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Radiology report came back on the 404 images worth of brain and c-spine MRI from my parents dog. Suspected choroid plexus tumors causing severe hydrocephalus and hydromyelia. He's 3yo. They pretty much have the option of buying a little time with ventricular tap to remove some of the fluid CCNU or saying goodbye over the next couple of days. He's already really ataxic/neurologic and pretty much not eating (despite a 2 mg/kg/day dose of pred). I feel so badly for them. How is it that something so awful can be happening to another one of our dogs just 5 months later... 😢
 
Trilt said:
It's OK, I don't ever need to get paid for work. Or ever get anything I apply for. or work with a project that I'm super passionate about. it's cool. I'll just eat ramen all summer and shadow even more.
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In the same freakin boat. It's frustrating
 
Trilt said:
It's OK, I don't ever need to get paid for work. Or ever get anything I apply for. or work with a project that I'm super passionate about. it's cool. I'll just eat ramen all summer and shadow even more.
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If you can even afford ramen.
I got my water shut off today. Still waiting for workcomp checks to get here. it's been 3 weeks so far. Both landlord and parents couldn't loan me the money. The city said they would extend the shutoff date until the 19th. Guess they decided not to. 😢
Somehow, I have to come up with $140 to get it turned back on. I explained that I have pets, what am I suppose to do? She says "go buy water from the store".

If I had money to do that I would have paid the farkin bill! You *****! Right now, I'm waiting on $900 that was SUPPOSE to be in my mailbox 2 effin weeks ago!
 
jmo1012 said:
Radiology report came back on the 404 images worth of brain and c-spine MRI from my parents dog. Suspected choroid plexus tumors causing severe hydrocephalus and hydromyelia. He's 3yo. They pretty much have the option of buying a little time with ventricular tap to remove some of the fluid CCNU or saying goodbye over the next couple of days. He's already really ataxic/neurologic and pretty much not eating (despite a 2 mg/kg/day dose of pred). I feel so badly for them. How is it that something so awful can be happening to another one of our dogs just 5 months later... 😢
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Lance lost his battle with the brain tumors this morning. After a lot of talking, they decided to go ahead and give treatment a shot. A chance to spend extra time with him and give him some play time with his younger (non-related) sister would be nice. He went in to have some of the fluid tapped off yesterday afternoon and evidence of past hemorrhage was noted. I suspect he probably didn't do well under anesthesia given his down turn from there, but who knows. When they brought him home last night, he started an inconsolable shrill, short woof sequence which they presumed to be pain related (I'm not so sure, it sounded more like a dysphoric post-recovery yip to me). They had codeine and gabapentin prescribed which eventually calmed him down over night. This morning he was completely unresponsive to stimuli, and my mother said his pupils were dilated and unreactive to a bright light, he had a fever of 105F, and was severely tachypnic. sounded to me like he was comatose with poor RAAS functioning. the specialty hospital was able to send 2 technicians to our home to help my mother bring him to the clinic to be euthanized. i've never heard of them doing something like that before so i am extremely grateful because she wasn't going to be able to get him there by herself without my dad until 130, and i was really concerned he was going to die in front of her at home (not yet another set of unpleasent memories needed). i am devastated. i feel just awful for them - 3yo dogs are not supposed to crash and burn from brain tumors. ugh 😢
 
jmo1012 said:
Lance lost his battle with the brain tumors this morning. After a lot of talking, they decided to go ahead and give treatment a shot. A chance to spend extra time with him and give him some play time with his younger (non-related) sister would be nice. He went in to have some of the fluid tapped off yesterday afternoon and evidence of past hemorrhage was noted. I suspect he probably didn't do well under anesthesia given his down turn from there, but who knows. When they brought him home last night, he started an inconsolable shrill, short woof sequence which they presumed to be pain related (I'm not so sure, it sounded more like a dysphoric post-recovery yip to me). They had codeine and gabapentin prescribed which eventually calmed him down over night. This morning he was completely unresponsive to stimuli, and my mother said his pupils were dilated and unreactive to a bright light, he had a fever of 105F, and was severely tachypnic. sounded to me like he was comatose with poor RAAS functioning. the specialty hospital was able to send 2 technicians to our home to help my mother bring him to the clinic to be euthanized. i've never heard of them doing something like that before so i am extremely grateful because she wasn't going to be able to get him there by herself without my dad until 130, and i was really concerned he was going to die in front of her at home (not yet another set of unpleasent memories needed). i am devastated. i feel just awful for them - 3yo dogs are not supposed to crash and burn from brain tumors. ugh 😢
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I'm so sorry to hear about this! It's always hard to lose a pet but worse when they are so young 🙁
 
So sorry for your loss jmo! Only 3 years old? That is so sad. 🙁
 
Last week I fractured my ankle while working out and tonight I re injured it after slipping on water that my cat spilled from playing in his water bowl. Worst. Pain. Ever! :blackeye:
 
Life needs to stop being d holes to everyone. Seriously. I am so sorry JMO.
 
