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I should have dropped this micro class while I still had the chance. Admittedly, the first exam I was one-half cocky (I've taken a micro class before) and one-half going to do poor anyways because I hate metabolism. This exam I busted my butt studying and re-writing concepts and basically feeling awesome when I stepped into the exam. Of course the couple things I skimmed over because we didn't talk much about them in class were two of the big 10 point questions on the exam. FML
 
Gwenevre said:
I should have dropped this micro class while I still had the chance. Admittedly, the first exam I was one-half cocky (I've taken a micro class before) and one-half going to do poor anyways because I hate metabolism. This exam I busted my butt studying and re-writing concepts and basically feeling awesome when I stepped into the exam. Of course the couple things I skimmed over because we didn't talk much about them in class were two of the big 10 point questions on the exam. FML
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Feeling this so hard right now...plus with cell bio, too (2nd exam in that class tomorrow...not looking good right now). This has not been a great semester for me so far...
 
I am not doing as well as I'd like in parasitology, and I hate it! This isn't supposed to be a hard class, it's just straight memorization, WHY can I not get this into my head? The final is Friday, and at this point I really don't think it's going to go well...
 
Learning about abortions in equine medicine: surgical cervical dislocation. break the twin's neck and then watch it develop for the next 6-10weeks before it actually dies.

...no thank you.

:whoa:
 
So many things lately reminding me of my friend that died almost two years ago now. Worked with a lot of reptiles today and on this rotation and he would have enjoyed seeing it all, talking shop with the guy there, he would have known the answers to all of our reptile related questions. He used to be just a phone call or FB message away... 🙁
 
that redhead said:
So many things lately reminding me of my friend that died almost two years ago now. Worked with a lot of reptiles today and on this rotation and he would have enjoyed seeing it all, talking shop with the guy there, he would have known the answers to all of our reptile related questions. He used to be just a phone call or FB message away... 🙁
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I'm so sorry redhead 🙁 Also, did he happen to go to SGU? I remember at the Herp Society meeting at the beginning of the term they mentioned a guy who was very into reptiles that had died a few years ago. He seemed like an awesome person from what they said
 
allygator13 said:
I'm so sorry redhead 🙁 Also, did he happen to go to SGU? I remember at the Herp Society meeting at the beginning of the term they mentioned a guy who was very into reptiles that had died a few years ago. He seemed like an awesome person from what they said
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Yep, that's him 🙂 he really was an amazing person, one of my very best friends and would absolutely have ended up writing the reptile texts, being the one of the go to guys for reptile med, all that. I'm glad to hear people are remembering him still, makes me feel better, thanks 🙂
 
Just finished listening to an hour of lecture and my tablet decided it didn't want to save the notes from said lecture. I still have over 3 GB of space on the hard drive so it shouldn't be a storage issue.

It just sucks because it does this randomly (like maybe twice a year) and I can't figure out why.
 
My parents just tried to call me 9 times in the past few hours and sent three panicked text messages because I didn't answer my phone this evening or last night when they called twice (phone was in the other room with the ringer off both times) and I didn't return the call because I spent all weekend with my mom and didn't really feel like chatting more. And for the love of god, they should know by now that I almost never answer my phone. If I didn't answer it the first 2 times, chances are it's because it's not near me and I can't hear it vibrating, so calling 7 more times isn't going to help. And I have almost no reception and sometimes the calls just don't get through. And, I don't know, I guess maybe I was just busy? Once I get "in the zone" of being productive I don't want to break it by returning a call. I talk to her all the darn time, it's not like I'm my brother who doesn't respond to anything and never calls. I feel like that earns me the right to sometimes choose not to talk.
 
My mom just texted me to tell me that my 5 month old kitten has peed outside of his litterbox for the 4th time. Here I am over 800 miles away and she wants me to figure out what to do about it. And of course there's the "I can't have him peeing in my house" line, so now on top of all the other crap this week I have to stress about figuring out why he's doing this so she doesn't just kick him out of the house or something. I really didn't need this today...
 
Just having one of those days where nothing seems to go your way... Got superglue all over me, washed my iPhone 5 (RIP), currently dying my hair purple- hope that doesn't mess up... Dog ate my avocado... Ugh I need a drink. At least it is almost Friday? I'm super pumped for Halloween tomorrow.
 
WildZoo said:
My mom just texted me to tell me that my 5 month old kitten has peed outside of his litterbox for the 4th time. Here I am over 800 miles away and she wants me to figure out what to do about it. And of course there's the "I can't have him peeing in my house" line, so now on top of all the other crap this week I have to stress about figuring out why he's doing this so she doesn't just kick him out of the house or something. I really didn't need this today...
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so cats are pretty particular about their litterbox needs. Maybe he's not happy with his choices. Maybe there's a medical problem. either way, a talk with a vet would be a good idea.
 
dyachei said:
so cats are pretty particular about their litterbox needs. Maybe he's not happy with his choices. Maybe there's a medical problem. either way, a talk with a vet would be a good idea.
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Yeah, that's what I told her to do. It just sucks because I already feel bad about having to leave him with her (she didn't want another cat) so him causing issues for her is really stressful for everyone involved...
 
I'm just so tired of working so hard and still being criticized for everything I do. 🤔 I could really use about a solid week to just sleep.
 
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Being a lab animal vet means paying $1,000 for my own cat for diagnostics I asked for and could've easily done and interpreted and a treatment plan I thought of and could've put in place... if I worked at a an actual clinic.
 
