsMFZP_Ppemq_yrHC8pWhGB_RU_ew&__xt...

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Thank you for the update Clanter. I always enjoyed reading about the twins and Foxy and now 2 Morgans have landed in my lap.

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DD managed to vote from South Sudan so you have no excuse (unless you're not a US citizen

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Oops, it's 99 Ranch https://www.99ranch.com/stores

I go to the one in Richmond (more like El Cerrito). It's at the Central Ave exit off of I80 or I580.

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Quick chicken soup recipe:
1 whole chicken
Cut up veggies that you like such as carrots, celery, leeks, turnips, rutabega
32 oz of water or chicken broth
1/2 cup soy sauce (to supply flavoring and salt)
few thin slices of ginger
Firm tofu cut into 1/2 inch cubes
Soup setting for 40 minutes

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Rockabilly's post reminds me of bone broth. I went to Ranch 99 and got a lot of beef neck bones, roasted them in the oven, and then threw them into the IP with some water. Best broth ever. We kept using it for stews and such and when all the good parts were gone, we'd put the leftover broth into the...

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No, I haven't tried it yet. DH has been traveling and it's not worth cooking for one. I did make Melissa Clark's coconut curry chicken and it is now in our routine rotation. From the comments, I follow the suggestion to substitute a large can of diced tomatoes for the grated ones. https://cooking.ny...

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She doesn't doctor. She does public health and is filling in for somebody on a large study of maternal health over there. Things are going well. She's gotten into the "field" whatever that means. She's also ventured into town to get Ethiopian coffee and has updated google maps with a few n...

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Hiya!

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I am so stupid. SO SO STUPID!!!! I decided to make the pork chili verde so I had food for the rest of the week while DH is out of town. It wouldn't seal and start cooking under pressure. Sometimes that is a problem and I will stand next to the thing and push on the lid until it seals. Today, I gave ...

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Koolkat wrote:Trying this next!!! Note source:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/101 ... 81008&te=1

DH is lactose intolerant. I wonder if I can substitute coconut milk for the cream. Guess I'll find out

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Fish sauce is a potent source of umami.
I'm glad you like the chili verde. It's even better the next day.

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