Orthropedics

All I Really Need To Know About Veterinary Medicine I Learned In Kindergarten

This past weekend, I had a small break to check out some bridesmaid dresses for my sister's wedding!  The weather this week was in the 90s with decreased humidity; it felt beautiful!

I switched over to the orthopedic surgery rotation for the next two weeks. We had dog spays on Monday, several recheck appointments, and few appointments that didn't go to surgery (both of my appointments). Overall, it was a long hours and busy, but uneventful week.
The only surgery that we watched this week was a hind limb amputation.

I Will Never Be A Well Behaved Woman

For The Free Spirited Females

Surgery Craziness

As predicted, I got called in on Sunday for a left uretertomy (incision into the ureter) and cystotomy that ended up lasting 4 hours. The cat had stones in this ureter and blood clots in his bladder.
We had our dog neuter lab on Monday, however some of the dogs didn't show up, so a few of us didn't have a dog to neuter.  Hopefully, this just ensures us to have a spay dog next week.

Surgeries: Spleenectomy and foreign body removal in the same dog, another foreign body removal, laproscopic ovariectomy, 2 rostral manibulectomies (one of which was my patient) and a total ear canal ablation and lateral bulla ostetomy.

When Vets Cry

Small Animal Surgery Rotation

NY weekend:
As I was eating at a Mediterranean restaurant on the street, a unique looking individual ran by in cheekys and a floral grandma-looking nightie.  I overheard one of the other guests saying it was Elliot from Howard Stern.  I have no idea who that is, but I can now say that I saw a "celebrity" in New York.

Perfection 

SO much deliciousness

After thoroughly confusing a lot of people, I am currently back in Baton Rouge for my next rotation which is small animal surgery.......yikes.  I'm not a huge fan of surgery, especially orthropedics, but I will be on soft tissue surgery for two weeks and then orthropedics for two weeks.
The patients that I had this week were a Chihuahua with melanoma on her nose, a Shih Tzu that had mild irritation after a neuter, and a stent removal on Shih Tzu that had a bilateral rostal mandibulectomy.  The dog had a mandibulectomy because she had a mass growing on her gums.  Although the mass is commonly benign, it can be painful and disrupt the animal's eating.  Stents were placed in order to help support the lip.
The surgeries I saw this week were several mass removals, two cystomies, and a toe amputation.

I will be on call on Sunday and since I'm cursed that I've always gone in when I'm on call, we will see what exciting surgeries show up.

New York State Of Mind

New York State of Mind

Central Park zoo

The New York Public Library

Gyro from The Halal Guys

Serendipity frozen hot chocolate

66 Perry Street (aka Carrie Bradshaw's apartment)

Grimaldi's pizza

Magnolia Bakery's famous banana bread pudding

NY Cosmo

Strolling down the streets of the upper east side, I love wondering about the story's of the people I pass (I had also had just finished a fairly strong cosmopolitan): The business man arguing for his next deal, the elderly couple hobbling hand in hand, the jogger annoyed by the individuals in his way, the young guys trying to prove who is "more tough", the two girlfriends laughing about a horrible date, the mother eagerly checking her phone while her young daughter recklessly swings her shopping bag fantasizing about make believe, the doorman staring longingly out the window hoping of bigger dreams, the group of teenage girls trying to be older than they are, and the excited woman on her phone exclaiming about her new job offer.  So much life and so much to do! I have tried to do as much as I can these past two weeks, but there will always be somewhere more to explore.  Most days I leave my externship with a plan of where I want to have dinner and I almost always end up choosing a different place that I end up passing by on my way.  That's the fun and mystery of this place.  Who knows what the rest of my weekend will have in store?!

My adventure of traveling is done for a few months until after the NAVLE (national licensing exam).  I have some of the most demanding rotations coming up so I need to be on top of my game as well as find time to study.

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