Lice and Mice...

Re: Lice and Mice...

• tashad18 member

  May 2014

  Ah. The mouse would be enough to give me a small panic attack.  The lice story has me itchy.  DS1's school had an outbreak, and I check his hair all of the time to be safe. 
  
  What a sweet Mother's Day gift from your DH though.  He did a good job!
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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• AmandagStark member

  May 2014

  Oh man! So sorry to hear that!

  

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• AmandagStark member

  May 2014

  But, love what your husband did!

  

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• jennlin member

  May 2014

  uh, yeah. burn the motherfckin house down.
  

  
  
  

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• sooner1981 member

  May 2014

  jennlin said:

  uh, yeah. burn the motherfckin house down.
  

  It is actually on the market!! And I agree, I am done with "charming, historical living." Bring on the brand new, hermetically sealed new house--August can't come soon enough!
  
  
  

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• Phalaenopsis member

  May 2014

  I despise rodents. Are you worried about the rest of your stash with your pump parts potentially coming in contact with diseased mice? I love charming houses too but they bring all sorts of headaches.

  

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• cassey910 member

  May 2014

  Oh no, sorry you had a crazy weekend. Glad your husband was home to help!

   

   

  

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• ballygirl member

  May 2014

  uuuugh - how terrible!! The lice! That freaks me out even more than the mice. I've lived in a few old houses that had perpetual mice problems. No joke - I've had mice fall out of the pantry shelves and bounce off my chest. That has happened twice in my life. ga-ross! We had a situation in one house where we kept catching baby mice but never the adult mice which kept reproducing. Took about 4 months to get it under control. I am no longer squeamish about killing them though - our last house was a 1920s bungalow with a stone foundation - mouse central in the basement area. I was very happy when we bought our very sealed off, rodent-less house when the babies were born! 'Historical charm' definitely has its limitations. Good luck with the house selling this summer!

   

  
  

  
  

   

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• sooner1981 member

  May 2014

  Phalaenopsis said:

  I despise rodents. Are you worried about the rest of your stash with your pump parts potentially coming in contact with diseased mice? I love charming houses too but they bring all sorts of headaches.

  I am not worried about the rest of my stash because I don't have any stash--I only pump for the following day (super stressful!)
  
  But as for my pump parts, I was using my spare flange, as my one that goes to work with me every day was already in my briefcase for the next morning. Usually I don't pump on the weekends, but I was trying to last night because I have zero stash and I thought it would be nice to have at least one bag in the freezer.
  
  It has probably been 2 months since I used it, and I noticed right away that it was making a funny noise--although I didn't think to check it out until near the end of my session. I definitely didn't hear the noise last time--and from the small evidence of "droppings," I would say this is a pretty recent development. Regardless, it is super icky and gives me the shivers!!
  

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• Phalaenopsis member

  May 2014

  sooner1981 said:

  I despise rodents. Are you worried about the rest of your stash with your pump parts potentially coming in contact with diseased mice? I love charming houses too but they bring all sorts of headaches.

  I am not worried about the rest of my stash because I don't have any stash--I only pump for the following day (super stressful!) But as for my pump parts, I was using my spare flange, as my one that goes to work with me every day was already in my briefcase for the next morning. Usually I don't pump on the weekends, but I was trying to last night because I have zero stash and I thought it would be nice to have at least one bag in the freezer. It has probably been 2 months since I used it, and I noticed right away that it was making a funny noise--although I didn't think to check it out until near the end of my session. I definitely didn't hear the noise last time--and from the small evidence of "droppings," I would say this is a pretty recent development. Regardless, it is super icky and gives me the shivers!!

  
  Well, it's a good thing you don't have a stash then! Def gives me the creeps to think about it. Hope your house sells fast and you guys get out of there asap!

  

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• sooner1981 member

  May 2014

  Phalaenopsis said:

  
  

  sooner1981 said:

  
  

  Phalaenopsis said:

  I despise rodents. Are you worried about the rest of your stash with your pump parts potentially coming in contact with diseased mice? I love charming houses too but they bring all sorts of headaches.

  I am not worried about the rest of my stash because I don't have any stash--I only pump for the following day (super stressful!)
  
  But as for my pump parts, I was using my spare flange, as my one that goes to work with me every day was already in my briefcase for the next morning. Usually I don't pump on the weekends, but I was trying to last night because I have zero stash and I thought it would be nice to have at least one bag in the freezer.
  
  It has probably been 2 months since I used it, and I noticed right away that it was making a funny noise--although I didn't think to check it out until near the end of my session. I definitely didn't hear the noise last time--and from the small evidence of "droppings," I would say this is a pretty recent development. Regardless, it is super icky and gives me the shivers!!
  

  
  

  
  
  
  Well, it's a good thing you don't have a stash then! Def gives me the creeps to think about it. Hope your house sells fast and you guys get out of there asap!
  
  Okay, so I have to ask you, as a doctor, about your mice phobia.
  
