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Enelrahc posted:Neuro is fun! Except for bitey dachshunds. No one likes those. Man, you guys have some EPIC quotes from your classmates. Oh, I know how Neuro is (I like it too, just not the hours) - I did it as summer clinics twice. Also, one of my friends was on it the rotation before me and was giving me updates on how ridiculously busy they were (I think the most inpatients someone had was... 6? 7? at a time) Topo, I can even scout out the cases for ya - are you as much of a fan of tedious/tiring treatments (q2 meatball feedings, sling walking the 50kg Mastiff, etc.) as I am? I can be your eyes on the inside. I could also scout out the SUPER CUTE patients or the super awesome clients. One of the techs was telling us about a case they had awhile back. The topic had been brought up of toxin/illicit substance exposure, and apparently a dog came in for compulsive walking. Otherwise normal examination, but the dog simply would not stop walking. It was also very twitchy and reacting to seemingly nothing. Eventually it did sit, but for short periods of time and always looking around quickly. They asked the client what meds they were on - ended up nothing that would cause those signs. They then noticed that the other person there started getting a bit... unsettled/agitated. They asked them what meds if any they were on... oh, nothing. Ran a tox test - positive for caffeine and... methamphetamine!
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Hey, I thought I'd ask you vets(or soon to be vets) a question. If someone 'de-barks' a dog, can it be reversed? A co-worker at the dog boarding place I work at just rescued a 1 year old great dane, and unfortunately the dog had been de-barked. Is it possible to reverse it or something?
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May 31, 2012 05:58
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^^No, it's not reversible, and why would you want to put the dog through ANOTHER surgery for something it doesn't even notice at this point?  HelloSailorSign posted:Man, you guys have some EPIC quotes from your classmates. There are a few who I'd be reluctant to trust the care of a pet rock to, to be honest. quote:Oh, I know how Neuro is (I like it too, just not the hours) - I did it as summer clinics twice. Also, one of my friends was on it the rotation before me and was giving me updates on how ridiculously busy they were (I think the most inpatients someone had was... 6? 7? at a time) I did NNS summer clinics last year and am doing it again this year too.  I like brain cases better than spinal cord cases, but there always seem to be more spinal cord cases! Also cats seem to be at a premium. I got to take exactly 1 cat patient the whole 2 weeks I was there. quote:One of the techs was telling us about a case they had awhile back. The topic had been brought up of toxin/illicit substance exposure, and apparently a dog came in for compulsive walking. Otherwise normal examination, but the dog simply would not stop walking. It was also very twitchy and reacting to seemingly nothing. Eventually it did sit, but for short periods of time and always looking around quickly. My neuro dog acts like that all the time. 
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I went to my vet today to discuss maybe doing some health screening with Mouse over the coming year, and was told "health testing is something that Kennel Club breeders do so that they can charge more for their puppies". Like, I really got the impression that she felt that health screening was some kind of  conspiracy, it was weird. Then again, this is the same vet practice that sent Dandy home from his scheduled castration surgery because he was 'too nice' to neuter, so maybe they just don't like money I don't know!!
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May 31, 2012 19:54
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Sounds like it's time to seek a second opinion my friend
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May 31, 2012 21:16
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Today I got to do a nasal biopsy on a dog.  I got to push the weird forceps through the scope and take out the biopsy and everything. It was so awesome! I love days where it's just kind of steady all the way through and you get to see awesome cool things and learn and they let you do procedures.
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2 weeks until graduation--2 weeks of cleaning the apartment, job interviews, returning my drat pager, and cleaning out my locker. It really hasn't kicked in yet that I'm done.
