Blessing Update: The proof is in the mooooooooo!

[Halo]

As requested... here is a video of Blessing mooing . As of now, she has blessed our life for 72 hours and today when I went to let the dogs in, I saw her standing in the sheep pen... she had gotten up and walked out there all on her own. Her first journey out of the barn!! When we walked out there... she ran, yes ran! up to us She is just a completely different baby today! You can tell she's gaining weight and getting stronger. Ohhhh and her backside looks better too... her dookie is finally more solid I know lol a weird thing to be excited about but scours are not good for calves.

So here is the first video. You can hear her mooooooo and see her run after Daddy to get her food. (Sorry for the view of the ground and fence lol I caught my sweats on the fence and tore them!) and you can hear the horrendous windstorm we're having too. He made the blind comment when she walked straight into the support pole I was standing next to.

YouTube - Blessing Mooooooooing

Then there's a second video with more good news She finally took the bottle!!! She got 1/3 of it down before she couldn't do it anymore so we tubed her the rest so she'll continue to improve (we hope!) and I got her first bottle drink on video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukngq3qab3w


Oh and here is a picture of the first bottle too



It's a great day on the farm!! (Except the 60 mile an hour winds ) and HUGE thank you's to all of you!! I know your well wishes and prayers have made all the difference!

[TikusMom]

Yippeeeeee ( doing a jiggy dance )! Awesome news, awesome video!!!!!! Yay Blessing...you go girl calf!
Good job to you and your hubby for the fantastic care of this little miracle!

[red192]

so cute! poor baby! Do u honestly think she's blind?

[PMattix]

AW!!!! Congratulations! Y'all are doing a great job!!! She's such a little miracle

[angied]

This is soooo great to see I am soo glad she is doing well. I hope she isnt really blind but if she is then she is definately lucky to have you two.

[kali]

aww this is awesome!

everyone in my house thought iui was weird bcoz suddenly this strange mooing came out of the computer!!

[Tricia Mullins]

WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!
She is such a gift!!
Way to go guys!

Oh Yeah, Thanks for the vid!

[Chico's Mom]

I have to wait a bit before I can check out the video, but I am loving this thread!! I feel as if Blessing is my God-calf or something! What a great thing you have done, and are doing. So sweet. Can't wait to see the video later!

[Halo]

Well I feel as though I share her with all of you too!

Meredith, I knew you'd be thrilled!

Yes we really think he is blind. Her eyes are very cloudy, one worse than the other and she does tend to walk into things but I think she can sort of make out shapes at least since she does come right to us. Our vet said that unless she is bad off he is goin to come by next time he is at the lot to check her eyes. It doesnt matter to us if she is, she will have a loving and safe home here for as long as she lives. She doesn't have an infection in them.... it looks sort of like cataracts with the thick clouds. If there is a way to fix it, we certainly will. We also gave her a three day dose of antibiotics (that Baytol for cows is freaking expeeeeeeeeeensive.... like $300 a bottle ) and we have it on hand if she has any other problems. Our vet knows my husband very well so most of the time he just tells him what to do/give instead of driving all the way out here.

[TikusMom]

I loved hearing that little moo...and the way she scooted lickity-split after your hubby when he called her! It totally made my day!