As finals approach, the profs are getting crazier and crazier...
Exercise intolerance in a cat. What an oxymoron.
It's no fun drowning in your own fluids. Find another way to die. There are plenty of them out there.
Your heart can't get larger forever. It's limited by your chest wall. Haven't you all seen Alien?
When a pig takes a dump, if you will...
Vegetarian owners that feed their cats vegetarian diets...just shoot 'em.
Some are very very dead, some are very very healthy.
All they knew was that I went to slaughterhouses and collected chicken s**t. Or I stuck my arm in the cows and went, "Mmmhmm. Fifty bucks."
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Puppy!
This is the dog we anesthetized in lab. Pretty much the sweetest dog ever. Seriously, his tail was wagging so hard when we tried to put in a catheter than he knocked all of our supplies off of the table. When we turned off the anesthesia machine, his tail was wagging as soon as his eyes opened. I wish I could adopt him!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Cardio
This was just WAY too out of control.
From our equine medicine syllabus, chapter on cardiology: "There are no known drugs that increase skeletal muscle contractility. Spinach is the only make-believe agent able to do this. Kryptonite is a make-believe example of a skeletal muscle negative intropic agent fur Superman."
Also, we anesthetized our first dog today. And it woke up afterwards. Success!!
From our equine medicine syllabus, chapter on cardiology: "There are no known drugs that increase skeletal muscle contractility. Spinach is the only make-believe agent able to do this. Kryptonite is a make-believe example of a skeletal muscle negative intropic agent fur Superman."
Also, we anesthetized our first dog today. And it woke up afterwards. Success!!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wow. A month.
Hard to believe. A few quick updates:
-I'm half way to my fundraising goal for Turkey! Thanks everyone!
-I got hired as a C Barn nurse (food animal barn) for next year. I'll still be working as a B barn nurse too (horse barn).
-Drove out to see Tyrone Wells in SF (also got to see Mark (buddy from high school) play drums for him).
-I've consumed a RIDICULOUS amount of Diet Coke. Some people drink coffee, I drink Diet Coke. Yum. Also eating a lot of yogurt (+ frozen fruit and granola...the frozen fruit acts like ice cubes and keeps it cold, plus it's ultra tasty!).
-3 more weeks of classes, then finals week of doom, then I'm half way finished with vet school!
-Summer: home for a week-ish, month in Turkey, month-ish in Visalia (yeehaw!), Annie's wedding, start third year of school.
Quotes:
There is diarrhea of every orifice. What would diarrhea of the skin look like?" -FA med
It sounded like the Count on sesame Street...prototheca...ah ah ah!"-FA med
To get into the party you have to have an LDA"-clin path
They put Ernie in the endotracheal tube. They were lucky Ernie didn't end up in the horse's airway.-eq med
When death is the alternative, there are no rules. -eq med
If it looks like a duck and fights like a duck, it's probably a duck. -eq med
You may get the fracture fixed but the leg is going to fall off afterwards.-anesth
It's one of my talents. I've always been able to sing heart sounds.-eq/SA med
TFMA. Too something much anesthetic. -anesthesia
The four F's: food, fight, flight and reproduction. -neuro
Sinus tachycardia. I had that on the elliptical this morning. -eq med
If you stop these beats, they stop forever. And you know about forever. -eq med
student: How small of a dog you can put a pacemaker in?
prof: A couple grams.
student: What?
prof: Oh, uh, yeah we've put them in mosquitoes. Bzzzzzz.
Being a boxer, he'll jump back up and go "(shakes head) Whoa! That was cool. Can't hardly wait for the next one." -eq/SA med
Obviously when you "thump" things you cause a little consternation. -eq med
-I'm half way to my fundraising goal for Turkey! Thanks everyone!
-I got hired as a C Barn nurse (food animal barn) for next year. I'll still be working as a B barn nurse too (horse barn).
-Drove out to see Tyrone Wells in SF (also got to see Mark (buddy from high school) play drums for him).
-I've consumed a RIDICULOUS amount of Diet Coke. Some people drink coffee, I drink Diet Coke. Yum. Also eating a lot of yogurt (+ frozen fruit and granola...the frozen fruit acts like ice cubes and keeps it cold, plus it's ultra tasty!).
-3 more weeks of classes, then finals week of doom, then I'm half way finished with vet school!
-Summer: home for a week-ish, month in Turkey, month-ish in Visalia (yeehaw!), Annie's wedding, start third year of school.
Quotes:
There is diarrhea of every orifice. What would diarrhea of the skin look like?" -FA med
It sounded like the Count on sesame Street...prototheca...ah ah ah!"-FA med
To get into the party you have to have an LDA"-clin path
They put Ernie in the endotracheal tube. They were lucky Ernie didn't end up in the horse's airway.-eq med
When death is the alternative, there are no rules. -eq med
If it looks like a duck and fights like a duck, it's probably a duck. -eq med
You may get the fracture fixed but the leg is going to fall off afterwards.-anesth
It's one of my talents. I've always been able to sing heart sounds.-eq/SA med
TFMA. Too something much anesthetic. -anesthesia
The four F's: food, fight, flight and reproduction. -neuro
Sinus tachycardia. I had that on the elliptical this morning. -eq med
If you stop these beats, they stop forever. And you know about forever. -eq med
student: How small of a dog you can put a pacemaker in?
prof: A couple grams.
student: What?
prof: Oh, uh, yeah we've put them in mosquitoes. Bzzzzzz.
