Another awesome day, I can't believe the week is almost over already!
Got to watch surgery again today, nothing too fancy; just a cat spay and a dental on a Devon rex (7 extractions), but it's all good to see
. There was a border terrier in to be castrated as well, but upon inspection he was found to have a retained testicle. Then of course we couldn't get hold of his owners in order for them to authorise the surgery to remove it, so it had to be rescheduled for another day.
There were some intresting cases in the afternoon. A cocker spaniel came in, having apparently vomited froth a few times. The owner suspected that she might have a blockage after stealing a load of fish and chips, and she had a very bloated stomach so we did a few x-rays from various angles. These were inconclusive so we took some blood to put in the centrifuge and this revealed that she had a lot of fat in her blood. The vet thinks she may have pancreasitis.
There was also a cat that we saw on Monday with a red and swollen eye. Today it looked even worse and it was oozing pus, but I didn't suspect the vet to pull an entire grass seed out of it! I knew they could get lodged in ears and between paw pads and such, but that must have been really nasty for the poor kitty
. Still, it's out now, so he should begin to improve
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Hmm... what else... oh, there was a tortoise that came in yesterday after being attacked by a dog, and the vet showed me the dental resin that he's going to use to rebuild its shell once its wounds have healed.
What else... there were of course tonnes of vaccinations (although I've memorised them all now
) as well as plenty of anal glands to be expressed... so a lot of the regular stuff. There was also a staffie with a haematoma and a few more, I'd better type it all up in my notes before I forget
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That's awesome, good for you
! Don't worry about the age limits, it's the same in a lot of UK practices so you don't be at any disadvantage.
Why is everyone lurking? We used to be so chatty!
Happy birthday!
Hope you had an awesome day, did you go anywhere nice?
Amazing doesn't even begin to cover it. Honestly, the place I went to last year was so much bigger than this so you'd have thought that that would have been better experience, but here I get to stand in on consults which is awesome.
Yeah, the website is pretty good actually! I watched their 'Help, There's a Reptile in my Consult Room' webinar two nights back, which was helpful as oddly enough the next morning our first consult of the day was with a leopard gecko. I've signed myself up for their 'Hen Top 10' one as well, which should be worthwhile
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