Wow I've only been back in Guelph for a week and it's already been crazy busy. Last Sunday Matt helped me move in, and after a stressful day of unpacking and having to rush out to buy a new mattress because mine didn't fit through my door (insert angry face here), we relaxed with Domino's pizza and wine. I'm so lucky to have such a supportive fiance :)
I spent all of labour day cleaning and unpacking so that the chaos in my apartment would disappear, it was super satisfying. Classes started on Tuesday and after 2 days of boring intro classes, we've started to get into actual material.
Things I'm excited about this year:
PALPATION! aka "put your arm up this cow's butt" - something I've been waiting for since I got into vet school (yes I'm a sicko). The palpations are optional for students that are planning on going into small animal medicine (me), but I'm obviously going to do it!
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| So thaaaat's what those long gloves are for ;) |
A general focus on the more clinical aspects of things - first year was a lot of foundation-based courses, while everything this year is emphasizing how to build on those foundations and apply them to "real life".
Surgery course - finally doing real "vet things"! We are going to be learning aseptic technique, gowning and gloving, suturing, knot tying, and combining all of those together to do a "spay" on our suture models which are called DASIEs (Dog Abdominal Surrogate for Instructional Exercises). Can't wait to start practicing!
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| A DASIE "patient" complete with intestines |
Speaking of Daisies, mine isn't here yet :( She's been doing well after her infection but my vet has been concerned with the high protein content of her urine (proteinuria) throughout the last 2 weeks. The blood and bacteria in her pee disappeared after the antibiotics, but the protein remained and he wants to make sure something else isn't wrong with her kidneys. She's having a renal ultrasound this week; at this point I just want her as healthy as she can be so she can come to Guelph :) If it ends up being something more seriously wrong with her kidneys at least we can catch it early and treat/prevent further damage. Poor girl, I just want her here to snuggle with - my bed is a lonely place right now!
I think that's it for now, I'm still getting used to the routine of early morning lectures but thankfully I can catch up on my sleep on most weekends. Phase 2 - I'm coming for you!
Bye for now :)
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| An overview of things that will be done before Christmas! |
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