Thursday, March 28
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Getting up and feeling not too bad to get Roxy to the vet.
This thing with her partly ruptured ACL is weird for me. There IS a surgery we can do, and I'm not opposed to doing it, but it seems like just "letting nature take it's course" takes almost the same amount of time to heal as the surgery, though with maybe not the same percentage of successful outcomes.
The ligament is definitely not completely ruptured, and she puts some weight on it. Some days she seems to have more pain, others it's not too bad.
We've been careful in that her time outside is gentle, no running or jumping, just meandering around.
It's only been about 2.5 months since we noticed it, and it can take up to 6 months to heal on it's own. If we had the surgery, it would still be at least four months, and literally keeping her in her kennel so she can't even walk inside the house for the first month or two.
The vet didn't see a clear advantage to the surgery at this point, so I guess we'll see? It's hard to live with ambiguity.
We COULD give her some medication for pain, but part of me feels that if she feels too good, she might use her leg too much and damage it again, and the vet agreed that it can be an issue.
She doesn't seem in a lot of pain most days, in that she spends most of her time lying down in the house, and I'm not seeing pain behavior. She favors that leg outside, but not enough for her to not want to walk.
Today's vet visit for me, was mainly to assure me that at least going this route was not being a "bad owner" or abusive in any way. If the vet had said anything along the lines of "I really feel that it's time for surgery" I would be ready to do it.
I asked about leg braces or wraps, and she said that she's never heard of them being used to stabilize the leg for healing. Otherwise if that seemed like a useful option we might have tried that.
So, for now we just carry on. Gently.
I came home and napped, since I really didn't get enough sleep (I got up early for me, and woke up about 5 times because I was worried about over sleeping).
I checked in with my Sweetie, and it sounds like he's having a really good visit with his family. He and his parents went to an indoor botanical garden that looked really nice. In the later part of the day he met with his niece and her dad (his sister's husband) and went rock climbing. It sounded like they all met at his parents place afterwards and played board games.
It's funny, whenever my husband goes home, he's a catalyst for all kinds of people to get together and they visit with his parents too because that's where he stays, but it doesn't seem like they get together that much outside of his visits.
Anyhow, I'm glad things are going well and that he's able to find places to climb. His climbing means a lot to him.
Norway is another country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has territories within the Arctic Circle, as well as Peter I Island and Maud Land, both firmly in the Antarctic.
It has the World's Longest Tunnel: Laerdal Tunnel.
Queen Maud land is actually HUGE, about 2.7 million square kilometers, and nearly seven times bigger than Norway itself.
Same as Sweden, it was settled pretty much as soon as the glacial ice receded about 4000 b.c. and the people were farmers.
FARMERS THAT BECAME VIKINGS!!! RAWRRR!
The vikings from Norway discovered Iceland, as well as what is now Newfoundland in Canada, and parts of the British Isles.
Norway did pretty well, the population grew, and they had a "Golden Era" of peace and good trade, they had a king and so on,....then the Black Death hit (as it did in pretty much the entire continent of Europe).
"In 1349, the Black Death spread to Norway and within a year killed a third of the population. Later plagues reduced the population to half the starting point by 1400. Many communities were entirely wiped out, resulting in an abundance of land, allowing farmers to switch to more animal husbandry. The reduction in taxes weakened the king's position,[46] and many aristocrats lost the basis for their surplus. High tithes to church made it increasingly powerful and the archbishop became a member of the Council of State.[47]"
So, that's important; the monarchy got weak, the church got strong.
For quite a while, Norway and Sweden were united under a single monarchy.
Then, there was the Kalmar Union (also created by strategic monarch marriage)"From 1397 to 1523,[1] it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then including much of present-day Finland), and Norway, together with Norway's overseas colonies[N 1] (then including Iceland, Greenland,[N 2] the Faroe Islands, and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland)."
Though Sweden left the Kalmar Union, Denmark and Norway remained a union until 1814.
Then there was just tons and tons of fighting, mainly with Sweden. It was entirely granted to Sweden for a while.
It mostly peacefully separated in 1907, and since there was no one around anymore with a legitimate claim to the throne, BUT the people wanted monarchy, they offered the throne to Prince Carl of Denmark, who agreed and took the name Haakon VII.
