Oh the trama

I woke yesterday to our goat Samson bleeding from his head and one of his horns hanging from its nerve ends.  I brought him to the barn and thought i could just pull it off.  Well a common fact in animals is that they don't show pain.  So when you go to grab the horn and Samson rears up and starts screaming with blood pouring down your face you kinda figure he is in huge amounts of pain.  

So i called our regular vet who then gave me the number off a vet who specializes in goats.  She had two emergency calls before me so she didn't get out till 4.   So for the 6 hours that samson had to wait i gave him some bute and closed up the barn so that he could stay calm.  I didn't want to get him anxious because then his blood would be pumping and since the blood vessels in his horn where not seared he could loose more blood.

Once the vet got there we sedated him and she cleaned the area then seared his blood vessels which if you have ever been in a barn where a horse is getting hot shod take that smell and multiply it by five.  Then the vet chopped off half of his other horn and a reversal from the sedation.

When Samson began to wake up it was so funny because he looked like some guy who was high.  That dazed look and kinda look that says what the hell am i doing here?  

Today i began to organize a list for stuff to get for college. I got a e-mail from housing that my roommate had been switched which was weird but it looks like it will work out.  We have alot in common, So i went to Target online and now i am wishlisting (is that a word) for college.  I estimate that i wont go over $300.  lets pray.