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
Friday, April 18, 2008
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.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Back in Action
I bought my bike on Saturday...I went for a solo ride that day, and Annie and I rode today. Ultra fun. We look like huge nerds on our matching bikes...luckily our outfits weren't coordinated.
Today was our first day back in school and it was pretty intense. 6 straight hours of lecture. But not to worry! Our profs were out of control, as usual:
Anesthesia: One human being poisoning another human being in a caring and reversible manner. The half-asleep looking after the half-awake while they are being half-murdered by the half-witted.
And from our anesthesia course notes, the first bullet point under the History of Anesthesiology:
"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof" Gen 2:21
More firsts:
-Cruise
-road bike ride
-FONDUE!!! tomorrow night
-Bay to Breakers
Sorry about the randomness of this post. I'm a bit frazzled after the first day back in class. How are you?
Today was our first day back in school and it was pretty intense. 6 straight hours of lecture. But not to worry! Our profs were out of control, as usual:
Anesthesia: One human being poisoning another human being in a caring and reversible manner. The half-asleep looking after the half-awake while they are being half-murdered by the half-witted.
And from our anesthesia course notes, the first bullet point under the History of Anesthesiology:
"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof" Gen 2:21
More firsts:
-Cruise
-road bike ride
-FONDUE!!! tomorrow night
-Bay to Breakers
Sorry about the randomness of this post. I'm a bit frazzled after the first day back in class. How are you?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Poppies will put them to sleep!!!
Oh spring break.
Nan and I went on a cruise to Ensenada for the weekend. We took every dance class available (70's line dancing, swing, salsa, country line dancing), played bingo, had margaritas and an all around good time. Pics to be posted on facebook.
In other news, Les and I grabbed some lunch at A Town Deli (thanks for the directions Nate...sorry for waking you up!) and went hiking in Auburn. Stellar sandwiches, perfect hiking weather, poppies everywhere and good company (including salamanders/newts and a banana slug)...honestly, it couldn't have gotten any better. I LOVE spring break!
Also, I'm planning to buy my road bike this weekend. I've been shopping around and so far this is the one I'm most interested in (but last years model, so with a significantly different price tag). Any thoughts/recommendations?
Monday, March 17, 2008
Funnies
Because everyone needs a laugh during finals...
"Cu deficiency of damn during pregnancy."
-sys path lecture notes
When in doubt, cut it out!! -sys path
Heaven forbid you should learn something clinically important in the second year of your schooling. -radiology
Cor pulmonale. If you translate that from the Pig Latin... -sys path
Brown stuff that indicates badness is here... -sys path
They both tend to eat your face off, so that distinction is not of much prognostic value. -sys path
One solution is made up in absolute alcohol, so you get them drunk and anesthetized.- pharm
It sounds like a factory. I'm sure you all worked in factories as children. -sys path
This is like a heart with its t-shirt off. -sys path
"Cu deficiency of damn during pregnancy."
-sys path lecture notes
When in doubt, cut it out!! -sys path
Heaven forbid you should learn something clinically important in the second year of your schooling. -radiology
Cor pulmonale. If you translate that from the Pig Latin... -sys path
Brown stuff that indicates badness is here... -sys path
They both tend to eat your face off, so that distinction is not of much prognostic value. -sys path
One solution is made up in absolute alcohol, so you get them drunk and anesthetized.- pharm
It sounds like a factory. I'm sure you all worked in factories as children. -sys path
This is like a heart with its t-shirt off. -sys path
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Geeked Out
It's official, I'm the biggest nerd at the vet school (and possibly the universe).
I definitely had a dream about lung pathology in horses last night. Yep. I dreamt that I was going to rescue this horse, and I thought so myself, Self, we should radiograph this horse's lungs. So we did, and there was a diffuse interstitial pattern, and I started going through differential diagnoses in my head. !!!! Um, and I actually came up with some. !!! We never figured out the disease in my dream, but I elected to euthanize the horse because it had such bad pneumonia. Yesiree, vet student dreams.
Other dorkiness: I was eating a slice of focaccia bread yesterday and thought it looked just like a slice of lung from our pathology lab. Then I thought it would be a cool idea to make focaccia with stuff in it to make it look like it was a rhodoccocus lung (ie put olives in the bread to represent the abscesses). Too gross?
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