I spoke with Patsy from Healthy Bodies this morning and she had Keil Bay's kinesiology test results ready. I was so excited to hear from her, and should be able to get him started on his treatment program in a couple of days, when the herbs and supplements arrive and I'm back home.
Here's the breakdown:
low on EFAs
probiotic level is low
he's dealing with systemic yeast and fungus
has a mold allergy
digestive enzymes are low
white cell count is low (probably due to the yeast/fungus/mold)
seratonin is low
he has several beans which need removing
Six-week treatment plan for the Big Bay:
flax - 5 tbsps 2x/day for 4 weeks
probios paste - 1/2 tube 2x/week for 2 weeks (and 1 tube hereafter, two weeks after each deworming)
olive leaf - 2 tsp. 2x/day for 4 weeks
echinacea - 1 tbsp 2x/day for 6 weeks
digestive enzymes - 3 capsules 2x/day for 3 weeks
rhodiola - 1 tsp. 2x/day for 2 weeks (I think - she will send written instructions with herbs)
Total cost for this testing/treatment:
hair and saliva test plus telephone consult - $25.
herbs and supplements: $109.50
re-test in 6 weeks - $25.
Based on everything I've read about Patsy's work with horses (and people) and the kinds of results her clients get from her recommendations, I CANNOT WAIT to see how Keil Bay does. My prediction is that he and I will be in a great place by Labor Day.
Now I have to figure out who's going next - my goal is to work my way through the herd, but I'd love for all of them to head into the fall/winter with their treatments behind them.
I'll report more as I get Keil Bay going on his plan. Once I can report actual results I'm experiencing, I'll add contact info for Patsy. I've heard nothing but good things thus far, but I like to have my own first-hand experience before recommending things.
billie hinton’s camera-obscura:
life and lessons on November Hill Farm
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
we are all abuzz here
I wish I had photos but will have to describe - basically, there is a hive of bees living in the wall in the magic mansion, and they've had a beekeeper working for 8 weeks to get the hive moved into a portable hive they can move elsewhere.
This morning I was in the library and saw a bee in the window, inside. A little while later, after I'd left the room, bees began to come in through the closed windows, the vents, and the light fixtures in the ceiling. The grounds manager had to seal off that entire area and call the beekeeper out to see what could be done.
I got a mini-seminar on relocating bees, and instructions on what to do if they come after me, which is not likely but a possibility.
From my bedroom window I can see the bees buzzing around wildly - they are very excited, not angry, because the original hive has now been reopened so they can get their honey out and move it to the new hive.
My husband kindly emailed me some passages from Ted Andrews about bees:
Bees have been mythical symbols throughout the world. . . . Probably
the most consistent symbolism has been that of sexuality and
fertility. . . Bees are also long-time symbols of accomplishing
quests that seem impossible. . .
If a bee has shown up in your life, examine your own productivity.
Are you doing all you can to make your own life more fertile? Are you
busy enough? Are you attempting to do too much? The bee reminds us
that activities are sweeter when we take the time to enjoy them.
The bee is a reminder to us to extract the honey of life and make our
lives fertile while the sun shines.
I am loving the intense, rich activity of these bees.
This morning I was in the library and saw a bee in the window, inside. A little while later, after I'd left the room, bees began to come in through the closed windows, the vents, and the light fixtures in the ceiling. The grounds manager had to seal off that entire area and call the beekeeper out to see what could be done.
I got a mini-seminar on relocating bees, and instructions on what to do if they come after me, which is not likely but a possibility.
From my bedroom window I can see the bees buzzing around wildly - they are very excited, not angry, because the original hive has now been reopened so they can get their honey out and move it to the new hive.
My husband kindly emailed me some passages from Ted Andrews about bees:
Bees have been mythical symbols throughout the world. . . . Probably
the most consistent symbolism has been that of sexuality and
fertility. . . Bees are also long-time symbols of accomplishing
quests that seem impossible. . .
If a bee has shown up in your life, examine your own productivity.
Are you doing all you can to make your own life more fertile? Are you
busy enough? Are you attempting to do too much? The bee reminds us
that activities are sweeter when we take the time to enjoy them.
The bee is a reminder to us to extract the honey of life and make our
lives fertile while the sun shines.
I am loving the intense, rich activity of these bees.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
on location
Okay - I'm officially on retreat and getting my arrival routine underway at the coffee shop that has internet access so I can check email and blogs before going back to the magic mansion - where dial-up is only for the very very patient.
