War of the Armadillo's and cancer scares.

I went to let the dog out this morning when I found, right off the back porch, two armadillo's. One trapped in the cage and one desperately digging underneath the trap. Chris removed the trap and expected the other to run away but it didn't so.... sadly he had to shoot it. They do carry leprosy and we don't want to take a risk. Also it was digging up my back step the step is now moved away from the main step. I'm sure if it believed we were going to harm it's home it would have done the same to us. Still.... It is always sad to end the life of a living creature. The one in the trap was safely released into the national forest near by. The other was buried in the back yard.




What I woke up to.

Armadillo!

 We decided to shore up the hole with some concrete to help keep the step from sliding away and hopefully to detour other armadillo's from digging in this same area. This makes six armadillo's that have been trapped. And one shot. I don't know why the corner of our house is so attractive for them.

This hole doesn't look large but it is huge.

As some of you may know I found a lump in the back of my head earlier in the month. Of course I would think the worst but fortunately it was just a enlarged blood vein or something. The doctor said nothing to worry about. My mother has been struggling with a bad esophagus for some time. And of course I worry that it could  be the worst but they have not said that and are working to get it fixed. The problem is of undetermined cause. She is doing much better now. But may still need a operation to fully fix the problem. And then my daughter found a lump in her breast. Which the doctor said was very rare for her age 16. So she had to have it removed, which she faced like a trooper, and the preliminary test are all good. We should get the all clear on Wednesday. I want to thank everyone for their prayers and ask every one to keep them up until then.