Jake and Deb are powerfully connected, she has been touching heads with him, one poignant scene after another, perhaps out of instinct, perhaps out of encouragement. The bottle-fed milk, the penicillin and the vitamin booster have had some affect. Jake is standing up a bit, he eliminated, he called out to his mother, he took the milk from the bottle. All good signs. He still looks wobbly, but we both think he has improved. Sick lambs or ewes rarely get better.

But I am hopeful, these two are special, we would hate to lose one of them. For those many people presuming to offer advice from their computer screens, we are doing what the vets tell us to do when a lamb gets sick. There are limits on a farm to what we can do and should do – these are not pets, we cannot call a vet every time an animal limps or gets sick here, nor is it appropriate. We are doing all of the things vets always tell us to do, and what our own experience has taught us to do. These are our decisions to make not anyone else’s. We will make them.

We are caring for Jake well,and will continue to make our own decisions about him and share them with you. I have no interest in hearing what God is telling you Jake needs. God has other stuff to do.

As always, I bring to you the real world of real animals, not a fantasy. I thank those many good people whose good thoughts and feelings are felt here and appreciated.