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Braki posted:Today I got to do a nasal biopsy on a dog. It's so refreshing to see the young ones still with vim and vigor. Me, I get excited when OMG IT'S TIME TO GO HOME I CAN DRINK WATER AND MY URINARY SYSTEM JUST *MIGHT* NOT TURN INTO A ROCK. Although I do have a much bigger appreciation for dehydrated patients. Fluid planning is important! Or YAY I can take my famotidine my four ulcers are fighting each other at the moment and gently caress they really just need to stop being douches and live with each other. My legs and back... oh god... the awkward surgery positions... Also alcohol. Elixir of life. No, no I'm not an alcoholic. You're only an alcoholic if you go to the meetings. There is no time in vet school for meetings.
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HelloSailorSign posted:It's so refreshing to see the young ones still with vim and vigor. The only reason I've been able to study this quarter is through the help of cost plus raspberry sparkletini. $4.99 a bottle, it makes lovely 2nd year marginally tolerable. I'm going to have end stage liver by 4th year.
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HelloSailorSign posted:It's so refreshing to see the young ones still with vim and vigor. I'm screwed aren't I?
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Topoisomerase posted:I'm screwed aren't I? If you haven't figured THAT out by now, you haven't been paying attention...
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Topoisomerase posted:I'm screwed aren't I? No no, that's what alcohol, CAPS (psychological service), and anti-depressants are for. For as much I complain about it, I would do it all over again. Yes, there can be some really tough times. Standing in surgery for 4 hours at the end of a 12 hour day (now we're at 16 hours) and then recovering the patient and getting things situated (another 2, so we're at 18) sucks hard. Having clients who have to perform religious rites on their dog while it's going slowly into respiratory failure and you feeling like screaming at them that their dog is suffering a horrible death sucks. But, bringing a 1.5kg, angry, angry chihuahua to its Dad and seeing it go from a bitey little poo poo to a squirming ball of happiness at this huge man who is cradling the little guy like a baby... it makes it worth it. Oh hey, has anyone gotten anything weird from clients as gifts? One client gave me one of those Watchtower-esque religious pamphlets as a gift because I did good.
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I was manually ventilating a patient after a ventral slot gone wrong when the owner came in for a visit with rosaries and holy water. That was certainly an experience.
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Jun 3, 2012 22:07
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But did it work?
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HelloSailorSign posted:Oh hey, has anyone gotten anything weird from clients as gifts? One client gave me one of those Watchtower-esque religious pamphlets as a gift because I did good. I got a kid's Snoopy backpack.
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I got handmade cards with foam cut-outs, glitter, and feathers, from a pair of little girls whose puppy needed dialysis after getting lepto. The cookies were also very good. Today I spayed 8 cats at a TNR clinic. Everything from massively preggers to little bitty kitten uteruses. Uteri. Whatever. Surgery is so much fun.
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Jun 3, 2012 23:05
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Countdown: 10 days until finals begin. I do not think I can last much longer.
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Last on-call shift of school tonight. C'mon Dachshunds, hold those discs in for just 12 hours! YourCreation, you will rock those finals. You will rock them so hard that the question regarding brachycephalic dog breeds will change from whatever it was to dealing with traumatic proptosis. BAM. HelloSailorSign fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Jun 11, 2012 |
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Jun 11, 2012 05:49
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 My relatives are like kids with a new game, and that game is telling everyone, including each other, that I'm a doctor.
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Jun 16, 2012 00:14
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Dr. Chaco posted:
HELL YEAH CHACOOOOOOOOOO
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Aww, thanks!
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Dr. Chaco posted:Aww, thanks! There was a dog in our clinic named Chaco and I thought of you. In other news, I did my first dog neuter yesterday, and my first cat neuter and dog spay today. It was really fun and the intern teaching me was awesome.
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We watched your class's chosen commencement speaker on the feed in Ward 5 today, DOCTOR Chaco. 
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Topoisomerase posted:We watched your class's chosen commencement speaker on the feed in Ward 5 today, DOCTOR Chaco. Remember: shoe covers. Also, whenever he comes into clinics, ask him how his squirrel bite is going and if he's rabid yet. He tried to help one a few weeks back and got bit and we were relentless in making fun of him. How's Neuro-land?
