Ramsah and Local News

It seems that even though it wasn't visualized on the ultrasound Ramsah as a fatty liver, or hepatic lipidosis. (- Hey! I have that!)  So we are going to try to keep her weight at 11 pounds, and give the vet a daily report on her eating, weight, and general disposition.  I'm going to get a toddler weight scale tomorrow for her, and then I'll get it back when either she has (a) recovered, or (b) is no longer with us.  I hope the final outcome is the (a) option, but it doesn't seem likely.
   This past weekend, in a nearby town, there was a hit and run traffic accident.  A truck plowed into a couple who were just leaving the obstetrician's office.  The vehicle struck the pregnant woman full-on, and brushed her husband.  The woman is in critical condition; the baby boy, who was due in 14 days, was killed outright.  The husband was treated and released, but is at the hospital, at the side of his wife.  Several motorists saw the accident.  911 was called immediately, and while three vehicles stopped, one vehicle followed the truck that had struck the woman.  The person following the driver also called 911, and the police arrived as the man who caused the accident parked his truck.  He was given a breathalyzer test before being arrested.  His blood alcohol level was 4 times the legal limit.  He has been arrested more than 9 times before for DUI, in multiple counties.  Today, as he was appearing in court, facing a vehicular manslaughter charge, his family was pleading with the press that the public had to understand that the driver of the truck had been told the previous week that his lymphatic cancer had recurred, and that he might not have long to live.  When I read that, I blew my top.  So, according to his family, because this guy received bad news, we are supposed to forgive him for taking some one's life while extremely intoxicated....  I don't think so....
  There are two new wildfires over on the western slope - the Cedar Mountain fire and the Molina fire.  We can see smoke sitting on the continental divide, and occasionally smell it.  But we are very lucky in that the fires here on the eastern side of the state are all contained, or extinguished. 
   The biggest stories are the continued high temperatures here - more than 5 degrees hotter, on average, than any time since 1895.  Crops are ripening early, others did not get enough rain and are a total loss.  Colorado Palisade peaches usually arrive on the market the last week of July, or the first week of August.  They are pouring into local markets and grocery stores...  and while this is nice at the moment, it means the prices will be much higher later on....