So thus far, this week hasn’t been too bad. Pharm quiz Monday went okay, sort of a sad lab yesterday afternoon where we did cystocentesises and renal biopsies and put in a ton of catheters on some dead shelter dogs and cats. :( Our first dog had a massive thoracic tumor that had perforated his skin, so sad but I was glad he wasn’t suffering. The rest weren’t so easy to see. I just pretend like they were all mean and biters. You never know. Just a good reminder to myself that when I am a vet I want to do lots of low cost spays and neuters. Too many sweet animals die every day because there just aren’t enough homes. If every single inhabitant of your household had 7 dogs, every homeless dog would have a home. That’s 28 dogs for a family of 4. Obviously not possible. So the solution is… don’t breed dogs that shouldn’t be bred, and adopt from your local shelter. :)
Today was W-I-L-D. I got up at 6 to be at school at 7 to start anesthesia on a spay dog. Erin picked ours out, a cute little red hound mix. She was sooooo sweet, gave me a big lick on the face I didn’t want! It was hectic but the surgery went really well, if only a bit long. We got out at 12:30, rushed to school, and I had Pharmacology at 1 and Clin Path at 2, where we had a quiz and were there until 4:45. I aced the quiz though! Yay! So when I came home finally, I was pooped. I fell asleep before getting food. I eventually ate a lean cuisine. I’m exhausted. Doing such things as standing, trying to sit, getting out of the way, hurrying around? Not fun with one leg.
But our patient came out great and I hope she gets adopted! She was wonderful! And now I am going to shower with my new shower chair and use this new mousse with leave in conditioner and go to bed. I have barely studied tonight, but after being in school 7-5? I’m over it. :)
i don’t blame you for being over it. i’m over it just hearing about your day. sheesh. puppy sounded sweet! glad you aced your quiz. love you.