Vet school - You're doing it right.Despite finals looming next week, today is going to be filled with lots of baking and preparation for a gigantic medieval feast with my vet school family before the Game of Thrones premiere tonight. Sooooooooo excited!!!
That's the one I like! I thought opening day was late May. Thanks!!
It was more of a faint positive than before, but still there. I may have his blood sent off to see if it is a persistent infection, but I haven't found out yet how expensive that would be. But anyway, the rave part is I've found a couple that still wants to adopt him! I haven't actually met them yet, but they're friends of a super sweet friend of mine, so I trust that they're not shady people. The wife is going to come meet Kitty on Tuesday at the clinic I work at since he's getting neutered that morning. They sound really nice over the Facebook messages we've exchanged, and they've done some reading on FeLV so it sounds like they know what they're getting themselves into. Keep your fingers crossed this works out!! 
Kitty has been rather grumpy the last two times I've brought him into the vet, although he's really sweet otherwise, so I'm hoping he's on his best behavior on Tuesday (or at least still drugged enough from his surgery that he doesn't know/care where he's at ). I'm just so relieved I've found someone still willing to adopt him despite his diagnosis. It was a struggle trying to find a home for him even before I got him tested. I'm grateful to my parents for fostering him the past 6 weeks, but they have two other cats so they have to keep him quarantined, and he meows almost constantly wanting to be let out. 
). The apartments are small and not fancy but the reviews are great and the prices are reasonable. I'm on the waiting list for one and I'm going to see about getting on the list for the other. Hopefully one will have an opening for July (which I should find out about next month). The decision to live alone made everything way less stressful 
I am really going to miss my employee discounts when I leave for school.
Hopefully you'll get a discount at the teaching hospital
I miss that
I also miss the option to have small payments deducted from each paycheck.
I will, but I can almost guarantee it won't be as substantial. Free preventative care plus 40% off everything else...almost makes me consider working for the company after school. AlmostHopefully you'll get a discount at the teaching hospital
Our's is just 20% off everything. Free nothing except the products we get from pharm companies. Some clinicians are willing to see your pet off the books though if it's just a quick looksee.I will, but I can almost guarantee it won't be as substantial. Free preventative care plus 40% off everything else...almost makes me consider working for the company after school. Almost
Yeah from what I've heard ours is about the same.
I miss that
I am getting a free urinalysis and full CBC + chem 27 through school for both of my cats though, so that's exciting! The kicker is getting the urine via cysto...I've never done that before.
See, I'm generally okay with getting blood/hitting a vein. We didn't have an ultrasound at any GP I worked in, so the doctor did most of the cystos. Part of my concern is that we were only given one needle/syringe, lol. I know where I can get expired ones, but still.
I love taking blood and placing catheters, but it's hard for me to place on little baby things. Especially teeny tiny kittens
and I HATE when I hit a valve or something to where it won't feed, because I really, really hate poking more than once. At my practice, we were encouraged to draw blood from the jugular as often as possible (sans heart worm tests), so I have some trouble sometimes drawing from cephalics even though it's easier for most people. I was lucky to work at a pretty new facility, so we had a nice ultrasound that we could use for anything. They even let us use it to explore in our downtime if we wanted. Still, ultrasound is still one of my weakest points. I hope I get much better at being able to see stuff in vet school. Besides the bladder. I can always find that sucker 
I've never worked at a clinic where they didn't use jugs for HWTs....what's the reasoning?
Oh haha, I was thinking there was some sort of medical reason to avoid it, I was confused.
Same. Jugs are so rolly and I always feel like there's something or other getting in my way. Like neck fat.
It is so satisfying when you hit it though and you just see blood stream into your syringe. I agree about neck fat though, or tons of excess skin. Bulldogs and pugs are awful to try to get blood off of, especially when they stress themselves out, don't breathe very well, and start to turn purple.
WZ, I haven't read the rest of the conversation and got confused because jugs also refers to bewbs. haha
oh god neck fat in the way of boobs. my imagination buuurrrnnnsss.
We don't get any discounts any more. Pretty infuriating considering pretty much everything is done by students, with the exception of surgery and we're required to drop our pets off ALL day regardless of what's needed, AND we're expensive as is.Hopefully you'll get a discount at the teaching hospital
My school is emphatic in the fact that you must ALWAYS draw from the jug whenever possible. Their reasoning is you want to preserve those cephalics and saphenous(es?) for catheters if the dog ends up presenting for an emergency soon after.I love taking blood and placing catheters, but it's hard for me to place on little baby things. Especially teeny tiny kittens
The daughter wants me to text her when the horse is going to arrive at the barn so she can be there, and insists on my mare getting the stall across from her gelding.
You are soo close to the best IP ever!! (I'm so jealous, while you guys are living it up we'll be drowning in IP 10
). The chicken/reptile exam is a blessing, really, so go kick its butt then go bask in the glory that is block 5! 
I'm in opposite scenario- I'm doing really well, but my two other members of the study group are going to fail... So I feel guilty for being happy.