It's a total pleasure to be back here. Where folks in a few places recognize me and I know my way to all the best spots. And the moment I settle in to write, the flow is there.
Send good vibes for effective editing and a book that takes off like a rocket when it queries.
:)
It's a total pleasure to be back here. Where folks in a few places recognize me and I know my way to all the best spots. And the moment I settle in to write, the flow is there.
Send good vibes for effective editing and a book that takes off like a rocket when it queries.
:)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
You know you're starting a good day when...
you're sitting in your "new" bedroom chair, which you have angled just so to be able to see the side pasture out the window, you glance up from reading Lonesome Dove, and see a mini donkey doing morning laps around Salina as she meanders up the hill. Black mare heading to the barn in the a.m. means it's nearing breakfast time. Donkey doing morning gallop means there is a chance he will be tired and mellow for the med he will be taking after his breakfast!
The geldings know that Salina is operating on pre-BCBH time (Billie Changed Breakfast Hour) so they remain down in the front field, enjoying that lush grass before the sugars rise and I close the gate.
The geldings know that Salina is operating on pre-BCBH time (Billie Changed Breakfast Hour) so they remain down in the front field, enjoying that lush grass before the sugars rise and I close the gate.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
power of three
My mom has always said that things tend to happen in threes. We seem to be on that wavelength this week.
One of my favorite math books discovered in our homeschooling journey (Michael S. Schneider's A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science), lists some quotes about three:
The Triad is the form of the completion of all things.
-Nichomachus of Greece
But every tension of opposites culminates in a release,out of which comes the "third." In the third, the tension is resolved and the lost unity is restored.
-Carl Gustav Jung
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
-Carl Gustav Jung
The One engenders the Two, the Two engenders the Three, and the Three engenders all things.
-Tao Te Ch'ing
A whole is that which has a beginning, middle, and end.
-Aristotle
three ailments:
Salina - rash of hives on one shoulder, similar to Cody's from two weeks ago
Rafer Johnson - small wound on side of belly and boy does he dislike being the patient!
Mystic - took a pretty hard fall down the stairs
I have been busy with remedies, ointments, and vet consults - assisted by my husband, who came home yesterday and worked from here the rest of the day to help out. All are doing fine.
three lovely rides:
Keil Bay
Keil Bay again
Cody
three "just in the nick of times":
DE (diatomaceous earth) - was delivered in the nick of time - I was down to my last half-pound
Carb Guard - feed store was out but just as I was leaving the guy who usually loads me up came running out to say he had a bag
shavings - delivered 4 days late but before I had to go buy bags from the feed store
three nice surprises:
call about the Big Bay's kinesiology results
my husband's Netflix DVD, Lady in the Water
baby birds hatched out in the petunia basket
Schmidt writes:
Whenever there are three, as the three knights, three musketeers, three wise men, or three wishes, there is throughness, rebirth, transformation, and success.
Works for me!
One of my favorite math books discovered in our homeschooling journey (Michael S. Schneider's A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science), lists some quotes about three:
The Triad is the form of the completion of all things.
-Nichomachus of Greece
But every tension of opposites culminates in a release,out of which comes the "third." In the third, the tension is resolved and the lost unity is restored.
-Carl Gustav Jung
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
-Carl Gustav Jung
The One engenders the Two, the Two engenders the Three, and the Three engenders all things.
-Tao Te Ch'ing
A whole is that which has a beginning, middle, and end.
-Aristotle
three ailments:
Salina - rash of hives on one shoulder, similar to Cody's from two weeks ago
Rafer Johnson - small wound on side of belly and boy does he dislike being the patient!
Mystic - took a pretty hard fall down the stairs
I have been busy with remedies, ointments, and vet consults - assisted by my husband, who came home yesterday and worked from here the rest of the day to help out. All are doing fine.
three lovely rides:
Keil Bay
Keil Bay again
Cody
three "just in the nick of times":
DE (diatomaceous earth) - was delivered in the nick of time - I was down to my last half-pound
Carb Guard - feed store was out but just as I was leaving the guy who usually loads me up came running out to say he had a bag
shavings - delivered 4 days late but before I had to go buy bags from the feed store
three nice surprises:
call about the Big Bay's kinesiology results
my husband's Netflix DVD, Lady in the Water
baby birds hatched out in the petunia basket
Schmidt writes:
Whenever there are three, as the three knights, three musketeers, three wise men, or three wishes, there is throughness, rebirth, transformation, and success.
Works for me!
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