Through WWI Norway was officially neutral, though KIND OF on the side of the allies, which led to some hostility from Germany.
Norway tried to stay neutral again for WWII, but were VERY QUICKLY overwhelmed by the Germans (remember how Sweden had to make some concessions in order to keep the Germans out? They were terrified of having the same thing happen to them, but Germany didn't REALLY need to occupy Sweden, since being in Norway gave them all the sea access it needed).
King Haakon and other members fled to London during this time.
Many Norwegians fled to fight with the Allies, and there was also a Free Norwegian Forces that fought in exile "By the end of the war, the force had grown to 58 ships and 7,500 men in service in the Royal Norwegian Navy, 5 squadrons of aircraft in the newly formed Norwegian Air Force, and land forces including the Norwegian Independent Company 1 and 5 Troop as well as No. 10 Commandos.[citation needed]"
The role of the Norwegian Merchant Marine navy was critical in winning the war, and assisted Britain in pretty much every conflict, as well as the evacuation of soldiers in Operation Dunkirk, but of course Denmark needed Britain to push out Germany. In thanks, every year Denmark sends the U.K. a giant Christmas Tree.
In present day, they do still have a monarch, King Harald V, but also a Prime Minister and so on.
Norway does have land above the Arctic Circle, and the landscape is like Sweden and Finland in that it is scraped and shaped by glaciation, which created the magnificent fjords on the coastline.
It also has many lakes, rivers, and islands. Forests, and a climate that is milder and moister than would be expected because of the Gulf Stream.
Good Human rights, support of women, LGBTQ, and trying to make reparations to the Sami people. It has good health care and such, and has some state owned things, and some privatized (socialist democratic). Very wealthy country with a high standard of living, but a strong middle class more than just lots of wealthy people followed by lots and lots of poor.
Mainly the wealth comes from natural resources like oil, mining, and some forestry (though now carefully managed with large protected areas).
Also a big place for Metal bands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway
https://youtu.be/bAGhXcYc0o4?si=GSr7lST_PRuwftvs
Getting up and feeling not too bad to get Roxy to the vet.
This thing with her partly ruptured ACL is weird for me. There IS a surgery we can do, and I'm not opposed to doing it, but it seems like just "letting nature take it's course" takes almost the same amount of time to heal as the surgery, though with maybe not the same percentage of successful outcomes.
The ligament is definitely not completely ruptured, and she puts some weight on it. Some days she seems to have more pain, others it's not too bad.
We've been careful in that her time outside is gentle, no running or jumping, just meandering around.
It's only been about 2.5 months since we noticed it, and it can take up to 6 months to heal on it's own. If we had the surgery, it would still be at least four months, and literally keeping her in her kennel so she can't even walk inside the house for the first month or two.
The vet didn't see a clear advantage to the surgery at this point, so I guess we'll see? It's hard to live with ambiguity.
We COULD give her some medication for pain, but part of me feels that if she feels too good, she might use her leg too much and damage it again, and the vet agreed that it can be an issue.
She doesn't seem in a lot of pain most days, in that she spends most of her time lying down in the house, and I'm not seeing pain behavior. She favors that leg outside, but not enough for her to not want to walk.
Today's vet visit for me, was mainly to assure me that at least going this route was not being a "bad owner" or abusive in any way. If the vet had said anything along the lines of "I really feel that it's time for surgery" I would be ready to do it.
I asked about leg braces or wraps, and she said that she's never heard of them being used to stabilize the leg for healing. Otherwise if that seemed like a useful option we might have tried that.
So, for now we just carry on. Gently.
I came home and napped, since I really didn't get enough sleep (I got up early for me, and woke up about 5 times because I was worried about over sleeping).
I checked in with my Sweetie, and it sounds like he's having a really good visit with his family. He and his parents went to an indoor botanical garden that looked really nice. In the later part of the day he met with his niece and her dad (his sister's husband) and went rock climbing. It sounded like they all met at his parents place afterwards and played board games.
It's funny, whenever my husband goes home, he's a catalyst for all kinds of people to get together and they visit with his parents too because that's where he stays, but it doesn't seem like they get together that much outside of his visits.
