We drew blood the other day for pre-kidding CAE & Johne’s testing. Felicia, being the pain in the butt that she is, grabbed a filled vial and I took off running (why, goat, why?!). When I put the vials in the fridge 30 minutes later (they need to sit a bit to clot & separate), I noticed the cap was jacked up on one, teeth marks indicating it was likely Felicia’s fault. I messed with the vial a bit to see how broken it was and it was clear it had lost its vacuum. Unsure if this would affect the results, I taped it up and tossed it in the garbage can. We drew new blood the next day, not much sense in paying $13 for junk results - false positives and/or false negatives happen enough, as is.

As I tossed it in the garbage, I asked the hubby if he wonders if people (or whatever) will excavate landfills in the future... Will they find this vial of blood? (Maybe it won’t even make it to the landfill, ending up in Great River Energy’s garbage burner instead - ‘refuse-derived fuel’ being the technical term). What will they think? What conclusions will they come to about why this vial of blood is in the landfill? Will they clone Black Ivy? Am I the only one who wonders about stuff like this?