Once again time is flying and it's been way too long since I last posted!
May has been a whirlwind of moving back to London, getting Ricky settled, and taking advantage of the 2 weeks off that I had before my externship started.
I've now finished 2 weeks of the externship and so far I'm loving it. Last year I worked as an assistant in a vet clinic and although I got to see some cool things, there were way too many reception-related duties involved for my liking. This summer is so much better - being a 4th year student and putting my education into practice has been great. It was intimidating at first but I'm realizing how much I've learned and actually retained. I'm working with horses as well as small animals, and I've recognized a lot of the diseases and stuff that have come up in the majority of cases that I've seen.
I've been practicing my physical exam, blood taking, and vaccination skills (things that we do a million times a day in practice but that we rarely got to work on in school) and will be getting into more surgical things soon. The vet I'm working with is great and it's really cool to be able to discuss "vet things" as we drive to farm calls. Nerdy but true! :)
I'm looking forward to the next 6 weeks and watching my notebook of cases get bigger and bigger. Stay tuned!
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| Baby pygmy goat! |
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| Ernie and Bert |
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| Tumor removal |
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| Horse with sarcoids |