  My husband is doing research work on baby mice that they give NEC to and then try to treat. I think mice are the most disgusting animals ever--but even my cold heart (towards mice) gets really sad and kinda anxious thinking about these baby mice getting NEC, getting killed, and then autopsied to determine the state of their intestines. So many maternal instincts--even towards animals I am totally grossed out by.
  
  As both a doctor and a mom, can you deal with these kinds of experiments as well as you used to be able to? In theory, i am totally down with experimenting on millions of mice, I'd that improve the quality of life for any human babies. But I just can't even listen to that part of his work anymore (even though I used to be fascinated by it)--and I can't imagine if I were the one having to do it.

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• Amjoy25 member

  May 2014

  
  
  
  

  sooner1981 said:

  Okay, so I have to ask you, as a doctor, about your mice phobia. My husband is doing research work on baby mice that they give NEC to and then try to treat. I think mice are the most disgusting animals ever--but even my cold heart (towards mice) gets really sad and kinda anxious thinking about these baby mice getting NEC, getting killed, and then autopsied to determine the state of their intestines. So many maternal instincts--even towards animals I am totally grossed out by. As both a doctor and a mom, can you deal with these kinds of experiments as well as you used to be able to? In theory, i am totally down with experimenting on millions of mice, I'd that improve the quality of life for any human babies. But I just can't even listen to that part of his work anymore (even though I used to be fascinated by it)--and I can't imagine if I were the one having to do it.

  

  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• sooner1981 member

  May 2014

  Amjoy25 said:

  
  
  
  

  
  

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  Okay, so I have to ask you, as a doctor, about your mice phobia.
  
  My husband is doing research work on baby mice that they give NEC to and then try to treat. I think mice are the most disgusting animals ever--but even my cold heart (towards mice) gets really sad and kinda anxious thinking about these baby mice getting NEC, getting killed, and then autopsied to determine the state of their intestines. So many maternal instincts--even towards animals I am totally grossed out by.
  
  As both a doctor and a mom, can you deal with these kinds of experiments as well as you used to be able to? In theory, i am totally down with experimenting on millions of mice, I'd that improve the quality of life for any human babies. But I just can't even listen to that part of his work anymore (even though I used to be fascinated by it)--and I can't imagine if I were the one having to do it.

  
  

  
  
  I don't understand? NEC is a devastating disease that kills a lot of premature babies every year. His lab is very humane, follows all protocols, etc. Do you think all experimentation is bad? If not, how do you weigh mouse lives against human lives?
  

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• Amjoy25 member

  May 2014

  I just think we could find different beings to test things on...like, oh, I don't know, death row inmates. We are just killing a human that could serve the greater good. Poor little mice, won't even know why we are doing it to them.
  

  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Phalaenopsis member

  May 2014

  sooner1981 said:

  sooner1981 said:

  I despise rodents. Are you worried about the rest of your stash with your pump parts potentially coming in contact with diseased mice? I love charming houses too but they bring all sorts of headaches.

  I am not worried about the rest of my stash because I don't have any stash--I only pump for the following day (super stressful!) But as for my pump parts, I was using my spare flange, as my one that goes to work with me every day was already in my briefcase for the next morning. Usually I don't pump on the weekends, but I was trying to last night because I have zero stash and I thought it would be nice to have at least one bag in the freezer. It has probably been 2 months since I used it, and I noticed right away that it was making a funny noise--although I didn't think to check it out until near the end of my session. I definitely didn't hear the noise last time--and from the small evidence of "droppings," I would say this is a pretty recent development. Regardless, it is super icky and gives me the shivers!!

  
  Well, it's a good thing you don't have a stash then! Def gives me the creeps to think about it. Hope your house sells fast and you guys get out of there asap!

  Okay, so I have to ask you, as a doctor, about your mice phobia. My husband is doing research work on baby mice that they give NEC to and then try to treat. I think mice are the most disgusting animals ever--but even my cold heart (towards mice) gets really sad and kinda anxious thinking about these baby mice getting NEC, getting killed, and then autopsied to determine the state of their intestines. So many maternal instincts--even towards animals I am totally grossed out by. As both a doctor and a mom, can you deal with these kinds of experiments as well as you used to be able to? In theory, i am totally down with experimenting on millions of mice, I'd that improve the quality of life for any human babies. But I just can't even listen to that part of his work anymore (even though I used to be fascinated by it)--and I can't imagine if I were the one having to do it.

  
  I can't say that I've given much thought to the topic of experimentation on animals since becoming a mother. Im sorry that you have to think about it more often than the rest of us because your husband does lab work with mice. I probably wouldnt want to hear details about his experiments either. My opinion on the topic hasnt really changed since becoming a mom. Ultimately, I support some level of experimentation on rodents. Probably all the drugs I prescribe that help people feel better and live longer were tested on animals at some point in the approval process. I'm of the thought that humans are a special type of animal, in that we have personhood and that's how I justify weighing the two lives, as you say.

  

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