A Very Long Week

This week was a cluster. I was signed up to take Calculus and Calculus-based Physics this year but there is an entrance exam you have to pass to be able to take Calculus-- I have been in a complete and utter tizzy about passing this exam since I have not taken Trigonometry, it's been 3 years since I took College Algebra and I only ever took 1 semester of Pre-Calc in High School (which was 6 years ago) and my review wasn't going well.

I realized none of the vet schools I am planning to apply to (now looking at 7) actually require "Calculus" I had just assumed, so after some frustrating attempts to verify that I could take the Trigonometry-based Physics I have officially dropped Calc from my schedule and switched to Trig & the Trig-Physics. This also means I have about $300 worth of textbooks to return and my schedule is very... awkward now.

I have also been trying to sign up for an online Animal Nutrition course to meet the requirement for a couple of the vet schools. Oregon State University says on their website that they offer an online course for non-OSU students. So the admissions people emailed me what I needed and I noticed it said "summer session" which is closed and ended today. I called the OSU admissions and turns out they are NOT offering the class online at all this year! What a waste of my time. They did email me 4 other schools that offered AN courses online which are mostly not helpful except for Purdue. I am working on the Purdue app but was told by the Vet Tech today she took one sponsored by Hills through a local college so I am planning to look into that one as well.

Speaking of the clinic- I spent the day there today and it has been my best day shadowing yet! They were very busy, had a few emergency cases, I got to be hands-on again (including getting to have my very own client! -just a nail trim for a doxie, but still!), saw a "new" breed, and I watched the 2 coolest surgeries I've ever gotten to see! I have lots-and-lots of graphic photos of the 2 cases to share but they will each get their own blogs in the next week or so.

I will however share the picture of the "new" breed: a puppy came in that I thought was maybe a weimaraner due to it's color, but it definitely looked more like a lab puppy. It turned out to be a Silver Lab! I didn't know such a color existed in labs before now, I had never seen or heard of one. Apparently they are quite the pricy designer pooch and this poor little girl came in with an extremely bloated abdomen. She had apparently been fed her breakfast by the mom and then after the mom left for work nobody else made sure the puppy didn't have access to the other dogs' food- and it gorged itself! They have only had the puppy for a day now and racked up a $100 bill. X-rays did not show a twisted stomach so some fluids, laxative, and time later the puppy vomited 3 times, pooped twice and was starting to feel a little playful by the end of the day and was allowed to go home.

 

The puppy was very lethargic- due to a killer tummy ache! This is a picture I took after the puppy had been with us for a few hours, the abdomen was probably about 30% or more larger when it first came in.

In non-vet related news I will be training in the new Pet Tech at the doggy daycare tomorrow, having a 'company' BBQ and then saying good-bye to my best friend who is leaving Sunday morning for Utah (because he decided to transfer). I am then leaving for a little vacay with my mom Monday-Wednesday, working all day Thursday and then hopefully spending most of the day at the clinic Friday (and some of the day making wedding invites for my other best friend)-- so it is hard to say when I will be updating again and getting the pictures of those two cases up. They will be worth the wait though! :)