This reminds me of reading all those James Herriot books as a child(and of course as an adult). I always dreamed of becoming a vet, but it never materialized. What a fantastic story to read, I hope your muscles recovered easily and those calves are still going strong! That must be a wonderful feeling bringing two living things into the world like that. I grew up with black angus and we had a similar twin situation. One was red colored the other black. But unfortunately she tried to give birth up in the hills and we didn’t know until it was too late. We found her later with her two calves presenting but all had died. She was my favorite cow, so friendly and sweet. To find her like that was hard for a child to process, but also a part of that wonderful country life that I miss now. It teaches you so many things. Thank you for helping this sweet woman, I’m sure she feels that gratitude every time she looks at those little calves kicking their heels up with the joy alone of life. I remember in the spring looking up at the hill above the barn and seeing those wild calves running without abandon across the hill chasing each other and kicking in the air for no reason at all but because they can and they were free and alive. Best thing ever!
This reminds me of reading all those James Herriot books as a child(and of course as an adult). I always dreamed of becoming a vet, but it never materialized. What a fantastic story to read, I hope your muscles recovered easily and those calves are still going strong! That must be a wonderful feeling bringing two living things into the world like that. I grew up with black angus and we had a similar twin situation. One was red colored the other black. But unfortunately she tried to give birth up in the hills and we didn’t know until it was too late. We found her later with her two calves presenting but all had died. She was my favorite cow, so friendly and sweet. To find her like that was hard for a child to process, but also a part of that wonderful country life that I miss now. It teaches you so many things. Thank you for helping this sweet woman, I’m sure she feels that gratitude every time she looks at those little calves kicking their heels up with the joy alone of life. I remember in the spring looking up at the hill above the barn and seeing those wild calves running without abandon across the hill chasing each other and kicking in the air for no reason at all but because they can and they were free and alive. Best thing ever!
What a wonderful morning! 💙💖
Well done Dr!!! Hope you’ll keep writing and someday compile the stories into a book!