We wanted to give the chickens some alfalfa in the coops, since it is still raining out, and they are having a lot of indoor time during rain showers. We decided to hang a block in each coop by wrapping it in a net and hanging it from the ceiling with some old t.v. cable we had laying around.
Surgery is also an option. The Watchman is ideal for patients who find anticoagulants problematic. During an hour-long procedure, under general anaesthetic, surgeons use standard techniques similar to those used in commonly performed angioplasty (heart stent operations) to position the device in the heart.
An FDA advisory panel in October voted 6 to 5 that the device's benefits outweighed its risks. Surgeons at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles were the first in the United States to perform Watchman surgeries after the FDA approval. The device, which resembles a tiny umbrella, is inserted through a catheter in the groin area. It is used to seal off a pouch on the left side of the heart that is a major source of potentially deadly blood clots.