Whew!

Holy moly Batman, I have been busy! Last week was my emergency rotation, and we had a fair number of animals and cases to take care of. I'm still catching up on sleep. This week, I've had bovine palpation, where I got to feel a baby! It was pretty cool, and felt like bouncing a basketball in water. Then, I had a physical exam for my spay patient. Tomorrow, I have the skin incision procedure on our sheep, and then Friday I get to prepare for next week's rotation (Clinical Pathology) by checking out some slides and cases for labwork. 

Clinical Placement!!!

YAYYY!!!

Cool stuff

Today was the first day of my first rotation.  I am starting with Theriogenology, which is basically reproduction. Today, I got to collect samples from both male and female dogs!  I thought it was really cool! I also found out today what my grand-rounds presentation will be. I am in a group of 6 people, and we will be presenting: Anesthesia of Elephants!! How awesome is that?! I have my emergency rotation next week, and I am both anxious and excited for it.  Well, I suppose I should study a bit. :)

Beginning of the End

7th Semester has begun! My break was really good, just way too short like always.  I got to see Ribbon and Bow. We took Bow to the dog park, which was kinda boring until someone else showed up. I made lasagna and roast while home, yummy. My flight back was pretty uneventful which is good.  I was able to deposit my refund check today, so I get to eat soon! Yippee! We officially have 98 days left on the Rock, or 14 weeks. My last day is 12-12-12 so it seems significant. We are choosing our clinical placements starting Wednesday, show we should know next week where I'll end up.  Hopefully it will be A&M so Vic and I don't have to move everything.  My other 2 choices were Colorado and Wisconsin.  First day was alright - a little intimidating, but that's to be expected.  The professors are all pretty funny and laid back. I think they figure that we've made it this far, lets finally have some fun!