Chance Of Rain? Never

My parents came this past rainy weekend.  We still made it to the game despite the rain and some flooding.

LSU won!
Virginia Tech put up a fight against Duke this weekend in the first ever Lane Stadium 4th overtime! Unfortunately they still lost 43 to 45.

I finally figured out how to attach my "Life As A Vet Student" Pinterest board to this blog! So check it out on the left hand side! Enjoy!

This week: Two cows with respiratory issues; three research pigs; dog with heartworms; two one week old puppies; several birds; horse with Wobbler's; goat with respiratory distress; sudden death is a dog (possible cruelty case); renal failure in a cat; and a chameleon. 

We had our presentation on Wednesday and an exam on Thursday.  This week in the end of the pathology rotation!

Next up Shelter Medicine rotation!

Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became A Veterinarian

Rain

Unfortunately, Mr Ross was canceled last Saturday due to the rain.  We were back stage about to go on when they called it.  Luckily, it was rescheduled for this Friday, so we will try this again!

I was afraid that our cat trip was going to be canceled as well since there were looming clouds that morning, but luckily the weather turned out to be ok and we had a great time.  It's crazy to think that cat trip might be one of my last ones.

This week it was catch up time with the little studying I did last week.
I had a cadavor lab on Wednesday where we practiced placing drains and suturing actual skin.  That night a few of us went to dinner at Sprats.
On Thursday, the 6th semesters were all invited to take the PAVE exam.  The PAVE is what the students here use to have to take before they were able to practice in the States.  They wanted us to take it as a practice for the NAVLE exam.  So we were in the exam center from 7:45 - 1:30pm.  I had to do a video of myself showing the proper technique to enter an isolation stall for LAM on Friday.

I was pleasantly surprised that I got paid for  the research work that I did last semester.  Unfortunately, I don't know how much research work I will be able to help with this semester though.  It was definitely a great opportunity and experience and I have Dr. Ketzis to thank for that.

This weekend is beachfest, if we hopefully don't get rained out!

Rain Rain Go Away

We lost our first volleyball game on Friday, but we had so much fun doing it in the pouring rain!  On Saturday during Open House, a student came over to us to tell us that she found a kitten outside of the dorms and was keeping it in her dorm room.  PAWS of course, took it in, but luckily it already has a home.  The rest of the day I  helped a friend study for her Physiology exam (everyone knows how much we all love physio here).  A friend had her birthday dinner at Spice Mill, which was amazingly good food and drinks.  Then on Sunday, at PAWS Adoption Day, we adopted out one of our older dogs which was great!  No cats though :(  That night, there was a pot luck dinner at a friend's house.


I think it has rained every day this semester so far....welcome to hurricane season (again).
We gave our Necropsy presentation on Monday which I think went pretty well.  Unfortunately, that night, I went to make pancakes for my breakfast for the next day, and there were bugs.  It was a brand new box.   Then I went to check my breadcrumbs to double check, bugs. Half full container. I decided to check tea and sugar and flour. Bugs, bugs, bugs. The flour was a brand new package, I used it once. SO sick of this.
Tuesday there was a surgery club meeting about laser surgery at lunch that I went to.  I also stayed after class to study pathology and bacteriology with some friends.
On Wednesday, Pink semester (my semester) had our multicultural bake sale that went very well.  I am doing another research project and had a meeting for that at lunch.  I am doing a project on Trichuris spp in cats with Dr. Jennifer Ketzis (whom I did the chicken and lice research with), Dr. Mary Pieria, and Dr. Shell.  I had two tutor sessions that afternoon.
Thursday, I met with the pink fundraiser for our Woofstock event that we will be putting on over Midsemester break in order to raise money for our class.  It will basically be a big dog field day with competitions, bathes, and nail trims.  There was another tutor session that afternoon that I went to in order to prepare for my pathology exam on Monday. 
Alex and I ran to the bank and the store Friday morning before class.  After class, I studied with a few friends until the PAWS and SAFE meeting at 1pm.  Tonight will be an early night after volleyball so I can get some studying done.
This weekend will be full of tutor sessions and studying for Pathology on Monday and Bacteriology on Thursday.