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Sore throat decided to call in reinforcements today. Good thing my wsu interview is in an hour and a half.

Also, dvmd although I don't know you I'm sorry for your loss. My last grandparent died when I was 8....
 
So irritated... the registrars office sent in an "unofficial transcript" to vmcas because of an error that they put on the transcript... thanks.. really helpful:rage:

Then I find out from work that my boss has hired a full time employee... when we didn't need one... and my hours are going to be cut to make room (full time to less than 30... because, you know, I'm leaving for vet school in 6 months..)... great. thanks for appreciating everything that I do... awesome.
 
Just got back from the SCAVMA Symposium last night. I learned a lot and I'm glad I went, but now I'm exhausted, sick, and behind in every class. This is going to be a very rough week.

And my mom just warned me that I am about to be sucked into some major family drama. Because I totally have time for that. 🙄
 
new SVM dean is from PEI...same guy who gave the keynote speech at white coat a couple of years ago that sounded suspiciously like a recruitment speech for PEI (it was super awkward and strange - he spent 99% of his time telling us about all the amazing facets of PEI's DVM program/PEI). i am not hopeful that this means good things for our program (and i particularly think its going to make a couple of the current issues worse) :smack:
 
jmo1012 said:
new SVM dean is from PEI...same guy who gave the keynote speech at white coat a couple of years ago that sounded suspiciously like a recruitment speech for PEI (it was super awkward and strange - he spent 99% of his time telling us about all the amazing facets of PEI's DVM program/PEI). i am not hopeful that this means good things for our program (and i particularly think its going to make a couple of the current issues worse) :smack:
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Heh, good luck with that. I'm curious who it is, though.
 
Got a really good video of foster puppy, Maeby, head-pressing Sunday night. She wasscheduled for her spay today, a prerequisite to being adopted. Took her in to the vet who knows her history and did the CSF tap. Showed her the video of her head pressing. Told her it had been a long time since I'd seen her do it, but she was doing it a lot on Sunday night. She called the foster organization. They decided not to spay her today and discussed her adoptability. She called me back and said we're going to try to get with one of the neuro people here and see what ideas they have, but if we can't figure it out or treat it somewhat that we'll euthanize and necropsy. I'm so sad and conflicted. To one extent, I don't really want her. That being said, 90% of the time she seems really comfortable and happy. When she's head-pressing though I'm really worried she's incredibly uncomfortable. I don't want her to live in pain, but I'd hate to euthanize just because she's not really adoptable. If it comes to that I'll probably end up keeping her and letting her live until things get worse or bad and then euthanize her. I feel so bad. I wanna cry/throw up. That being said, I also really want to know what's wrong with her. Ugh... She's really the sweetest happiest thing.
 
jmo1012 said:
new SVM dean is from PEI...same guy who gave the keynote speech at white coat a couple of years ago that sounded suspiciously like a recruitment speech for PEI (it was super awkward and strange - he spent 99% of his time telling us about all the amazing facets of PEI's DVM program/PEI). i am not hopeful that this means good things for our program (and i particularly think its going to make a couple of the current issues worse) :smack:
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Just Googled. I had no idea that's where he was! Oh I will miss him...
 
Foxhunter said:
Got a really good video of foster puppy, Maeby, head-pressing Sunday night. She wasscheduled for her spay today, a prerequisite to being adopted. Took her in to the vet who knows her history and did the CSF tap. Showed her the video of her head pressing. Told her it had been a long time since I'd seen her do it, but she was doing it a lot on Sunday night. She called the foster organization. They decided not to spay her today and discussed her adoptability. She called me back and said we're going to try to get with one of the neuro people here and see what ideas they have, but if we can't figure it out or treat it somewhat that we'll euthanize and necropsy. I'm so sad and conflicted. To one extent, I don't really want her. That being said, 90% of the time she seems really comfortable and happy. When she's head-pressing though I'm really worried she's incredibly uncomfortable. I don't want her to live in pain, but I'd hate to euthanize just because she's not really adoptable. If it comes to that I'll probably end up keeping her and letting her live until things get worse or bad and then euthanize her. I feel so bad. I wanna cry/throw up. That being said, I also really want to know what's wrong with her. Ugh... She's really the sweetest happiest thing.
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Maybe have them test bile acids as well (PSS)?
 
