Well, although we didnt get any more after hour calls last night, we did lose our puncture wound guy...
I went into the barn this morning to do my chores and TPRs only to not immediately see "Gasten". Once I got up to his stall I found him laying up against the door. He was breathing really hard, and as soon as he saw me, he tried to get up, but was so far gone that with every attempt that he made, he would smash his head into the stall door, and with his front legs flailing, he was hitting them against the wall of his stall.
I immediately ran to call the vet, who got there within 5 mins. By a collective effort we mannaged to get him to his feet. I pulled some blood on him and took it to the lab. His blood was almost black! Remember how I said that a PCV of 60= death? well....this morning his PCV was 68...and his TP was 4.7 :( ( Both worse than last night) The vets decision to want to euthanize him was confirmed with those results, and so, she called the owners and a few minutes later, we took him out back ans stopped his pain.
Rough way to start off the day eh? And just as a point of interest, that makes 3 euthanasias in 3 days.
I went into the barn this morning to do my chores and TPRs only to not immediately see "Gasten". Once I got up to his stall I found him laying up against the door. He was breathing really hard, and as soon as he saw me, he tried to get up, but was so far gone that with every attempt that he made, he would smash his head into the stall door, and with his front legs flailing, he was hitting them against the wall of his stall.
I immediately ran to call the vet, who got there within 5 mins. By a collective effort we mannaged to get him to his feet. I pulled some blood on him and took it to the lab. His blood was almost black! Remember how I said that a PCV of 60= death? well....this morning his PCV was 68...and his TP was 4.7 :( ( Both worse than last night) The vets decision to want to euthanize him was confirmed with those results, and so, she called the owners and a few minutes later, we took him out back ans stopped his pain.
Rough way to start off the day eh? And just as a point of interest, that makes 3 euthanasias in 3 days.
Here is a picture of his wound, and of the stick.
So the Saturday set up is kind of weird. One receptionist, one Small animal vet until noon, and one Equine vet, but only for Treatments and emergencies. And one tech, ( plus me). So it was a very low key kind of day. After the euthanization, the rest of my day was spent cleaning the barn to pass time. Oh yeah! And the receptionist, she brought us in CINNAMON BUNS!!! SOOO good!
The clinic does this thing they call Holiday surgery potlucks. So every holiday, they do a pot luck and set everything up on the surgery table in the equine surgery room!! Theyre having one on valentines day. This sort of puts me in a pickle. What is a student, who lives in the basement of the clinic and rarely see's the light of day bring to a potluck?! ....the only thing that has immediately come to mind has been peanut butter sandwiches, but I have a feeling that it wont go over well.... any ideas? :)
Okay, its time for some more Grey's anatomy!!
The clinic does this thing they call Holiday surgery potlucks. So every holiday, they do a pot luck and set everything up on the surgery table in the equine surgery room!! Theyre having one on valentines day. This sort of puts me in a pickle. What is a student, who lives in the basement of the clinic and rarely see's the light of day bring to a potluck?! ....the only thing that has immediately come to mind has been peanut butter sandwiches, but I have a feeling that it wont go over well.... any ideas? :)
Okay, its time for some more Grey's anatomy!!
3 comments:
Hello Daughter,
Looks like you are getting Baptism by fire...
Perhaps you could use the hot plate and make toasted peanut butter sandwiches!!!!
LOL Dad
You could also just bring chips and dip! lol ... not much cooking to do there... :P
A veggie tray is always easy !!!! You can even buy on already made....
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