An update is neccessary

Well, I believe I last wrote on Wednesday? So I've got lots to write about. ( And explain why I haven't been writing).

Wednesday I got birthday presents !! From my mom and sister. It was great! I also forgot to mention that the practice manager was having a meeting with the 3 partners the next morning and wanted to be able to understand it and come up with a plan. I was told that I'd likely receive the offer on Thursday or Friday. I didn't get one on either. I did however go to one of the girls house that ngiht for pizza, and spent the night. So I couldnt write.

Thursday was just another day at work. We had a horse come in with Purpura!! So I got to set up the isolation stall for him. After work, I went over to one of the tech's house. Her boyfriend had made a pot roast, WITH LOTS OF GARLIC!!!!! I love garlic.... and we had potatoes and brocolli with cheese!! It was really fantastic! And then we watch TV till close to 11pm before she took me back here. ( Again, I couldnt write.)

Friday, my birthday, was just another day. Busy. Lots of b-day wishes. IN FACT! Thanks to facebook, I got 44 happy birthdays at lunch on friday, 22 after work, and 6 more when I got back from the party. THATS A LOT OF BIRTHDAY WISHES!!

After having gone out after the staff party on Friday night, visiting the porcelain throne, sleeping on the bathroom floor....and dragging myself to bed at 5am...Yesterday was brutal. I had intentions to sleep during my lunch, because I definately wasn't planning on eating anything....but that didn't happen. It was crazy yesterday. CRAZY. Worked all through lunch.

Saturday started off with 2 calls on the road. ( Last week we had a federal vet come in and talk to us about CEM testing), so one of our calls was not the testing, but the cleaning part. CEM testing needs to be done on any mare that comes from the EU. So, .....there we were, cleaning the vulva of this miniature shetland pony that came from holland... too funny.

When we came back to the clinic, the vet tended to a Colic and a severed digital artery....while I got to cold hose our Purpura friend.

The case vet and one of the partners came to check on him while I was there, and you wouldn't believe what they found....He had a LOT of edema. Hard pitting edema too, that you could leave imprints of your fingers in it! So the partner was touching it, and tapping it as if he was playing the bongos or something, and his pectorals and just over his lungs behind his front leg was making this RIDICULOUS SPLASHING NOISE!! Everytime you touched it, you could move the fluid! So they made a few incisions, and because there was so much pressure inside, the fluid just GUSHED out!!! It was a TWO FOOT LONG ABSCESS!!! basically running the length of his scapula! So that fluid....was actually pus!! OMG it smelled SO bad! I wish we had of put a bucket under it to catch the pus because I bet there was...a good 5L of pus in there that came out! hahaha SO COOL! The partner said that in his 35 years of practicing he had NEVER seen an abscess that big!! Anyway, I got to stick a hose in one hole, and let it fill with water until it drained out the other. Pretty neat actually.

After that, we had a few more appointments before the day was actually over. I got invited over to the house of the vet that I was on call with for SUSHI!! It was so good!

Woke up this morning to do treatments on our no longer a purpura case horse, and now am going to go and do a few loads of laundry, study, shower, sleep, and then go and tend to my isolation friend! ( Maybe not all in that order...)

And that has been all that has happened over the past few days. I'll try to keep you all well informed over the next few days, seems as how a lot is likely going to take place ( re: the offer).