LOL, Rabbits apparently make chocolate eggs, so said my two at Easter time whilst watching our rabbits hopefully. Had to explain to them not to eat the "eggs" laid by rabbits - I wouldn't have trusted my DD otherwise. It made me really laugh, so this is my username now.
I am just going to let Madam Pig DIY as guinea pigs tend to birth overnight and the babies are pretty well born furred and eyes open, ready to test the hay, so to speak. Just involving the vet if there are complications, my best friend was on the track to becoming a vet in America any way until her CP got in the way - she does check overs when she is here. I'll try get a picture of her to show you her huge belly, lol.
Basically what I've got I gotten through Adult Social Services, because I am struggling as a single mum with IJD and CKD, plus complex and enduring mental health problems. With the elderly they'd have the agency of carers employed by the Council to help them remain independent. Having had that previously, I didn't feel it met the needs I have with regards to helping with my children and keeping me active, rather than wiping my bum and giving me my meds, which I am still capable of doing myself.
So I can do a thing called Direct Payments, which takes the budget set out to employ someone at the agency, and puts it direct into an account for me to use to employ my own person. I can employ anyone then from a family member or friend, to someone I know and pick, to someone randomly through an ad in the paper or a database of carers held by the advocate company who are assisting me with the details of employment. They've sorted things out like employers insurance, contracts and payroll company, and I do the rest of the admin and interviewed a lady who has worked with my DD since she was two and used to babysit for me.
The only other thing I am waiting on is DLA and then I will be back on track to managing my life and actually enjoying it, rather than barely existing. Like today, I have a nasty infection brewing, it's impacting on my ability to do anything, I am so weak and shaky and sore, this means I get the help to ensure this doesn't affect the kids schooling or time at home, and means I can recover without the stress of trying to cook meals while vomiting and almost falling over or fainting, have the kids dropped off and picked up for school, hire a mobility scooter to get to appointments and back, afford to have my shopping done online and delivered etc.
I got it in place because I am likely going to need a nephrectomy in the next year or so, which is a major operation, and my DD starts school in September, has some behavioural issues and I need to keep family life on an even keel for her when some really big stuff is going down.