Anyhow, I'm glad things are going well and that he's able to find places to climb. His climbing means a lot to him.
Norway is another country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has territories within the Arctic Circle, as well as Peter I Island and Maud Land, both firmly in the Antarctic.
It has the World's Longest Tunnel: Laerdal Tunnel.
Queen Maud land is actually HUGE, about 2.7 million square kilometers, and nearly seven times bigger than Norway itself.
Same as Sweden, it was settled pretty much as soon as the glacial ice receded about 4000 b.c. and the people were farmers.
FARMERS THAT BECAME VIKINGS!!! RAWRRR!
The vikings from Norway discovered Iceland, as well as what is now Newfoundland in Canada, and parts of the British Isles.
Norway did pretty well, the population grew, and they had a "Golden Era" of peace and good trade, they had a king and so on,....then the Black Death hit (as it did in pretty much the entire continent of Europe).
"In 1349, the Black Death spread to Norway and within a year killed a third of the population. Later plagues reduced the population to half the starting point by 1400. Many communities were entirely wiped out, resulting in an abundance of land, allowing farmers to switch to more animal husbandry. The reduction in taxes weakened the king's position,[46] and many aristocrats lost the basis for their surplus. High tithes to church made it increasingly powerful and the archbishop became a member of the Council of State.[47]"
So, that's important; the monarchy got weak, the church got strong.
For quite a while, Norway and Sweden were united under a single monarchy.
Then, there was the Kalmar Union (also created by strategic monarch marriage)"From 1397 to 1523,[1] it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then including much of present-day Finland), and Norway, together with Norway's overseas colonies[N 1] (then including Iceland, Greenland,[N 2] the Faroe Islands, and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland)."
Though Sweden left the Kalmar Union, Denmark and Norway remained a union until 1814.
Then there was just tons and tons of fighting, mainly with Sweden. It was entirely granted to Sweden for a while.
It mostly peacefully separated in 1907, and since there was no one around anymore with a legitimate claim to the throne, BUT the people wanted monarchy, they offered the throne to Prince Carl of Denmark, who agreed and took the name Haakon VII.
Through WWI Norway was officially neutral, though KIND OF on the side of the allies, which led to some hostility from Germany.
Norway tried to stay neutral again for WWII, but were VERY QUICKLY overwhelmed by the Germans (remember how Sweden had to make some concessions in order to keep the Germans out? They were terrified of having the same thing happen to them, but Germany didn't REALLY need to occupy Sweden, since being in Norway gave them all the sea access it needed).
King Haakon and other members fled to London during this time.
Many Norwegians fled to fight with the Allies, and there was also a Free Norwegian Forces that fought in exile "By the end of the war, the force had grown to 58 ships and 7,500 men in service in the Royal Norwegian Navy, 5 squadrons of aircraft in the newly formed Norwegian Air Force, and land forces including the Norwegian Independent Company 1 and 5 Troop as well as No. 10 Commandos.[citation needed]"
The role of the Norwegian Merchant Marine navy was critical in winning the war, and assisted Britain in pretty much every conflict, as well as the evacuation of soldiers in Operation Dunkirk, but of course Denmark needed Britain to push out Germany. In thanks, every year Denmark sends the U.K. a giant Christmas Tree.
In present day, they do still have a monarch, King Harald V, but also a Prime Minister and so on.
Norway does have land above the Arctic Circle, and the landscape is like Sweden and Finland in that it is scraped and shaped by glaciation, which created the magnificent fjords on the coastline.
It also has many lakes, rivers, and islands. Forests, and a climate that is milder and moister than would be expected because of the Gulf Stream.
Good Human rights, support of women, LGBTQ, and trying to make reparations to the Sami people. It has good health care and such, and has some state owned things, and some privatized (socialist democratic). Very wealthy country with a high standard of living, but a strong middle class more than just lots of wealthy people followed by lots and lots of poor.
Mainly the wealth comes from natural resources like oil, mining, and some forestry (though now carefully managed with large protected areas).
Also a big place for Metal bands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway
https://youtu.be/bAGhXcYc0o4?si=GSr7lST_PRuwftvs
