Back from Surgery

Hi Everyone!

Well, the surgery went well on February 9, 2009, although I had some problems waking from the anesthetic this time as they put me totally under to do this surgery. They disturbed the scar tissue from the previous surgery, so it was quite painful, but I dreamed that Lance, my husband, had left me and I was quite hysterical. I was the only one in recovery, so they brought Lance up to try to get me calmed down. We were out of there by 11:30 pm and returned home at 3:10 am on the 10th.

Everything seems fine and though it's not the 80-85% down from the previous surgery, it's still quite a bit (about 75-80%). I think it might be a bit more than that once the incisions heal and the nerve endings reconnect from where they had been cut. Quite scary not to know how your life is going to change with any surgery, especially if they do one they did previously. The scar tissue always makes it more painful and it takes longer to heal. So far, so good.

Washington State has put a voluntary NAIS bill on the ballot, but they're going to mandatory anyway. It's scary to know that this will impact so many farms/ranches negatively and they just don't care. It'd be different if it were for the large farms, but because they are LARGE Farms/Ranches, they get a break by registering their animals as a group, not each one, which is pish tosh (aka bull shi*)! It's not fair to anyone when they do crap like this. So, I've sold all but 2 yearling Icelandic ewes and 3 male alpacas, a rooster and 5 hens...none of them ever leaving the farm at all. By all rights, I shouldn't have to do NAIS tagging at all nor should anyone else who's animals never leave their place of residency. Are animals will be illegal aliens soon...nice, isn't it? I read that Obama is going to dsband NAIS, but I don't think the Governors or Senators are going to go along with it, not to mention the Dept of Agriculture--too much easy cash for them.

Anyway, that's all for now, but I'll write more later.

Hugs to all!