Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

Update on my goat Calvin, I think we've got him out of the critical stage. He's stronger but still way too weak to go out with his paddock mate.

After discussing with my vet who consulted with his alma maters veterinary program (UT Veterinary School), after looking at his blood work and fecal samples it has been determined his anemia was the result of a wormer resistant "bankrupt worm".

My vet has reported an uptick of goat deaths in this vicinity, UT confirms all over the south, likely due to either bankrupt or barberpole worm, both have been bad this year. Concern is about being on the verge of a drug resistant/proof variant of worm.

We caught and treated him just in time, vet said he's never seen a goat recover from that far down, now his paddock mate is showing some signs I noticed tonight. I am worming him with his first round of meds in the morning.

Calvin is getting twice his daily ration of goat feed, fresh branches of silver maple and hackberry as well as alfalfa hay with about a quarter cup of blackstrap molasses each day. He's much stronger but still very weak.

Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts. And big thanks to Vols who helped me figure out what I needed to do!
 
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Damn. So McCoy still out. Gibson out. Gonna be thin in the secondary this game. Hopefully their QB sucks enough that it doesn't matter. The trenches will decide this game. Can our OL open up running lanes and protect JA while our DL shuts down their run and pressures their QB? If we can do that, we will beat those barking idiots.

I really want to beat those barking idiots.
 
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Damn. So McCoy still out. Gibson out. Gonna be thin in the secondary this game. Hopefully their QB sucks enough that it doesn't matter. The trenches will decide this game. Can our OL open up running lanes and protect JA while our DL shuts down their run and pressures their QB? If we can do that, we will beat those barking idiots.

I really want to beat those barking idiots.
Hopefully the injury report in Wednesday brings a surprise.
 
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