Hey everyone! I know, shocker with another blog entry so soon after the last one. Well, I just had an awesome day. It was crazy hectic in the clinic. We had over 30 animals come in through intake last night which meant we had a ton of patients to see in the morning. I x-rayed a bazillion animals. Well, not really. Instead of the usual 1-3 animals, I radiographed about 12. I ran a bunch of chemistry on blood samples, and assisted in an eye enucleation surgery. Basically, a duck had an eye that was popped out, and we removed it. The super cool part of the surgery was that I helped intubate a duck (super hard!!) and then got to use an esophogeal stethoscope to monitor my patient. It is a normal stethoscope, but instead of the round amplifier at the end, it is attached to a tube that is put down the patients esophogus. That way you can hear the heart beat through the trachea. It allows me to get a better heart beat without having to disrupt the vet by moving my hand underneath the sterile surgery drape. It was so cool! The duck is fine, by the way.
Then, after work, we had an Avon party. One of the supervisors here is a rep for them, and it was super fun eating good food and getting facials and makeovers done. Everyone looks so different from our work attire. I've put a picture of myself and Stacey, my trailer-mate. We both got hog-tied into getting makeovers. They are well done I think. One last thing. Mom and Dad, I do realize your birthdays are coming up soon. And your anniversary, and Mothers Day. I will call you, but your presents WILL be late. I'm so sorry! However, they are amazing presents and totally worth the delay. Miss you both lots and hope your days are awesome! Love to everyone else as well!
