For those of you who have not heard of the show (or book series) Heartland, you are missing out. Thanks to my Aunt Kristin, I have the first three seasons on loan from her. I've now taken down Dee to the darkside and she's hooked. We've been watching the first season together and are already on the second season. I spent my day off lounging around her place, knitting and watching Heartland on a ginormous screen TV (courtesy of Crispin, Dee's husband). My dad would officially be jealous.
Other news, we had a lot of patients today. I helped wrap a broken tibiotarsus on a Great Egret. She's beautiful. Oh, and on hotline, my roommate got the best phone call ever. A woman called claiming that she needed help preventing the birds from eating figs from her poisonous fig tree. When we asked her why she thinks her tree is poisonous, she said it was because all the birds are becoming beheaded and her dogs are bringing back the heads to leave them on the porch. She was adamant throughout the entire phone call that her dogs weren't responsible because dogs just can't do that. She was so worried about the fig tree. Halarious.
Well, just watching She's the Man with my roommies. Hot guy, awesome soundtrack, and so funny. Miss you all lots and would love to hear from you.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Over 1600 miles later...
After a whirlwind of driving I am finally back home. This weekend I drove up to Missouri to attend Chall's funeral. I got to visit with a part of the family I hadn't seen for 10 years, and I got to be with my Dad. It was so good to see him but even harder to leave. I will be so happy to have my well needed vacation at the end of August. I also realized I missed the smell of green. Yes, a color does have a smell and apparently all of Texas is devoid of it since it is so dry here.
It rained last week but only enough to tamper down the dust for a few days. We are still in severe drought conditions with restrictions of showers and of course my car is a dust magnet. It is now a candy-colored pink which will not be washed off until I see snow in December. It's still hot as ever here, but I realized I'm getting used to it. My Dad was saying how hot it was outside in Missouri and I commented on how nice it was. I think it was in the upper 80s. Sad that I think that seems cool.
I've finally uploaded some pictures from some surgeries we've had in the past week or so. We neutered an Axis deer. They are native to Asia and so are an invasive species here. We aren't allowed to release them off property unless we neuter all the males. We also had a barn owl come in with 2 fractured legs. They're clean fractures though, so we're hopeful he'll recover. I also put a picture of our smallest patient to date. He weighs 6 grams! Also, an animal of the weird. We've never seen a pigeon species quite like her. Hope you are all doing well and I will make sure to update more often. I've been "hinted" at that you all would like to hear more from me. I can't promise they will be long, but I'll try. Miss you all.
It rained last week but only enough to tamper down the dust for a few days. We are still in severe drought conditions with restrictions of showers and of course my car is a dust magnet. It is now a candy-colored pink which will not be washed off until I see snow in December. It's still hot as ever here, but I realized I'm getting used to it. My Dad was saying how hot it was outside in Missouri and I commented on how nice it was. I think it was in the upper 80s. Sad that I think that seems cool.
I've finally uploaded some pictures from some surgeries we've had in the past week or so. We neutered an Axis deer. They are native to Asia and so are an invasive species here. We aren't allowed to release them off property unless we neuter all the males. We also had a barn owl come in with 2 fractured legs. They're clean fractures though, so we're hopeful he'll recover. I also put a picture of our smallest patient to date. He weighs 6 grams! Also, an animal of the weird. We've never seen a pigeon species quite like her. Hope you are all doing well and I will make sure to update more often. I've been "hinted" at that you all would like to hear more from me. I can't promise they will be long, but I'll try. Miss you all.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Finally
Apparently, (according to my mother) I have been neglecting my blog. It's been so busy here I'd have it in my mind to write a blog entry, but by the time I got home I hit my pillow and didn't wake up until the morning. But good news! No, it hasn't gotten any cooler here. The opposite. This week the highs were in the 105s and I'm betting by July it'll be consistently over 110. However, instead of working an average of 60-70 hours a week, I'm now at an easy 50! Baby season has taken a slight break. The patient list has gone from over a hundred a day, to a much more manageable 40. Knock on wood that this stays for a bit.
I do know that it won't last forever. Squirrels and opossums have two baby seasons, one in the spring and one in the fall. We just got in 11 new baby opossums today. I really hope they're an anomaly. We've finally stopped getting in raccoons, but we still get at least 2-3 fawns in a day. Again, if you see a fawn, unless you can see active bleeding don't bring them in! Mom's are wandering farther each day to find enough food for their little ones, which means a fawn can be left unattended for over 12 hours. And it's normal.
Ok, enough of my spiel. I'm doing quite well otherwise. The past few weeks I've gotten a lot more confident (and quite good) at hitting veins for blood draws and euthanasias. I've even hit kitten veins which are insanely rolly and tiny! We've gotten a new kitten in which I named Jetson, and he's a gray and white bobtail. So cute! I've also been placing a lot of wing wraps and shoes on birds with broken toes. Unfortunately these skills do not transfer to large animals, whom (who?) I want to work with. And I know I just ended that sentence with a prepositional phrase. Deal.
Also, in the past few weeks, I've officially started the process of applying to vet school. Again. This time I'm only applying to Minnesota and possibly (huge possibly here since I really want to go to MN) Calgary and Saskatchewan (sp?). They specialize in large animal food production, which is probably what I'll end up doing. And I have relatives in Canada. And it's not so BLAZING hot. My one rant about the weather.
Oh, and early happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there reading this. And shame on all the Vancouverites (Vancouverians? Vancouverers?) for your riots in hockey. Those are meant to occur in the rink, not out. Love and miss you all and I hope my next post to be uploading some pics of a deer neuter we did. Until next time!
I do know that it won't last forever. Squirrels and opossums have two baby seasons, one in the spring and one in the fall. We just got in 11 new baby opossums today. I really hope they're an anomaly. We've finally stopped getting in raccoons, but we still get at least 2-3 fawns in a day. Again, if you see a fawn, unless you can see active bleeding don't bring them in! Mom's are wandering farther each day to find enough food for their little ones, which means a fawn can be left unattended for over 12 hours. And it's normal.
Ok, enough of my spiel. I'm doing quite well otherwise. The past few weeks I've gotten a lot more confident (and quite good) at hitting veins for blood draws and euthanasias. I've even hit kitten veins which are insanely rolly and tiny! We've gotten a new kitten in which I named Jetson, and he's a gray and white bobtail. So cute! I've also been placing a lot of wing wraps and shoes on birds with broken toes. Unfortunately these skills do not transfer to large animals, whom (who?) I want to work with. And I know I just ended that sentence with a prepositional phrase. Deal.
Also, in the past few weeks, I've officially started the process of applying to vet school. Again. This time I'm only applying to Minnesota and possibly (huge possibly here since I really want to go to MN) Calgary and Saskatchewan (sp?). They specialize in large animal food production, which is probably what I'll end up doing. And I have relatives in Canada. And it's not so BLAZING hot. My one rant about the weather.
Oh, and early happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there reading this. And shame on all the Vancouverites (Vancouverians? Vancouverers?) for your riots in hockey. Those are meant to occur in the rink, not out. Love and miss you all and I hope my next post to be uploading some pics of a deer neuter we did. Until next time!
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