Some surgery and the results of Latin… (Day 65)
This morning one of my classmates had a exploratory dental scheduled for her cat (you might have seen him on my Twitter feed when I was catsitting). Over the past 10 days I’ve spent a lot of time with...
View ArticleFoals, fences, legs, and equine surgery….
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Vet School Success Rather late finishing this diary entry as it has been a hectic week with studying and preparing for my Anatomy exam next Monday but lets hope it...
View ArticleA afternoon of chemical immobilisation… (Day 389)
Today’s Diary Entry Sponsored by Supreme Pet Foods So this afternoon I was invited out by a doctor to join in on some distance anaesthesia, in other words darting some animals. Now with my goal of...
View ArticleEnd of the week, time for sleep (Day 576)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars I really am exhausted now, today I just have a general surgery lecture and tons of catching up on reading that I missed last week whilst I was away! I...
View ArticleMeeting my first Tiger! (Day 633)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Spikes World Wild Things Somedays are amazing and today was certainly right up there in the best days of my life! I got to do something that very few people do and...
View ArticlePutting a owl back together again…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Spikes World Wildlife Foods With the start of week 4, time already seems to be flying away from me. Monday’s are really light for me this semester with just 1...
View ArticleInside the dogs spine…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Eickemeyer This morning I got to see a very cool surgery. Now the brain and nerves are still one of the big mysteries of medicine, so when we can help it is...
View ArticleWhen the machines don’t beep…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars Today was another spent in clinic, it’s a good balance for me as I can study when there are no patients, and then learn when there are. This morning a...
View ArticleWhen the patient doesn’t breathe…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Chart Stables So today my patient stopped breathing… Just like that, one minute fine, the next nothing… I had known this patient was going be a pain as it stopped...
View ArticleStarting 2015 by assisting in emergency surgery…
Today’s Diary entry is sponsored by Spikes Wildlife Foods It has been 2015 for just over 9 hours, one of which was filled with fireworks, 6 of which were filled with sleep, and 2 which were preparation...
View ArticleThe story of the dancing eyes….
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Supreme Rabbit Food I’ve been spending as much time as I can in surgery, this leaves me for very little else at the moment so apologies for the lack of updates. I’ve...
View ArticleThe secret life of vets
This week I’ve seen my Facebook full of people complaining about vet’s being uncaring and just in it for the money. Usually I just ignore it as vets are pretty used to people thinking they are stinking...
View ArticleWrestling cows and a popping eye…
Waking up this morning it was white out with thick fog, however I had a coach to catch to the farm at 8am for a practical class in ruminants. Making it to the bus on time we were told that Continue...
View ArticleA hole in the foot (Day -275)
When you put your finger into a hole in the foot of a cow and can feel bone you know it is going be interesting for you and very painful for the cow. Now to understand what happens here you Continue...
View ArticleNo one died… Anaesthesia into the future
When I first started learning about anaesthesia I was worried about if the patient would wake up or even survive the surgery. I was thinking about this today and realised that my thinking about...
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