I dropped my macbook tonight and when I finally got it to turn on, the screen flickered like crazy. Here's hoping for a cheap fix... I can't really afford to buy a new computer so close to 4th year and all the expenses associated with that like travel and housing for externships, vet prep/zuku, navle, etc.

My sympathies for your family's loss Jmo.
 
I'm so sorry, jmo... I remember when your family brought him home as a puppy. -hugs- to you and them.
 
holy holy crap - the fluid analysis came back and he had a massive prototheca infection!! woah. :corny:

i think i feel better knowing this because i really dont think anything we could have done would have made much of a difference. i really just wanted him to get a little more time being loved on and playing with his sister, but i doubt he would have had any semblance of normal given the extremely advanced state of his disease even if he hadn't crashed and burned so hard.
 
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So sorry to hear about everyone's pets lately. Seems like some bad luck going around 🙁.
My rant may seem trivial by comparison, but... I've been looking at flights for a visit home in May for about two weeks now, trying to make some final decisions, waiting to find out if my parents could pick me up at the airport. The price didn't chance the whole time... right up through yesterday. Finally able to buy the tickets today. Price went from $240 to $440. In one day. 😡
 
dovelover said:
So sorry to hear about everyone's pets lately. Seems like some bad luck going around 🙁.
My rant may seem trivial by comparison, but... I've been looking at flights for a visit home in May for about two weeks now, trying to make some final decisions, waiting to find out if my parents could pick me up at the airport. The price didn't chance the whole time... right up through yesterday. Finally able to buy the tickets today. Price went from $240 to $440. In one day. 😡
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Check back on Tuesday afternoon/evening. That tends to be the best time to buy tickets and flight prices shouldn't permanently increase until about 2 weeks before your departure date.
 
dovelover said:
So sorry to hear about everyone's pets lately. Seems like some bad luck going around 🙁.
My rant may seem trivial by comparison, but... I've been looking at flights for a visit home in May for about two weeks now, trying to make some final decisions, waiting to find out if my parents could pick me up at the airport. The price didn't chance the whole time... right up through yesterday. Finally able to buy the tickets today. Price went from $240 to $440. In one day. 😡
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Also....check from a different computer when you go to buy. For some reason...price goes up the more time you check flights from the same computer. I kid you not.
 
jmo1012 said:
holy holy crap - the fluid analysis came back and he had a massive prototheca infection!! woah. :corny:

i think i feel better knowing this because i really dont think anything we could have done would have made much of a difference. i really just wanted him to get a little more time being loved on and playing with his sister, but i doubt he would have had any semblance of normal given the extremely advanced state of his disease even if he hadn't crashed and burned so hard.
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um, WOW! that's like, case report rare. I'm really sorry this happened to your parents' dog but WOW. Almost makes me wonder if the infection was minor to begin with but the whopping dose of pred kicked it up a bit.
 
nyanko said:
um, WOW! that's like, case report rare. I'm really sorry this happened to your parents' dog but WOW. Almost makes me wonder if the infection was minor to begin with but the whopping dose of pred kicked it up a bit.
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i kind of hope they write it up - the neurologist had never seen it before so he might...i feel a little guilty for being so curious and intrigued by the case haha. i think the pred probably pushed him over the edge, but he was already pretty neurologic by the time they started him on pred. knowing what i do about the intestinal form of the disease, i really doubt they would have been able to tackle the infection enough to give him some normalcy for a little while.
 
Friends who wait until an important moment to tell you things you've done wrong LAST YEAR that really bothered them.
 
Today made me really lose faith in people and wonder why I want to work in a field where I have to deal with them so much. First was the sweetest coon hound that was dropped off at the shelter (and then picked up by a rescue) for not eating. What was wrong with the dog? Well, besides the destroyed left eye and huge hard mammary masses another vet thought were neoplastic on a very thin frame, she also had heartworm AND pyometra. Her original owners either didn't care to take her in or they did, realized it was going to be crazy expensive, and ditched her. Then we had another dog come in for vomiting and turns out he was severely diabetic and he had 4 seizures in an hour and a half. The doctor said he had to have been diabetic for at least 3 months to have his glucose nearing 700. Why do people own animals if they're not going to pay any attention to them? I just don't understand.
 
Finally got in hold with a human only to be told the lady I need to speak to left for the day.
 
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I'm okay. My car isn't.
 
Oh my gosh! Glad you're ok! Sorry about your car though 🙁
 
Oh no! I''m really glad you are OK! Really sucks about your car, though. 🙁
 
Oh my gosh, NStarz, I'm glad you're okay!!
 
Today one of the assistants at the clinic where I work was fired. The worst thing about it is that it happened at the end of the day, and I knew it was going to happen because our spazzy tech couldn't keep her mouth shut... so I felt awful all day knowing what was going to happen. I feel like a terrible person even though it's not my fault! Then I got a phone call that my horse had a weird freakout and couldn't calm down so I had to run over to the barn and put out that fire.... quite the day!
 