Kind of a ridiculous rant at this point. But, I submitted a transfer application to a university last month. The personal statement had a short word limit and I didn't put much effort into writing it. Now I'm just hoping that it was acceptable or that my grades will carry me through. I'm really ticked at myself for not asking anyone for input though!
 
musher said:
Kind of a ridiculous rant at this point. But, I submitted a transfer application to a university last month. The personal statement had a short word limit and I didn't put much effort into writing it. Now I'm just hoping that it was acceptable or that my grades will carry me through. I'm really ticked at myself for not asking anyone for input though!
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Here's a secret: no one but myself has read my PS. 🙂
 
Good video, foxy - I'm sure it'll be a great learning tool. I'm sorry it has to be your foster, though 🙁 hope something pans out for her 🙁

My rant is that professors have been going over time in every . Single. Class. And the same one has now missed two lectures that we literally don't have the room in our schedules to make up unless we come in at 730 or stay until 630. Just because we're students doesn't mean we don't deserve respect, too.
 
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Fox:
Have you chatted it over with Dr. Hudson, maybe? Seen if she might be eligible for any of the current clinical trials? (I'd imagine not, if it's not diagnosed, but worth a review :/)

Hope things turn out for the better with her!

TooLove said:
Here's a secret: no one but myself has read my PS. 🙂
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Nobody but me read my PS, either... well, except for the adcoms, obviously. They seemed to like it. 🙂
 
For the past two weeks my upstairs neighbors have been leaving at 6 am. Unfortunately, they have a dog with horrible separation anxiety. Barking, crying, yapping - all while I'm tyring to squeeze in another hour of sleep. Plus, they must put the dog in a pen of some sort. The plastic scraping across the hardwoods is an awful noise. The frantic digging is also a terrible noise. On days I get to sleep in past 10 am, I know the poor thing just goes on and on like that for hours.

I'm pretty sure they've been reported a couple of times to property management and are one of the tenants responsible for the new "no dog" policy.
 
cowgirla said:
Today was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Worst day of fourth year so far. It can only get better from here, right?
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Everyone has crap days. I hope that they are only better from here on out - and if you ever need to vent to someone that's been there, fee free
 
Just talked to my mom. The bulldog seems to be on her way out. She was diagnosed with a perianal sac adenocarcinoma and hypercalcemia over winter break. We put her on furosemide to bring the calcium down but given her age (almost 15) and Cushing's we opted not to pursue surgery and just go for palliative care. I told my mom when I left about 2 weeks ago that I didn't want her to wait for me to come home; if she felt that Baby's quality of life was poor, I trusted her to make the right decision.

Baby had been doing well, but Mom said she had a "spell" over the weekend where she was suddenly ataxic, lethargic, anorexic and totally out of it. She rebounded by Tuesday, but Mom said she wasn't eating again today. My poor little girl....
 
Coquette22 said:
Just talked to my mom. The bulldog seems to be on her way out. She was diagnosed with a perianal sac adenocarcinoma and hypercalcemia over winter break. We put her on furosemide to bring the calcium down but given her age (almost 15) and Cushing's we opted not to pursue surgery and just go for palliative care. I told my mom when I left about 2 weeks ago that I didn't want her to wait for me to come home; if she felt that Baby's quality of life was poor, I trusted her to make the right decision.

Baby had been doing well, but Mom said she had a "spell" over the weekend where she was suddenly ataxic, lethargic, anorexic and totally out of it. She rebounded by Tuesday, but Mom said she wasn't eating again today. My poor little girl....
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Sorry to hear. More than 14 years is an epic run for a bulldog. This is the part that sucks about having pets. You gave her almost 15 wonderful years and she's given you almost 15 years of unforgettable memories. Hugs
 
My boy dog was sick throwing up again last night. Then this morning he continually coughing (i assume just an irritated throat).
He had been doing well for a couple of months....

I am REALLY tired of the up and down nature of their health lately. It is really wearing me out. But then I realize how much they mean to me. Why is life always so hard?
 
Coquette22 said:
Just talked to my mom. The bulldog seems to be on her way out. She was diagnosed with a perianal sac adenocarcinoma and hypercalcemia over winter break. We put her on furosemide to bring the calcium down but given her age (almost 15) and Cushing's we opted not to pursue surgery and just go for palliative care. I told my mom when I left about 2 weeks ago that I didn't want her to wait for me to come home; if she felt that Baby's quality of life was poor, I trusted her to make the right decision.

Baby had been doing well, but Mom said she had a "spell" over the weekend where she was suddenly ataxic, lethargic, anorexic and totally out of it. She rebounded by Tuesday, but Mom said she wasn't eating again today. My poor little girl....
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Aw man 🙁 I know she's special to you.

StartingoverVet said:
I am REALLY tired of the up and down nature of their health lately. It is really wearing me out. But then I realize how much they mean to me. Why is life always so hard?
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I know the general feeling from my own dog - it's rough. Hang in there.
 
StartingoverVet said:
My boy dog was sick throwing up again last night. Then this morning he continually coughing (i assume just an irritated throat).
He had been doing well for a couple of months....