Being a boxer, he'll jump back up and go "(shakes head) Whoa! That was cool. Can't hardly wait for the next one." -eq/SA med
Obviously when you "thump" things you cause a little consternation. -eq med
Friday, April 18, 2008
Let the good times roll...
It is unlikely that the diarrhea will stop just because you show up on the farm. -Food animal medicine
I think the good Lord put gutteral pouches on horses just to help us make a living. -Equine medicine
Just think about these macrophages trying to make their way through these cobwebs, they're just covered with cobwebs, jellyfish tentacles everywhere... -Food animal medicine
He'll kick your head off. -equine repro
My recommendation is to put some Pink Floyd on and let them sleep. -pharm
I think the good Lord put gutteral pouches on horses just to help us make a living. -Equine medicine
Just think about these macrophages trying to make their way through these cobwebs, they're just covered with cobwebs, jellyfish tentacles everywhere... -Food animal medicine
He'll kick your head off. -equine repro
My recommendation is to put some Pink Floyd on and let them sleep. -pharm
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Doxie Derby!
The class of 2010 VPs have put a lot of work into the 2008 Doxie Derby, so if you're in the Davis area this weekend come on out to Picnic Day and make sure you stop by the Rec Hall for the races!
Other quick updates:
-Turkey planning: we've started fundraising...I feel like a sketchball sending out fundraising letters. I've been thinking about it a lot, so here goes...after reading THIS, I've realized my main love language is "acts of service." Any sort of self-sacrificing, taking-time-out-of-your-day kind of thing is VERY meaningful to me. I would include sending money in that category. So sending out a mass of letters requesting money freaks me out. I feel like I'm begging for love. Throw in a pretty fierce independent streak and I almost can't handle it. Even though I understand the benefits of fundraising (people getting to be a part of your trip, getting a chance to express generosity, etc), I still can't shake the feeling. That being said, please don't tease me if I send you a letter. :)
-I quit my job as a tour guide. Sad, but I have NO time. As in, zero. Period.
-I set up my first externship for senior year. CRAP CRAP CRAP 4th year is coming up soon!!!
-I was surfing job listings online, and someone mentioned that there are some practices in the Midwest that will pay off your vet school loans if you commit to food animal practice with them for a certain number of years...hmmm....must look into it...
Other quick updates:
-Turkey planning: we've started fundraising...I feel like a sketchball sending out fundraising letters. I've been thinking about it a lot, so here goes...after reading THIS, I've realized my main love language is "acts of service." Any sort of self-sacrificing, taking-time-out-of-your-day kind of thing is VERY meaningful to me. I would include sending money in that category. So sending out a mass of letters requesting money freaks me out. I feel like I'm begging for love. Throw in a pretty fierce independent streak and I almost can't handle it. Even though I understand the benefits of fundraising (people getting to be a part of your trip, getting a chance to express generosity, etc), I still can't shake the feeling. That being said, please don't tease me if I send you a letter. :)
-I quit my job as a tour guide. Sad, but I have NO time. As in, zero. Period.
-I set up my first externship for senior year. CRAP CRAP CRAP 4th year is coming up soon!!!
-I was surfing job listings online, and someone mentioned that there are some practices in the Midwest that will pay off your vet school loans if you commit to food animal practice with them for a certain number of years...hmmm....must look into it...
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Just keep swimming!
Sometimes it's hard to stay positive, but I'm doing my utmost!
On the bright side, the demands of school are teaching me to be more selective with my time. On the one hand, it doesn't make me a bad person when I decline invitations because I'm tired/have to study/just need a night to myself. On the other hand, there are times when school can no longer be priority number 1.
Great news! I just acquired a horse limb of my very own!! It's currently chillin in the lye tank at school, so that in a couple weeks it will be a lovely set of bones for me to learn/teach. Woohoo!! Right now I only have a front leg, but by the end of the quarter I'll have a hind leg too. Pictures will be posted once the bones have dried.
On the bright side, the demands of school are teaching me to be more selective with my time. On the one hand, it doesn't make me a bad person when I decline invitations because I'm tired/have to study/just need a night to myself. On the other hand, there are times when school can no longer be priority number 1.
Great news! I just acquired a horse limb of my very own!! It's currently chillin in the lye tank at school, so that in a couple weeks it will be a lovely set of bones for me to learn/teach. Woohoo!! Right now I only have a front leg, but by the end of the quarter I'll have a hind leg too. Pictures will be posted once the bones have dried.
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