Swell. Someone recommended my journal to someone else tonight,
which was very sweet (and flattering) of her...but now I feel performance anxiety for
writing a good entry tonight, which ain't gonna be easy!
To get the most important business out of the way first, for all of
you who couldn't care less, there is no news on Nana tonight. She's still pacing
around her stall, still big as...well...a horse...and no signs of labor. Karen said
she gave her a bath today, which she seemed to like, since it was so hot, but I haven't
seen a sign of her lying down all day, and since I can now get the barn cam on my cell
phone, I was able to check many times throughout the afternoon at Logos.
The second thing is something I hesitate to mention, for fear of
jinxing it, but something strange is happening with my body. The two numb fingers
are still numb, but less numb. I realized a couple of days ago that I
haven't had problem typing "p" or "o" in days. The fingers still
feel numb, but the kind of numbness you feel when your foot, which has gone asleep, is
starting to wake up. I've gotten so used to not having full use of those fingers,
that it will be weird if they actually un-numb after all those years!
Today was my monthly lunch with my friend Kathy at the Olive Garden.
She is "8 lunches" (she says) away from retirement so on our 9th lunch
from today, she is going to have something to drink stronger than iced tea
because she won't have to go back to work after lunch.
There was lots to discuss today, mostly the election of the Pope,
though we covered lots of topics, as we always do. I was very happy to hear
her say that the charges that have been swirling around ever since Pope Francis was
elected, about his cooperation with the military junta in Argentina in arresting activist
priests and imprisoning them has been refuted by Amnesty International. He seems
like a nice guy and I'd like not to hate him for a little while anyway, though he does
thinks that "adoption by gay families is discrimination against children" and
that women are not fit to be in positions of authority, but then I would expect nothing
less from a 70-something year old Cardinal. One can only hope he's open to
discussing some of these issues eventually.
Walt points out one good thing about this new Pope...at least the
Pope is still older than we are (but not by much!) No Doogie Howser in the Vatican
yet!
Now that Kathy is a "short timer," she is more casual about
our lunches and we often linger after the salad and soup are finished. This is great
from a friendship standpoint, but I have to get to work in Davis by 2 p.m. Today, I desperately
wanted a nap before work. If I had gotten home 30 minutes (even 20 minutes) sooner,
I would have taken a quickie nap, but as it was, I barely had time to use the bathroom and
get back in the car so Walt could drive me to the book store.
The afternoon went more or less uneventfully and after dinner I
settled in for Nana-watch again. Around 11:30 or so, I came in here to start writing
this entry. I decided to check on Nana once again and she was down!
I thought she was giving birth right then, when I saw the dark spots
on either side of her tail, but apparently it was her water breaking. The birth
itself didn't take all that long, and I got to sit here and watch the whole thing.
Karen was there to assist in the birth and to spread hay around the stall after the
baby was born. I watched until she finally got up on her legs.
I like the second from the right at the bottom--baby's first photo!
4 comments:
Look at how cute the baby horse is!! Adorable!
What's going in with your fingers? I think that's your medial nerve that affects those fingers, I had an issue with numbness and tingling in those fingers for years. Bikram yoga really helped, now I'm not saying you should start a yoga practice, however, the posture that worked for me was this one and it freaking hurt like hell for months when I did it, but with weeks I could feel my fingers. Even if your legs don't ever left off the ground, it's the arms being palm down under your body that does it IMO.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=K5BfxkDU8Fo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DK5BfxkDU8Fo
Your fingers: how are your feet? We diabetics -- theoretically -- don't have to worry about neuropathy for years if our sugar is controlled, but my feet are weird. On the other hand (ha), aside from an occasional trigger finger, my hands are pretty good.
It's a pinched nerve in my elbow, they told me about 3 years ago when they did a nerve conduction study. There was an experimental surgical correction, but no guarantees and the doctor was not encouraging, so I've just been living with it. I'm hoping it is "un-pinching" itself!
Bev, that's what I was told too that it was a pinched nerve in my elbow. A chiropractor was a huge help, and now the bikram yoga, specifically that pose.
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