I am REALLY tired of the up and down nature of their health lately. It is really wearing me out. But then I realize how much they mean to me. Why is life always so hard?
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I super hate to say this but any chance of aspiration pneumonia?
 
The general public on veterinarian care. :bang::smack:

Im a member of a large horse forum and the discussion going on about the cost of vet care just blows my mind. Some people can wrap their head around why a come and go vaccine clinic costs less then an established practice in the area. Do people not know the word 'overhead' ??!?!?
 
Should be studying for a cardio quiz on Tuesday. Instead, I'm trying not to cry because my migraines have been acting up the last few days. I really want to take something stronger but I'm going over my friends' to study and can't drive with it on board. I hate this.
 
Today is my birthday. I woke up to find that my cats had gotten into my lactase pill bottle which I keep a few Ibuprofen in. They ate all the lactase pills and I didn't know how many ibuprofen were left in there, but I found two on the floor. Off to the teaching hospital with both of them we went! Thankfully the more I thought about it I'm pretty darn sure there were only 2 ibuprofen in there, so we treated conservatively with SQ fluids, famotidine and sucralfate (continuing for the next few days). We ran blood work today and we'll recheck Tues to make sure they didn't actually eat any and don't have any azotemia. Even if they did eat any it wouldn't be more than 2 between the two of them (thankfully they are big cats so this is at/below toxic levels). So hopefully we're ok. It was a very stressful morning for all three of us. Happy birthday to me!
edit: well I guess this is becoming a rave. My cats are dumb and apparently love activated charcoal. That just made life much easier. Half a 3oz can of wet food and a whole 25ml activated charcoal.
 
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The general public on veterinarian care. :bang::smack:

Im a member of a large horse forum and the discussion going on about the cost of vet care just blows my mind. Some people can wrap their head around why a come and go vaccine clinic costs less then an established practice in the area. Do people not know the word 'overhead' ??!?!?
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Is this on COTH? Honestly....I generally skip the whiny threads about vet care costs...not worth the anger.
 
WelshCob said:
YES!
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Read that last night....or I got through 1/2 page before I quit. Honestly...I choose to pay to use a more expensive vet in the area, but my personally experience (of all the vets here) shows that I get the best service from them. Do I grumble when I get a bill...yes :laugh: ....but only because my ponies tend to get hurt in spells so the thought of paying 1 more vet bill is what drives me over the edge...not the cost. 😉

In my mind...if you can't afford the care then don't have horses. All horse people know its only a matter of time before they get hurt.
 
don't make passive aggressive FB statuses about how you can't believe only 4 people remembered your birthday if you don't actually share that fact with the world. yes its sad that we've become so reliant on digital media to remember such things, but thats the way it is. i only remember the brithdays of my very closest family and friends, i simply don't "have room" for loads of little information (thank you vet school). wallow is self pity if you like, but you are in part to blame.
 
jmo1012 said:
don't make passive aggressive FB statuses about how you can't believe only 4 people remembered your birthday if you don't actually share that fact with the world. yes its sad that we've become so reliant on digital media to remember such things, but thats the way it is. i only remember the brithdays of my very closest family and friends, i simply don't "have room" for loads of little information (thank you vet school). wallow is self pity if you like, but you are in part to blame.
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The self-pity will stop soon enough. After I hit 30, I WANTED people to forget my birthday. I've been 23 years old for the last 12 years!
 
Dear Professor Who's Trying to Be Helpful,

About that online quiz. Yeah, good on you for realizing there was a communication snafu when large numbers of us didn't submit it by the deadline. Y'know what's not helpful, though? Giving a 45 minute extension and notifying all about it by email. Dear PWTtBH, you are genuinely a nice person, but how many vet students do you think are checking their email every 15 minutes on a snow day? And, it's my school account, so I'm not even getting alerts sent to my phone. le'sigh.
 
Philliab said:
Read that last night....or I got through 1/2 page before I quit. Honestly...I choose to pay to use a more expensive vet in the area, but my personally experience (of all the vets here) shows that I get the best service from them. Do I grumble when I get a bill...yes :laugh: ....but only because my ponies tend to get hurt in spells so the thought of paying 1 more vet bill is what drives me over the edge...not the cost. 😉

In my mind...if you can't afford the care then don't have horses. All horse people know its only a matter of time before they get hurt.
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Oh Im in deep. I ready to blow a gasket. I need to get off and study. Without a doubt I never ever want to do general practice.
 
WelshCob said:
Oh Im in deep. I ready to blow a gasket. I need to get off and study. Without a doubt I never ever want to do general practice.
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Maybe you should share the link so everyone can blow a gasket with you. 😉
 
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