Permission granted

[cjsmith]

I can go watch surgeries! I had generic permission from the clinic owner, and for tomorrow morning I have permission from the vet doing the work.

I am trying to see whether I will get woozy or faint. There's just dental work and some skin tag removal on the docket for tomorrow morning, so I'm probably safe this time. And if I don't fall over and cause all the staff to trip on me and injure themselves, I may get permission to do this AGAIN.

I know I need some serious desensitizing. I'd like to make this a semi-regular activity if I can. Who knows what I might be able to observe in the future? And if I don't pass out all the time, I'll one day be a much more effective veterinarian. I get the impression that during surgery it's frowned upon for the person doing the work to go off and faint in the corner.

(You thought I was going to say something about the shuttle launch, huh? That one got rescheduled anyway.)

Comments

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Well, it's probably better to faint in the corner than onto the patient. A little bit, anyway. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and let's not mention that if you have to throw up... oops, I mentioned it.