Hii friends - currently willing myself to sit through four hours worth of lectures on suturing. Basically which knots to tie and when. Kinda dull ngl, would much rather be learning about the surgeries themselves but I know every single bit of knowledge is a step in the right direction so I’ve got my bubble tea and i’m trying to pay close attention!
Also my driving instructor said I did good today hehehe. Next on the agenda after these lectures: draft my essay and edit a yt video on how I study!
Drop me any asks you have or comment or message me about how your day is going! I love speaking to all of you :D
Currently volunteering a 3hr shift to the Pet Loss Support Hotline at MSU CVM. I am a firm believer that our ‘pets’ are a part of our family and if you are grieving, struggling to cope with their loss, then there should be someone there to help you. Tonight, that might be me!
If you or anyone you know is struggling with the loss of a pet and feels like they need someone to talk to, there are options!
The Listening Ear 24-hour Crisis Hotline: (517) 337-1717
The Iams Pet Loss Support Resource Center: (888) 332 7738 [M-F 8-5]
WSU Hotline: (886) 266-8635
Until April 20th, 2017 MSU Pet Loss Support Hotline: (517) 432-2696 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm EST [T,W,Th]
The best restraint tool in vet med is a towel, hands down. Do you know how many things I’ve restrained with a towel?
Angry cat? Burrito it.
Scared bunny? Burrito it.
Tiny squish faced dog that you cant get a muzzle on? Burrito it.
Screaming macaw? Burrito it.
Injured wildlife? Burrito it.
I burritoed an arctic fox today. Last week it was a cormorant. Before that it was a blue heron. When in doubt, burrito it.
“A towel, [The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.”
And, apparently, Burrito Goddamn Anything with hit.
You should always know where your Towel is.
I literally was telling an owner about Hitchhiker’s Guide and towels yesterday! I sprayed a towel with Adaptil pheromone and wrapped her sketchy little Chihuahua in it, and after the exam the dog seemed more comfortable but anytime I slightly moved forward to her, she would retreat back to Her Towel XD
Calling all vetblrs and those in the veterinary community!
I’ve been on my first rotation (placement) since COVID and the team are awesome and I want to treat them when I leave next week, but I’m not sure what to get them? Here are my considerations:
Got a card sorted already
Some team members are on a diet so I was thinking grapes cause everyone loves grapes?
I can’t bake anything as I don’t have the facilities where I’m staying
I’m a student so can’t spend tons of money
I’m in the uk
Roughly 6 vets on each day and 8 vet nurses, but would like a little extra for those not working on my last day/on call over the weekend
What do you guys think I should get/what would you love to get?
Fruit in general is always great! Everyone always goes for cake (which is also fab) but there’s something sooooo good about a load of fresh fruit. Just like a variety of fruit!
I hope your placement went well! I remember those days :’)
I second the fresh fruit! :)
LOL I’m the only one who doesn’t like fruit ;) I do love chocolate or bagels. But I would say the things that touch me most are the cards, especially if they are specific about what helped you and what you learned. I literally squirrel away every card from a client or student I’ve ever received and look at them when I’m down. If your card includes a photo of yourself with an animal that can be pretty cool because I for one am terrible at remembering faces. it does sound like you were working with a big team so I wouldn’t worry about addressing every single person, though if there was a tech or doctor who you worked closely with and really helped you, you could consider writing more than one card.
Me: “Hi, it’s Dr. Blank. What’s going on with Doofers?”
Owner: “He had surgery Wednesday and when we took the bandage off leg, the bone is showing!”
Me: “I see we neutered Doofers on Wednesday. Nothing was done with his leg other than a catheter. How long ago did you notice this?”
Owner: “Wednesday”
Me: “His bone has been exposed since Wednesday?”
Owner: “Yes”
Me: “I’m sorry, this sounds serious. Can you send a photo?”
Owner:
“His skin is gone”
Me: “Ok. So, his fur has been shaved for the IV catheter. But his skin is intact, is there a wound you can see?”
Owner: “You can see the bone right there. It wasn’t like this before the surgery.”
Me: “You can see the shape of his bone, yes, but his skin is still covering it. If you look at your own wrist see how you can see that bony bump? But it’s not exposed bone, it’s covered by skin.”
Owner: “His skin has been shaved off. His arm is skinny.”
Me: “His fur is shaved off. His skin is under the fur. It’s like when you get a hair cut.”
Owner: “But I can see the bone.”
Me: “Ok well let’s get him in for an appointment because that is serious. You can come right now.”
Owner: “I can’t come until Wednesday.”
Me: “We really need to see him, he could be very sick.”
There are over 380 Dwarfs in Wrocław, and one of them is st. Roch considered to be the patron saint of veterinarians here in Poland, and I think that’s beautiful
> have a dog with bladder stones > have the bladder stones removed > hear that dog can only eat specialized vet diet to prevent future formation of bladder stones > ignore > be upset that dog developed bladder stones again
These bad boys and girls were brought to me by an owner who claimed they were peed out by their cat.
My guess is, though, they (sorry for the visuals) slid out of the cats butt while she was peeing, and the owner just happened to find them in the litter box. They seem to be Toxocara sp. - note the arrow-shaped heads, and these don’t inhabit the bladder.
One of the more bizarre patients and cases overall to have come to my office was a female goose, whose tongue kept falling into a floppy bag of skin on the bottom of her lower beak, preventing her from being able to eat.
The goose was valuable to the owner, and instead of slaughtering her straight away, he wanted to try fixing her first.
So we did. We sutured the skin together, with non-absorbable material, to bring the floor of her beak up, so that her tongue wouldn’t be able to fall into the “bag” anymore.
if i had a dollar every damn time someone doubted that I was a doctor, called me a receptionist to my face, or called me on my fucking phone and asked to speak with the doctor (implicitly a man) i would be Elon-Musk-rich
why the fuck would anyone bother studying for 6 years, when apparently it’s enough to be a man to be called a doctor here
im pretty sure that because of the SARS-CoV-2 virus I won’t be able to go to Romania for my internship in May like I planned, and i have no idea what to do now
fuck you coronavirus for messing up my plans
oh, also, we won’t be getting our diplomas any time soon, and our graduation ceremony got cancelled