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Topoisomerase posted:We watched your class's chosen commencement speaker on the feed in Ward 5 today, DOCTOR Chaco. My parents thought he was hilarious. But, my dad had the same question I did--what the heck ended up happening with the dog that belonged to the king of Thailand? He never ended the story. Maybe you can find out...
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HelloSailorSign posted:How's Neuro-land? Well we did a C5-C6 ventral slot on one of your classmates' dogs about 5 hours ago... And Dr. L is on a 1 year sabbatical effective like, this week, I think.
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Congrats on getting out of the hellhole, Dr Chaco and Dr HelloSailorSign! Way to escape! I'm jealous...two more long, long years 
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Congrats new DVMs!
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Congrats! You guys have jobs yet?
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Khelmar posted:Congrats! You guys have jobs yet? Nope! I was originally freaked out about not having a job yet (whereas classmates have internships/jobs and are starting today), but then realized that having a few weeks off is far better. Visiting a place, we'll see where that goes.
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Congrats duders. About to head out the door to take my first final exam of the week (six 30-minute essay questions). Yee haw!
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The semester ends and you all disappear? WTF?
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Ends? I still have an oral exam and a SPOT test to go 8( Monday night I will be on a tequila CRI, yee haw.
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Today I made too much bread so I brought some of it to the Internal Medicine peeps. Remember, everything is way less awful if you remember to eat at some point.
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YourCreation posted:Ends? I still have an oral exam and a SPOT test to go 8( No! Don't drink antifreeze Monday afternoon! It's not that bad! DON'T DO IT YOURCREATION. Bad medical joke, I know
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Khelmar posted:The semester ends and you all disappear? WTF? I am stuck in the middle of Texas for 8 weeks with very little time and no internet access. I fear I may wither and die.
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Solis posted:I am stuck in the middle of Texas for 8 weeks with very little time and no internet access. I fear I may wither and die. Are you at A&M?
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I'm doing two weeks of clinics. The medicine week was good and my super sick horse that we thought we were going to have to kill perked up and went home. I am very happy about that. This horse had a terrible life and some terrible things happen to her, and she deserves the chance to get better and be some nice little girl's dream horse. The surgery week I was excited for because I really love surgery, but I haven't gotten to cut anything and my 4th year keeps tossing me under the bus to cover her own insecurities, so I'm looking forward to the end of this week. I'm getting really frustrated with myself as well. I've lost some confidence in some skills I thought that I did pretty well and worked hard to learn, and it's very frustrating/embarrassing. All in all, kinda a sucky week so far. I'm on call tonight so I'll probably get called in at 3am for a non-emergency. It's just that kind of week. After that, I'm working for a solid month then going on externship for 4 weeks. Should be good.
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Khelmar posted:The semester ends and you all disappear? WTF? Diablo III. It was my graduation gift to myself. Fake edit: Jeez Enelrahc, that sucks about the fourth year. Just keep your head up and be the better person. They'll end up worse off in it anyway. Sad to say, but it does happen - even with people your own year during fourth year. One guy did it almost everyday to *someone* he was working with - I was the brunt of some, I even walked in on a couple times while he was throwing me under the bus. Awkward. HelloSailorSign fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Jun 28, 2012 |
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HelloSailorSign posted:Diablo III. It was my graduation gift to myself. I want to play D3 so badly, but I just don't have time or a machine to play it on. I'm just trying to let it roll off my back, but it's really hard at times because that's just not really my personality. I've worked really hard to help acclimate the new 4th years (and the summer clinics people) to our part of the vmth and I work really hard in general, and it really sorta hurts to have residents/faculty come ask me why I haven't done things that I wasn't asked to do/weren't my responsibility. I'm the person who is first there and last to go, every day, and I'm always happy to lend a hand to someone who needs some help. All they have to do is ask because I'm not a mind reader. Ah well. I need to get more sleep so I'm less emotional and just get through the next few days without people thinking I'm a tragic case of someone who ate lead paint as a child and managed to get into vet school.
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