Chihuahua Cures!

Feeling much better, Kendall meets Marcie. Goat life is good.

Today when I went out to work, Kendall was fairly alert so she earned herself a play-date with Lexie the chihuahua next door. In the few hours she spent next door, Kendall went from quiet little goat to healthy, bouncing kid. In Lexie's company, Kendall was reported to regularly drink water and freely eat grain from the bowl provided. When she arrived home again, Kendall was a noisy, bouncy kid--one we had not seen for far too long.

So I brought her up to the barn at feeding time and introduced her to Marcie. The little goat who had refused to drink from a bottle, and who had been being fed via a stomach tube for some days, immediately took a liking to our big milk goat, Marcie. Clearly Lexie had been "good medicine" for our little kid.

Kendall is spending this cold night in the house again, but we hope she will be returning to barn life for good come morning. This runty kid who was all but dead a week ago has bounced back delightfully.

Credit goes to Dr. Whitlow who prescribed Naxcel on Thursday to combat pneumonia, but credit for the liveliness goes to Miss Lexie and her people--Theresa and Tony. Thanks, neighbors. You're the best!