Another crazy busy month since the last time I posted anything. We got to to our exploratory on a cow for food animal surgery. It started out really well, but the girl I was doing the surgery started feeling light headed so I stepped in and started exploring. Another cow in another group started having issues so our doctor assisting us left to help with that. Then the girl I was with passed out. So here I am sterile and shoulder deep in the side of the cow with my co surgeon on the ground and the anesthetists trying to help her. Some students came over and helped her and got her something to eat and drink and she felt better. But before I got done with my explore our cow decided to lay down and one of the clinicians was frustrated and just sutured her up without letting us do much. It was super irritating that we got screwed on not doing the c section then didn't even get to suture our cow up.
I've done a few small animal anesthesias and they all went well. I also did my first primary spay and neuter last week and both of them were awesome. I had a fourth year that had been questionable to work with as my assistant but she ended up being so helpful and nice.
We are well into testing season, with cardiopulmonary, alimentary, neuro, urinary, and alimentary again done with. I did pretty well in everything but urinary, but even it didn't go exceedingly horrible.
This week we have our second cardiopulmonary exam, my second primary surgery, and my second to last anesthesist. During the week I've been working out every day except exam days and then usually one day on the weekend. I don't feel out if shape but I'm definitely not losing any weight which is frustrating. I really need to do better about what I eat.
A couple weeks ago my friend and I picked out our white coats for our transition ceremony. So exciting and never wracking. 61 days until clinics start!
Speaking of clinics I took my horses in to get their teeth floated and coggins done for intro to clinics since it had been really slow in equine. Well Sly, my 19 year old qh has squamous cell carcinoma in the lateral conjunctiva of his left eye. They took a biopsy and couldn't 100% say SCC but it was neoplastic. They quoted me $1500 for removal, cryo therapy, and such and that wasn't something in my budget so we are starting with topical chemo. It's called mitomycin c and I have to put it in his eye three times a day for a week, stop for a week, and repeat 2 more times for a total of 6 weeks then I have a recheck appt April 1st. Hopefully it starts receding and we can either stop treatment or only do this a couple more times and we can opt out of surgery.
I'm getting sick of this vet school curse of weird/crappy things happening to my animals. I friend of mine is having a really hard time with her dog and ended up having to spay her and can't take her to shows anymore.
On a happier note, the third cat we adopted that has been a recluse for months just decided to love human interaction. I can barely walk thru the barn without her running between my legs and grabbing me. I guess that's all for now.