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Maybe slightly. Doc prescribed an antibiotic that I started this evening. I hope it starts working fast as the constant coughing is getting old.

 

Good evening all-

I can’t like this post. I hope you get well soon Paul.

Dammit. Accidents like that can raise havoc on your back, as you well know. Good thoughts on a speedy recovery.

 

Good evening everybody. It’s cold down here

 

Wait till Wednesday FL.

 

No, they were working earlier but not anymore.

 

There's a bunch of old vids on YT of the narrow gauge railroads clearing the lines, those railroad workers were a different breed of primates.

 

Arctic air for the next week- feels like single digits. Plus we get lake effect snow...

 

Mornin’

 

Good morning. The last time we saw 32 degrees was either the 31st of dec. or Jan.1. It looks like we have another week to week and a half until it gets above freezing. This reminds me of the winters of yore.

 

Good Morning

It's very Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr outside at 25° feels like 16°

 

Good morning

Very windy throughout the night. Crisp 25 degrees now. Stay safe and warm out there today.

 

Good morning everybody!

 

massive post alert!!

Well like many on here.... We got caught in the storm.

YES we stay prepared for this type of stuff, but God has a way of throwing things you cant plan for in at the same time. This was one of those times.

My little area of SE Ohio actually got over 10" of snow & about 1/2" of ice. Go just a couple miles away on the WV side of the river & they got 6".. so location location is always a thing.

The snow was anticipated. Not the problem. My usual plan is to go out blade off my driveway & down the hillside... Which we always talk about over in the tractor thread...

That hasn't happened yet because of life's other emergency.

Any of you who have seen my posts know that my English Bulldogs mean the world to me.
Sunday morning started off with all that snow/ice. As I opened the crate door to let Browser out he started pouring blood out of his........ YEP. He put down a puddle & trail all the way across the living room, to the garage door & to outside. Scared the absolute life out of me. This was a stream.

Instant thought was UTI of some sort. But this was arterial blood. Not urine with blood.
Checked him from all over couldn't find an injury or cause. He went all day acting just fine with no more issue. Of course the weather got worse, the roads got all closed & THEN it happened again at 5pm. Getting worried at that point. Then again at 10pm. NOW I'm seriously having a fit. There isn't a single place open, also now way to get to one & my boy is in bad shape.

I sat up with him all nite & at 4:30am it happened again & it was more. All I could do was hold him on my lap & yes even being a macho tough construction worker I cried for hours. Called every emergency 24hr animal ER I could find. All an hour or 2 away on a good day & we had level 3 travel restrictions. Anyone in Ohio knows that means if they see you, you get pulled over & a ticket at least.

Finally got a hold of our Vet at 7am. (Yes we called his personal number) He said he was on his way to the office if we could get there. We bundled my lil man up & put him on the wife's lap in her Renegade. It's AWD & I've always been a good hazardous road driver. Out of the garage we went onto the driveway... YEP was dragging snow with the bottom of the car... Backed her up & down the hill we went. Not a big deal for me, headed to work many days this way, Wife was not so thrilled as she is a white collar worker & from out West. Our driveway is 13* down for several hundred feet.
That's a BIG downhill on ice/snow. Good news is the snow is your friend there as you get a little grip.
Out of the drive we go onto the ice roads. Took 40mins to make a 12 mile drive. Saw 3 wrecks.

Cops were too busy with those to pull us over. Get to the Vet & thankfully our Vet fixed my boy.
Somehow my boy managed to put a tear in his peeny on the inside of the cover! YIKES!!

Oh holy hell that's not something you want to happen or see repaired. The Vet was by himself, no one else made it in. Which meant I had to hold my boys front end while my Wife held the back end & the Vet did the work. UGH. Several shots to the peeny later he started stitching him up.

Ouch ouch ouch is all I can say about that. Browser is now on some pain killers & anti biotics... But he lives!! Then we did the drive home. NOW that drive home. That driveway i skied down? There was no chance of getting up that. On my 3rd try made it far enough that we are out of the road.

Walked up that in the tire tracks from the down trip carrying my 64lb bullydog. Didn't have the heart attach, but man that just wiped me the hell out. Got him inside & crated up, took care of the other dogs, ate some food, took a shower & just collapsed for a couple hours.

That brings us to today: gotta deal with the mess I made of the driveway. Pushing the first pass down will be no problem. Not sure will be able to get back up to make a 2nd pass .... We'll see. That will probably be in the tractor thread. Just wanted to vent/share this ordeal with my fellow oldies in here.

This was just as hard as dealing with injured/sick kids! It truly is harder on ya as you get older.
Always thought that since I had "more experience" these things would get easier. NOPE.

Stay safe!

 

Morning been sleeping in since my wife retired. Our streets have been too salty for the dog, been solo walking. I miss the little hand warmer in the green bag Be safe out there