Prior to every Passover seder, Louis meticulously trims the meat off of legs of lamb before starting the koshering process. The lean lamb is soaked in cold water, which is changed several times a day to get out all the blood. This also takes out the strong lamb taste before we roast it. Thankfully, we didn't know this lamb that we will be eating this week. There have been past Passover seders where we have prepared & eaten a lamb that we have raised. It is difficult to swallow such meat & the personal relationship also reinforces the cost of our sin in our own minds.
Ironically, at the same time as Louis is trimming lamb for the seder, we had been intensively caring for one of our ewes & her newborn lamb. We almost lost our ewe who birthed that healthy ram lamb several days ago. She actually had twins, but was unable to birth the second lamb, even with our trying to help to turn it. On the second day, I was walking her a lot & gave her a dose of Penicillin IM & Benamine IM ( a pain med.). By the beginning of the third day, she couldn't stand & wouldn't eat or drink, so the vet came & helped me deliver the dead twin. Whew, what a stench!! We gave the ewe a whopping dose of steroids & a strong antibiotic IM. She drank some water that day & began to eat a little hay the next day. We are giving her antibiotics for four days to counteract the sepsis caused by the dead lamb.
Louis creatively devised this homemade hoist to help the ewe stand today. He used such parts as an old ladder, a sling we use to carry firewood to our fireplace, a bunch of rope & a pulley system. By just turning in a circle, the ewe can lick her salt block, drink water or eat fresh hay. All the while, the lamb can suckle. His little tail has been wiggling all afternoon as he gets frequent drinks from Mom.
Ironically, at the same time as Louis is trimming lamb for the seder, we had been intensively caring for one of our ewes & her newborn lamb. We almost lost our ewe who birthed that healthy ram lamb several days ago. She actually had twins, but was unable to birth the second lamb, even with our trying to help to turn it. On the second day, I was walking her a lot & gave her a dose of Penicillin IM & Benamine IM ( a pain med.). By the beginning of the third day, she couldn't stand & wouldn't eat or drink, so the vet came & helped me deliver the dead twin. Whew, what a stench!! We gave the ewe a whopping dose of steroids & a strong antibiotic IM. She drank some water that day & began to eat a little hay the next day. We are giving her antibiotics for four days to counteract the sepsis caused by the dead lamb.
Louis creatively devised this homemade hoist to help the ewe stand today. He used such parts as an old ladder, a sling we use to carry firewood to our fireplace, a bunch of rope & a pulley system. By just turning in a circle, the ewe can lick her salt block, drink water or eat fresh hay. All the while, the lamb can suckle. His little tail has been wiggling all afternoon as he gets frequent drinks from Mom.
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Hi Cary!
Aaaaw! Is this the same little lambie that was born in your previous post? I hope the ewe has survived and am so amazed by the ingenuity of the get-up to help her and her baby along!
Yes, the ram lamb & his Mom have survived...the same ones shown earlier. Mom is now standing & walking on her own after about a week of help by the hoist. She is also sheered. I wrenched my back trying to get the ewe over to the hoist, the day before our Passover seder with 30 people slated to enjoy the seder at our home. (We were taking her off the hoist at night.) Motrin & the Lord's help got me through the Seder & two very painful nights with minimal sleep. My VA MD did nothing to help, so I went to a Christian chiropractor that I trust. His adjustments, after x-rays showed twisted vertebrae, have helped a lot.
Oops, the ewe was sheared - not sheered!
oh dear! That sounds very painful with the potential for weakening the general strength of your back! I'm so sorry to hear about it! ooo! "twisted vertebrae" -- those two words should never be put side by side.
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