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So I've been shadowing a pair of vets for the past couple of weeks while I'm home over winter break. It's just the clinic that I take my dogs to, since they know me they were agreeable to my following them around for a few days a week.
Anyway, while I've been shadowing, I've been watching lots of surgeries. Just your basic spay/neuter and tumor removals for the most part. But my question is this. On about the 8th surgery I observed, which was yesterday, I got really nauseous, light headed, hot, and weak. You know, all the precursors of fainting/passing out. It was a spay and tumor removal of a formerly heartworm positive mini doxie, so not any more gory than anything I had already observed. Is this normal?
I left the room once and went to the restroom and put some water on my face, felt better, went back, and pretty soon felt ill again, left, took off my long sleeves to cool down a bit, went back and was able to watch the rest of the procedure. It was an 8am and I hadn't had anything to eat, could this be a contributing factor? Of course while I was out of the room all the horrid thoughts started racing: maybe this isn't the career for me, maybe I can't really do this, why is this happening now and not before, is Dr. Bailie judging me for leaving, should I change my major now. I suppose the anxiety here didn't help my situation at all.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, just want to know if this happens to anyone else and if it's overcome-able. Hopefully I don't keep having this experience... I'm going in tomorrow morning for more observations so wish me luck.
Anyway, while I've been shadowing, I've been watching lots of surgeries. Just your basic spay/neuter and tumor removals for the most part. But my question is this. On about the 8th surgery I observed, which was yesterday, I got really nauseous, light headed, hot, and weak. You know, all the precursors of fainting/passing out. It was a spay and tumor removal of a formerly heartworm positive mini doxie, so not any more gory than anything I had already observed. Is this normal?
I left the room once and went to the restroom and put some water on my face, felt better, went back, and pretty soon felt ill again, left, took off my long sleeves to cool down a bit, went back and was able to watch the rest of the procedure. It was an 8am and I hadn't had anything to eat, could this be a contributing factor? Of course while I was out of the room all the horrid thoughts started racing: maybe this isn't the career for me, maybe I can't really do this, why is this happening now and not before, is Dr. Bailie judging me for leaving, should I change my major now. I suppose the anxiety here didn't help my situation at all.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, just want to know if this happens to anyone else and if it's overcome-able. Hopefully I don't keep having this experience... I'm going in tomorrow morning for more observations so wish me luck.