Post by 0ooAshleyoo0 on Aug 26, 2006 0:40:43 GMT -5
Hi. well, i dont know if anyone noticed or not, but i havent been posting recently. I was re-submitted into the hospital in marshfield on the 17th. ..... i was in a car accident in march. i lost 3 teeth, split open my chin, needed a lumber fusion and had a burst bowel. i was in the hospital for a month. ive been in-and-out of the hospital since. on the 17th i was having a minor closure surgery on my back when they found a source of infection in my hardware( the lumber fusion). so i never got to come home, they submitted me right away and i just got home today. I have chronic staff infection but luckily it didnt get to the bones. i currently give myself anti-biotics through an I.V. 3 times daily.
So thats an update on me. while i was in the hospital i was going absolutely crazy about seign. i was freaking out and trying to make sure he got proper care while i was away. well... i was being told that everything was going okay and what not. later to find out he wasnt been fed in the morning but at about 7 at night. and no one was handling him, they saaid that they tried but he just ran away. ( no one else had ever really held him besides me) but actually his color is GREAT! he has done a lot of shedding on the head and back. he has different shades of beautiful greens and sort of teal colors. when i received him he had only shades of very dark green. but the area on his tail that was shedding before still hasnt completed its shed, and its looking like it might cause a porblem( im probably jus over-worrying..but it dosnt hurt to watch it close for a while) i measured him when he was asleep earlier.. could only get the STL before he woke up and it was 12 inches!!!! hes grown half an inch since i got him!! its so cool!
well, ive only been home for a day, but tomorow starts his morning feedings and usual "me" time with him. im trying not to stress him out with a ton of handling.. he is very very skittish and even whipped at me a few times( which is a first) i cannot beleive how fast everything went downhill. but hes already calmed down and gotten used to my voice.. but he still tries to get away almost nonstop.. its really upestting me, i had gotten so far with him, he was doing great.
Also, im upset i didnt get to go to the vet with him. my brother took him for me. He said the doc said everything was okay, and thats pretty much how it went. I havent gotten to calling the vet yet, but i hope to explain my situation and talk to the doctor about what he all saw and thought and whatever.if no good info is given or if im just un satisfied, i am going to find a different vet (after doing some searching around) and have him/her check seign out, but it will probably be in a few months ( when my medical stuff is more back to order). i dont know how all that is going to go yet.. i will have to see what happens.
MORE NEWS!!! I have had two turtle eggs( that were brought home by my little brother) i was highly doubting thier survival, but i thought it couldnt hurt to try. we'll when i came home from the hospital this morning i went to check on them and they were both almost all the way out of thier shell, I WAS SOOOOO EXCITED!!! youhave NO IDEA! they are both out of thier shells now, and are in a 10 gal. tank. they look to me like western painted turtles almost 100 % positive. my boyfriend has already decided to keep one. he has a 75 gal. tank with a painter already in it( it about 3 inches big...and growing unbeleivably fast). im not sure whats going to happen with the other one.. i will probably let it go in a week or so an dgive it as little human contact as possible. they are adorable .. abotu the size of a nickel...
well, i think that's all... sorry i blabbed so much, but alot of new things have been happening. my zoo in my bedroom is now updated to... 2 Snappers( in the tank with them are 3 bull heads and 5 med. size godlfish(which they have suprizingly not eaten yet!)), two painters( for now), and an Ig.
So thats an update on me. while i was in the hospital i was going absolutely crazy about seign. i was freaking out and trying to make sure he got proper care while i was away. well... i was being told that everything was going okay and what not. later to find out he wasnt been fed in the morning but at about 7 at night. and no one was handling him, they saaid that they tried but he just ran away. ( no one else had ever really held him besides me) but actually his color is GREAT! he has done a lot of shedding on the head and back. he has different shades of beautiful greens and sort of teal colors. when i received him he had only shades of very dark green. but the area on his tail that was shedding before still hasnt completed its shed, and its looking like it might cause a porblem( im probably jus over-worrying..but it dosnt hurt to watch it close for a while) i measured him when he was asleep earlier.. could only get the STL before he woke up and it was 12 inches!!!! hes grown half an inch since i got him!! its so cool!
well, ive only been home for a day, but tomorow starts his morning feedings and usual "me" time with him. im trying not to stress him out with a ton of handling.. he is very very skittish and even whipped at me a few times( which is a first) i cannot beleive how fast everything went downhill. but hes already calmed down and gotten used to my voice.. but he still tries to get away almost nonstop.. its really upestting me, i had gotten so far with him, he was doing great.
Also, im upset i didnt get to go to the vet with him. my brother took him for me. He said the doc said everything was okay, and thats pretty much how it went. I havent gotten to calling the vet yet, but i hope to explain my situation and talk to the doctor about what he all saw and thought and whatever.if no good info is given or if im just un satisfied, i am going to find a different vet (after doing some searching around) and have him/her check seign out, but it will probably be in a few months ( when my medical stuff is more back to order). i dont know how all that is going to go yet.. i will have to see what happens.
MORE NEWS!!! I have had two turtle eggs( that were brought home by my little brother) i was highly doubting thier survival, but i thought it couldnt hurt to try. we'll when i came home from the hospital this morning i went to check on them and they were both almost all the way out of thier shell, I WAS SOOOOO EXCITED!!! youhave NO IDEA! they are both out of thier shells now, and are in a 10 gal. tank. they look to me like western painted turtles almost 100 % positive. my boyfriend has already decided to keep one. he has a 75 gal. tank with a painter already in it( it about 3 inches big...and growing unbeleivably fast). im not sure whats going to happen with the other one.. i will probably let it go in a week or so an dgive it as little human contact as possible. they are adorable .. abotu the size of a nickel...
well, i think that's all... sorry i blabbed so much, but alot of new things have been happening. my zoo in my bedroom is now updated to... 2 Snappers( in the tank with them are 3 bull heads and 5 med. size godlfish(which they have suprizingly not eaten yet!)), two painters( for now), and an Ig.
