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Wednesday: A nanokitten, on supplemental oxygen and warmers and hourly feedings. (Dr. S saw me come in: "Want a kitten?" Me: "I heard M was taking her home." Dr. S: "Oh, M's just going to nurse her." Ahhhh, now I see what you're asking, you sly dude.) She didn't make it. Poor thing. It's pitifully tragic when you bag one for cremation and the body takes up less than half of a sandwich Ziploc.
Saturday: The nastiest bite wound I have yet seen - small, but massively infected. [LJ-CUT TEXT="Discussion of goo"] Owner had been doing the hot-compress-and-then-squeeze treatment 3x/day for over two weeks. Dr. W's big contribution (other than the antibiotics) was finding the second hole. It exuded a bit of pus each time the clippers got nearby. Owner's partner actually got queasy and had to sit down. Just seeing it like that, I itched to squeeze it, but unless asked by the doctor or the owner, obviously I couldn't.[/LJ-CUT] That kitty will do fine, with the kind of care he's obviously getting. Owner has little money to spend at the vet's, which is why the antibiotics are only starting now, but anyone who will do that kind of treatment three times a day for over two weeks is going to pull that cat through.
Also Saturday: Respiratory emergency - laryngeal paralysis. Took hours to get that big dog stabilized. I need to get good at accepting my own helplessness, whether as the kennel cleaner or someday as the DVM. Yesterday I couldn't help stabilize her, but really, our doctors can't cure this either. We just hope that the next time it happens she's nearby a vet clinic again. That ailment is eventually going to kill that dog. If I had a veterinary medical degree I couldn't change that fact.
The new kitten and puppy appointments sure do help brighten a day like that. Hi, cute thing! Vaccination? Here you go. Oh, doggie kisses! What a sweetie you are.
Saturday: The nastiest bite wound I have yet seen - small, but massively infected. [LJ-CUT TEXT="Discussion of goo"] Owner had been doing the hot-compress-and-then-squeeze treatment 3x/day for over two weeks. Dr. W's big contribution (other than the antibiotics) was finding the second hole. It exuded a bit of pus each time the clippers got nearby. Owner's partner actually got queasy and had to sit down. Just seeing it like that, I itched to squeeze it, but unless asked by the doctor or the owner, obviously I couldn't.[/LJ-CUT] That kitty will do fine, with the kind of care he's obviously getting. Owner has little money to spend at the vet's, which is why the antibiotics are only starting now, but anyone who will do that kind of treatment three times a day for over two weeks is going to pull that cat through.
Also Saturday: Respiratory emergency - laryngeal paralysis. Took hours to get that big dog stabilized. I need to get good at accepting my own helplessness, whether as the kennel cleaner or someday as the DVM. Yesterday I couldn't help stabilize her, but really, our doctors can't cure this either. We just hope that the next time it happens she's nearby a vet clinic again. That ailment is eventually going to kill that dog. If I had a veterinary medical degree I couldn't change that fact.
The new kitten and puppy appointments sure do help brighten a day like that. Hi, cute thing! Vaccination? Here you go. Oh, doggie kisses! What a sweetie you are.
Re: Lar Par
That does sound like a simple procedure. I wonder if the dog is simply old. (Although with stress-induced lar par I wonder how she lived that long.) We also do see a lot of clients for whom finances are a big issue.
Where have you worked in equine? I'll soon be looking for a vet to shadow, or a stable where I can muck out stalls, or SOMEthing to get some experience around horses (preferably at least part in some kind of clinical setting). I know little about horses so far, and that's a big weakness I need to work on. Our clinic is small animal/birds/reptiles/exotics only - no farm animals, no horses, no wildlife.
I've friended you on LJ, so if you post about your work as an RVT, I'll enjoy reading!