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Squeaksmom said:
She arrived at the hospital pale, febrile, shaking, dyspneic, splinting when her abdomen was touched and too weak to stand.

Several tests and an incidental discovery later (as in they weren't looking for it, not as in it was insignificant)....

Aspiration pneumonitis, likely from regurgitating during recovery, probably some respiratory depression from the pain meds, and a huge abscess under her incision. The incision itself looked perfect, but while they were setting her up for subcu fluids a tiny area split open, literally one stitch, and an impressive amount of disgustingness just poured out all over the place. No free abdominal fluid on ultrasound.

Stop the opioids to help her breathe better... she only had one day left regardless. Dilute chlorhexidine and warm compresses on the abscess. And obviously antibiotics. Continue her gabapentin and pred (less than 1 mg/kg but just enough to control allergic signs when combined with other interventions), which she's been on for years.

We had to carry her out to the car and it took three of us to get her in there. We first tried to get her out under her own steam with a sling, but we got her sitting up and she just kind of tipped over and collapsed in slow motion, trembling, so that obviously wasn't going to work. And this is a super stoic dog! She has some peripheral neuropathy in her hindlimbs and this is the second aspiration event, so the vet and I are both suspicious that there might be some subclinical larygneal paralysis going on. The first one I didn't think much of - she'd been swimming and then had vomited due to a dietary indiscretion - but two in less than a year has alarm bells going off. She very rarely barks, so it's hard to assess for voice changes, and between the neuropathy and arthritic hips and stifles it's hard to evaluate exercise tolerance.

Recheck in a week, when we have a week off from school so I'm going to be at home 3 hours away. I'm coming back down for a medical appointment myself that week, so I'm happy to bring her down with me, but I can't take her into my neurologist's office. Checking to see if I can drop her off, go to my appointment, and pick her up again afterwards. Sounds like that should be fine, but the person who needs to confirm it wasn't in.

But she's hanging in there, and should start to feel better once the abscess settles down and the antibiotics kick in. Actually not doing too bad for an 11 year old Lab!
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she's gone
 
Sorry for your loss squeaks!
 
I am so sorry, squeaks. *hug* She was lucky to have someone like you. 🙁
 
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cubsrule4e said:
@Ms Procrastinator I love when your med student comrades tell me "you dont know what youre talking about" and theyre a little M3 hoping for ophtho 🤣 Like seriously?
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I was wondering why I was being tagged in the rant thread 😆

Also, silly attending, the med student is always RIGHT. Doctors are always asking for their advice, they're basically consulting while they shadow :bookworm: :prof: 😏 😎
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
I was wondering why I was being tagged in the rant thread 😆

Also, silly attending, the med student is always RIGHT. Doctors are always asking for their advice, they're basically consulting while they shadow :bookworm: :prof: 😏 😎
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Daaaaaamn! @Lawper with the nice assist on the follow up response!
 
alissa14 said:
Is anyone else sick of the whole doodle and also mini everything craze? 🙄 Or is it just me?
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Every time someone says a mixed breed dog "looks like an Aussie" and I get excited (bc I love them) but then I finally see the dog and it looks like a generic miniaturized dog I die a little bit inside. Blue buggy eyes do not make a dog look like an Aussie. Don't get my hopes up. :laugh:
 
PippyPony said:
idk dude...a lot of the poodles I've met -- standards included -- have been really neurotic 🙁
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It’s interesting to me when this is people’s impression of poodles. I’ve met weird ones, but most of the ones I’ve met are awesome dogs...but I also see more active dogs in sporting homes.

Come meet mine, she’s perfect, and not the least bit neurotic. 😉
 
mmmdreamerz said:
It’s interesting to me when this is people’s impression of poodles. I’ve met weird ones, but most of the ones I’ve met are awesome dogs...but I also see more active dogs in sporting homes.

Come meet mine, she’s perfect, and not the least bit neurotic. 😉
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Maybe it's a New England thing. A lot of inactive dogs in stuffy suburban homes. Kinda like how I love Aussies as a breed...but a lot of the ones I've met here are BONKERS because people don't understand they lose their minds if they're stuck in a crate all day.
 
PippyPony said:
Maybe it's a New England thing. A lot of inactive dogs in stuffy suburban homes. Kinda like how I love Aussies as a breed...but a lot of the ones I've met here are BONKERS because people don't understand they lose their minds if they're stuck in a crate all day.
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Totally fair and I completely agree.
 
finnickthedog said:
Trying to write a scholarship essay and failing at it. Essays suck.
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Hey, if you are still waiting the essay, I'm willing to help. I'm more accessible on facebook messenger than here, but you're welcome to message me.

that redhead said:
Reading pre-allo is a guilty pleasure of mine. Like reading one of those celebrity magazines or something :laugh:
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This is a hard same
 
PippyPony said:
Maybe it's a New England thing. A lot of inactive dogs in stuffy suburban homes. Kinda like how I love Aussies as a breed...but a lot of the ones I've met here are BONKERS because people don't understand they lose their minds if they're stuck in a crate all day.
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They're supposed to be the second most intelligent breed behind the border collie, I'm not surprised they end up neurotic if they don't have something to keep their minds occupied.

I'll never understand why people get the animals they get tbh.
 
WildZoo said:
They're supposed to be the second most intelligent breed behind the border collie, I'm not surprised they end up neurotic if they don't have something to keep their minds occupied.

I'll never understand why people get the animals they get tbh.
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100% this!

