[MayflowerMadam]

DH and I had pneumonia together one year, and if it weren’t for having to keep the animals fed, we’d have just curled up and died. So I guess the animals saved our lives in a way.

Do you have any lifeline through family or church in this emergency? Just in case?

[Badboo]

Had friends drop off the essentials onto the porch — pepto bismal and ice cream. Friday, somehow I managed to get us to the clinic, had to stay in the car to be seen. They gave us, amoxicillin, prednisone and a cough suppressant. That has helped with the secondary, bacterial sufferings and joint pains. Today, Christmas, six days later, she has just started to eat a little.

Next time she goes galavanting she'll be using this, 1% povidone iodine nasal spray.

I guess in the spirit of things I might post a poem I did a while back:

A Poem by The Big Boo

The Night Divine

It's a traveling night
I said to my companions
We have to make tracks
Be there before the sun is back.

So we followed the brightest star
Shinning against the shimmering snow
Looking for the little town
And manger in the valley below.

You were dreaming she said
As I awoke in a start
Mumbling about peace and joy
And the birth of a little boy.

Yep, I said, seems to happen to me
About this time every year
Then I see you and realize
That Christmas is already here.

So to you and your loved ones
Whether they are near or far
We wish you a merry Christmas and
Blessings of peace throughout the year.

The Big Boo and Boo

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6