The week did not start out great. We ended last week with a sick baby goat that we were taking to the vet on Monday morning and hoping they could do something for her. We got her there and as I had suspected she had pneumonia. She had not acted right for more then a week but we were not sure at first what was going on. She went off of her feed, was more lethargic then usual (she never was super energetic) and had some diarrhea. She wasnt drinking like she should. We gave a Nutra Drench to her that has lots of vitamins and things for goats that are a little off and was giving extra water squirting a syringe in her mouth. It was so horribly hot and humid but there is a fan out there and they have a lot of shade. I noticed on Saturday that she was standing a lot I didn't see her lay down at all and she started breathing very fast. That is a sign of pneumonia in goats. We gave her three shots of penicillin Saturday and Sunday and a fever/pain reducer but she didn't get any better. Watching her breathe was awful. When we got to the vet on Monday they gave her a shot of a stronger antibiotic and a fever/pain reducer and started IV fluid on her under the skin. They wanted to keep her for a few hours to run some more fluids in so we headed home to do some school work.
Later that afternoon we went back to town to run some errands and then the girls had a cake decorating workshop. During the workshop Alex called to check on Betsy and she had passed. We get very attached to our animals and she was our own baby that we had to help the mom deliver so it was very hard. It was even worse when the mama kept crying for her baby. I hate this part of raising animals......
The cake decorating workshop was good though. They got to decorate two cakes: one to eat and one to enter in the fair. I didn't get photos of the finished products because I had to leave and take care of some things at the vet office but they all did a great job!
Wednesday Chelsea came over with Liam and Willow. Liam absolutely made my week when I got to the house to pick them up and he started jumping up and down and saying Yay!! It's Mimi!! Of course he was so excited to see me so he could go to my house and play with the children but still....
Thursday our music lessons were cancelled because our sweet and wonderful teacher is very sick and in the hospital. She had to have a major surgery on Friday and will take some time to recover.
Lily had a sewing workshop in the afternoon. They are making a skirt. It did not get finished so we have to go back Monday.
Friday Anthony had a check up at his foot doctor just to make sure that there is no change in his condition or that he has not started having any pain. I thought it was just going to be quick in and out but we ended up being there almost two hours. The thing that used to be a small thing on the end of his toe that last time we thought was just a callous from the way he toe moves up and down when he walks was much larger. After x rays they discovered it is an extra bone that has started growing and will need to be surgically removed. The surgery is scheduled in two weeks.
Week 2 in our Homeschool
Bible: We are reading one chapter per day in the book of Luke.
History: We read 3 stops in Passport Ancient Rome. If you ask my children about Roman history they will tell you its simple everyone gets assassinated.
Music Appreciation: We started reading about Frederick Chopin's later years and listening to some of his works using Zeezok's Music Appreciation 2.
Art History: We watched the second video in HIGASFY on the Impressionists.
Math: 4 days of CTC Math for the 4 youngest.
Language Arts: Lily is working on a workbook from Reading Eggs that she completes daily. I have not started the others on anything yet.
We are reading aloud River of Peril from Susan K Marlow and Dragonlight by Donita K Paul.
We are busily finishing up fair entries and working on one of our booths. The fair starts a week from today.
I hope you had a great week in your homeschool!
Happy Homeschooling!
Oh! I hope Anthony's surgery goes well! I wish him relief from any pain!!
ReplyDeleteAnd we're all so sorry about your baby goat and that poor mama goat. All of my kids send their sympathy along with mine, and we will remember you all in our prayers. We really do get it about how hard the loss of an animal is.
Those grandbabies of yours . . . what treasures!