Many people choose dogs for looks and it doesn’t end well.
 
batsenecal said:
Hey, if you are still waiting the essay, I'm willing to help. I'm more accessible on facebook messenger than here, but you're welcome to message me.
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I'll still be writing this essay for another week or two. I may bother you about it after I've banged my head against the wall a few times. 😛
 
@mmmdreamerz The standard poodles I’ve met have all been well behaved, gentle, sweet, etc. They seem like good dogs. But they just don’t seem to pack the personality punch that a lot of breeds do. Maybe they’re just more reserved with strangers versus their people? I have a Cardigan Corgi and I know a lot of Corgis can be jerks while mine is a great guy, so I don’t want to be judgey of your breed of choice!
 
that redhead said:
@mmmdreamerz The standard poodles I’ve met have all been well behaved, gentle, sweet, etc. They seem like good dogs. But they just don’t seem to pack the personality punch that a lot of breeds do. Maybe they’re just more reserved with strangers versus their people? I have a Cardigan Corgi and I know a lot of Corgis can be jerks while mine is a great guy, so I don’t want to be judgey of your breed of choice!
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My standard is basically a very happy (non-anxious) golden retriever haha. She’s best friend with every person/dog she’s ever met. But I get it. Not every breed is for everyone🙂
 
Elkhart said:
I'm supposed to (provided that HR gets their butts in gear PDQ) start my new job on March 2nd and I just... I should be glad to finally be making a fair and actually livable wage, and I definitely am, but some small part of me is also terrified that I'm going to end up completely failing at it, losing the job, and then go completely broke with no safety net again like I did after the whole vet school thing happened. The dismissal and what followed it has made it very clear to me just how easily plans and life in general can totally fall apart and even now, over two years on, I am still terrified of any kind of risk for fear of it happening again.

No clue if that's a normal or expected reaction given everything, but yeah. I wish I could just be excited and not anxious about something objectively really good happening to me.
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The past had zero effect on what happens next. It’s all forward from here. You got this!
 
Elkhart said:
I'm supposed to (provided that HR gets their butts in gear PDQ) start my new job on March 2nd and I just... I should be glad to finally be making a fair and actually livable wage, and I definitely am, but some small part of me is also terrified that I'm going to end up completely failing at it, losing the job, and then go completely broke with no safety net again like I did after the whole vet school thing happened. The dismissal and what followed it has made it very clear to me just how easily plans and life in general can totally fall apart and even now, over two years on, I am still terrified of any kind of risk for fear of it happening again.

No clue if that's a normal or expected reaction given everything, but yeah. I wish I could just be excited and not anxious about something objectively really good happening to me.
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You got this Elkhart!

I actually heard some really good things this week that helped me mentally and it basically boiled down to how we feel very sturdy when we stand on two feet. Trying to stand on one foot with our eyes closed puts us out of balance. But in order to walk, and to move forward, you have to put yourself in that constant state of unsturdyness and out-of-balamce because otherwise you'll stay on your two feet but never go anywhere. So yeah, it's 100% normal to be terrified as **** about big changes and that reaction is ok.

Idk if that's something helpful for you to hear or not but it was what I needed this week and there's a whole crew of people here who believe in you and will pick you back up whenever you need it. 😍
 
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PippyPony said:
Only in San Francisco, and then you pay in cash lol
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yo i actually had to pay cash rent to a dude for the basement place i lived during my internship. shady af

was such a pain, considered just going to the bank and taking it all out in rolls of quarters and dimes for the last month just to be a jerk

he did give us all of our security deposit back at least so there's that
 
Please don’t quote, just trying to process my thoughts but I’m terrible at putting this in words. I just need to vent.

Im not sure if I’ve become hypersensitive nowadays to what people say... but ever since Coronavirus started, it almost feels like it has evolved into a platform for people to say racist and microaggressive statements about Chinese people. It just really hurts me deep down because I can’t help but take every comment personally.

One day, my parents pleaded me to go to the pharmacy and ask them if they had any medical face masks left as everything was sold out in their city. The entire time I was there, I couldn’t help but feel almost shameful because it felt like I was the cause to this sickness (even though I’m healthy) and that I should be ashamed for being Asian. I know it’s insane, but my brain just does that.

I was in class one day and a classmate was telling a story about her brother making prank calls back in the day and pretending to be a Chinese restaurant owner. I honestly didn’t care about that, but what bothered me was how they preceeded to imitate a Chinese accent for WAY too long, and I felt like all I could do was laugh it off, but it just felt so wrong.

My classmates are horribly sick with the normal flu too, and I was chatting with my friends about it and one of them just sheepishly looked at me and said “Chinese people am I right?” And I just couldn’t do anything but laugh it off again, but it’s been on my mind. Like maybe I should be saying something? I hate starting conflicts and I KNOW my friends are NOT being malicious in any way, I just don’t know if I’m overreacting.

I also got a speeding ticket today (ugh) and I had a friend in the car with me. She is amazing, but after the officer gave me the ticket and walked away, she said “you’re definitely not helping with the Asian stereotype” and once again, I just laughed and brushed it off, it’s something I’ve heard my entire life but maybe I’m finally getting sick of it?

Lastly, I was on Instagram and I follow a pretty well know vet who was posting something about shark finning. I understand it’s important to point out the countries who are at blame for the majority of the shark finning trade, but the comments on the post were fairly targeted, saying things like “it’s always China, good thing the coronavirus is teaching them a lesson lol” or “ugh it’s always china” “they’re so backwards”
I just feel like he should realize there are a LOT of countries who are at fault here with the trade, and it just seemed so targeted and it just really hurts anyone who are already struggling with liking their own culture.

Anyways, I don’t know where this rant is going. If you’ve read to the end of this post, just be mindful of what you say when it comes to nationalities and stereotypes.
 
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