Milking as usual but a very exciting morning afterwards! We had a cow that was down because she had a sore foot, and she started trying to get up yesterday and may have broken her leg. She was 3 weeks from calving and they wanted to try to save the calf, so Dr. Henderson did a C-section before they euthanized the mother. It was very cool. I got to help by cutting the uterus open and rubbing the calf’s head. Dr. Henderson said he heard somewhere that when the mother licks the calf’s head, it releases adrenalin in the calf’s body which helps get its heart and lungs going, so I had to rub its head very briskly to induce that adrenaline rush. Anna tickled its nose with a piece of straw to make it cough, and Dr. Henderson lifted its ribcage like a bellows to get air into its lungs. It sputtered and snorted and sniffled and blinked and was alive! And it was a heifer, which made all that effort very worthwhile.
Last Sunday we went to Isle La Motte again and this time I had my camera.
Samuel de Champlain.
We always laugh at this sign, which is on our way home. So far we have only chosen New York, but I hope we go to Canada soon.
We stopped at the grocery store and parked next to this very cool car.
And finally, the corn update. It's been hot; now we just need some rain.
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