Well, 4 hours into my stay here at SAVMA symposium I ended up going to the ER after my knee gave out playing volleyball 🙁 I went up and had a really good spike and when I hit the ground my knee rotated laterally while my leg went medially. Had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance since no one with us had a car. Now Im stuck in a knee brace on pain meds in the hotel room 🙁 luckily I have a good friend who decided to just stay in tonight and watch TV while everyone goes out on the town 🙁 very very sad. And I was supposed to go on a day trip to the Denver Zoo on saturday.. Im so bummed.
 
Bf convinced me to do a March Madness bracket this year. I don't particularly care about basketball...at least until I did this. I really did not need this time sink right now.

And I'm sorry to hear about your knee, KP.
 
I'm trying to finish up my project for my master's. I've put it off way too long, though some of that time was due to major injuries I sustained in an accident when I was collecting my data - injuries that have left physical scars and have permanently altered the function of a limb*. Most of it though has just been plain avoidance and procrastination. Although, I sometimes wonder if it's more than just simple avoidance... like PTSD issues or something else.

I'm trying to keep myself motivated and on task, but reading things I wrote in 2011 when I was on top of the world, on track with my degree, and quite content is really depressing. I can admit now, a few years later, that my project was a complete mess from its inception, partly due to my naiveté and partly due to poor guidance from my advisor. Regardless, I have to assemble what I have into something that resembles a coherent master's level project. If I don't, I'll have no degree and lots of extra debt.

So many mixed feelings and negative experiences. I know on some level I'm really angry and disappointed in my advisor (he told me things that were not only false, but things that get people in trouble with ethics boards) but I'm trying not to give voice to that anger. I still have to work with him.

(*On a related rant, I understand how having a quiet, guarded nature doesn't really give people lots of information for small talk, but, holy ****, when I see the same person somewhat infrequently and he asks every time about my arm, it's really annoying. It's like being reminded of my worst life experience, to date, over and over again. I feel like he's trying to show concern or familarity or something, but it's still annoying and it's an event I'm already reminded of every day.)
 
Kpowell14 said:
Well, 4 hours into my stay here at SAVMA symposium I ended up going to the ER after my knee gave out playing volleyball 🙁 I went up and had a really good spike and when I hit the ground my knee rotated laterally while my leg went medially. Had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance since no one with us had a car. Now Im stuck in a knee brace on pain meds in the hotel room 🙁 luckily I have a good friend who decided to just stay in tonight and watch TV while everyone goes out on the town 🙁 very very sad. And I was supposed to go on a day trip to the Denver Zoo on saturday.. Im so bummed.
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🙁 🙁 🙁 Knee issues SUCK.

They have electric carts to ride at the zoo! 😉 😀
 
Kpowell14 said:
Well, 4 hours into my stay here at SAVMA symposium I ended up going to the ER after my knee gave out playing volleyball 🙁 I went up and had a really good spike and when I hit the ground my knee rotated laterally while my leg went medially. Had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance since no one with us had a car. Now Im stuck in a knee brace on pain meds in the hotel room 🙁 luckily I have a good friend who decided to just stay in tonight and watch TV while everyone goes out on the town 🙁 very very sad. And I was supposed to go on a day trip to the Denver Zoo on saturday.. Im so bummed.
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Aw man that sucks so bad! I'm sorry to hear that. I kinda feel your pain because I fractured my ankle last week and it is no fun! I rented a kneel wheels that I've been riding around on at work instead of crutches and my coworkers make fun of me. I couldn't imagine getting hurt while being out of town though. Hope you heal fast!
 
thanks guys. I just changed into pajamas and it hurt like hell. I really wanted to go to some lectures tomorrow but im thinking im gonna be in a world of hurt in the morning. Colorado is such a beautiful place, Im so sad this had to happen now and not while I was at home bleh 🙁
 
Ugh. I HATE apartment hunting. Why can't people just put all the information into their ads instead of forcing me to extract it from them bit by bit over a week long series of emails? And then there are the ones who email me saying "call me, I have something that you would like." You already took the time to email me . . . why can't you just tell me what it is? That way I can decide whether I'm interested or not BEFORE we spend three days playing phone tag. Ugh.

But I think my personal favorite goes to the guy I talked to last night. He was advertising a nice little 2 bedroom house close to the school for a summer rental, so I took a chance and emailed him to ask if he rents it on a monthly basis during the off season, and explained that I'm a vet student looking to rent a place from August to May. He sent me the stupid "call me and we'll talk about it" email (seriously, a simple yes or no would suffice), then last night he returned my call and asked if I would be interested in purchasing his son's house in New Brunswick. Umm . . . no? I asked about renting your house on PEI for the school year, at what point did you decide that I would be interested in moving to New Brunswick? 😕

I give up. I think I'm just going to stay in my current place.
 
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