I had them fax me the blood work and he was entered as being a dog. Of course a couple of things look off. Hospitalization was based on those values. Based on cat reference values, the blood work is normal. Guess who's not paying for the catheter, fluids, and hospitalization?
 
Minnerbelle said:
Pick up more relief work and bring your kitty in 🙂
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Hah, yeah. I worked relief this past weekend and am again next weekend, but of course he was acutely ill this morning and I didn't want to wait.

Update: They admitted to running his blood work as a dog and are not charging me for the catheter or the hospitalization. But the doctor was really angry with me, which is annoying since they screwed up. If I had known his blood work was normal, I would've opted for SQ fluids instead of IV fluids and hospitalization.
 
jjohnston said:
Being a lab animal vet means paying $1,000 for my own cat for diagnostics I asked for and could've easily done and interpreted and a treatment plan I thought of and could've put in place... if I worked at a an actual clinic.
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I foresee this happening in my future. If I'm actually lucky enough to break into lab animal.

Actually already I've had to explain to my friends and family that, no, I probably won't be able to treat your pets (and definitely not for free) when I graduate. They never get it, or listen to me, but they'll learn!
 
kcoughli said:
I foresee this happening in my future. If I'm actually lucky enough to break into lab animal.

Actually already I've had to explain to my friends and family that, no, I probably won't be able to treat your pets (and definitely not for free) when I graduate. They never get it, or listen to me, but they'll learn!
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It's kind of ****ty for them to expect that anyway. It's not like you get free medical care if your friend/family member is a doctor. I get them wanting you to be able to treat their animals (and that's actually kind of a compliment to you I suppose) but expecting to not have to pay? Ridiculous.
 
jjohnston said:
Update: They admitted to running his blood work as a dog and are not charging me for the catheter or the hospitalization. But the doctor was really angry with me, which is annoying since they screwed up. If I had known his blood work was normal, I would've opted for SQ fluids instead of IV fluids and hospitalization.
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What the heck?!
 
So I'm trying to study for an upcoming exam, and my preferred method of studying is to rewatch the lectures that were recorded. Of course for the section I'm currently studying the recording didn't work.

To top it off, I come across this section in my typed notes:

"Dear god you are not paying attention at all. You're too busy thinking about nothing, or the RAM intro meeting that's up next, but Dr. Brown is saying a lot of things here that you should probably be paying attention to (~15 minutes in?). You might just want to rewatch this entire lecture. I'm sorry future @kcoughli , I have failed you."

FML
 
kcoughli said:
So I'm trying to study for an upcoming exam, and my preferred method of studying is to rewatch the lectures that were recorded. Of course for the section I'm currently studying the recording didn't work.

To top it off, I come across this section in my typed notes:

"Dear god you are not paying attention at all. You're too busy thinking about nothing, or the RAM intro meeting that's up next, but Dr. Brown is saying a lot of things here that you should probably be paying attention to (~15 minutes in?). You might just want to rewatch this entire lecture. I'm sorry future @kcoughli , I have failed you."

FML
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Are you guys able to pull up previous year's lectures? I know I've done that in the past when our recordings have failed. It's not always the exact same lecture, but usually close enough that I understand the material.
 
orca2011 said:
Are you guys able to pull up previous year's lectures? I know I've done that in the past when our recordings have failed. It's not always the exact same lecture, but usually close enough that I understand the material.
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They probably exist somewhere but there's really no way to access them unless they get posted to our site, which they were not.

New rant: did very very poorly on aforementioned exam. For some reason, due to the style and format of the lectures and the overall well-organized format of the class, I was not expecting the kind of detailed nitpicky tricksy questions given on the exam. I was looking at broad concepts... the more fool I...
 
jjohnston said:
Hah, yeah. I worked relief this past weekend and am again next weekend, but of course he was acutely ill this morning and I didn't want to wait.

Update: They admitted to running his blood work as a dog and are not charging me for the catheter or the hospitalization. But the doctor was really angry with me, which is annoying since they screwed up. If I had known his blood work was normal, I would've opted for SQ fluids instead of IV fluids and hospitalization.
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Why would the doctor be angry with you?!? Someone definitely should have noticed the bloodwork was ran incorrectly. I also find it odd that they didn't show you the bloodwork when going over it and you had to request it faxed to you (unless you dropped off your cat and they called you with the results, in which case never mind).

While I'm here, this is a super-petty rant, but I ordered some scrub pants online and got them today. I ordered an XS petite, and they STILL need to be hemmed a couple inches! I'm 5'2", which isn't extremely short by any means. Annoying.
 
LyraGardenia said:
Why would the doctor be angry with you?!? Someone definitely should have noticed the bloodwork was ran incorrectly. I also find it odd that they didn't show you the bloodwork when going over it and you had to request it faxed to you (unless you dropped off your cat and they called you with the results, in which case never mind).

While I'm here, this is a super-petty rant, but I ordered some scrub pants online and got them today. I ordered an XS petite, and they STILL need to be hemmed a couple inches! I'm 5'2", which isn't extremely short by any means. Annoying.
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I know that feel. I'm 5'0". All the scrub pants are too long! Although the one time I did order petite they somehow ended up being too short, so I just can't win.
 
LyraGardenia said:
Why would the doctor be angry with you?!? Someone definitely should have noticed the bloodwork was ran incorrectly. I also find it odd that they didn't show you the bloodwork when going over it and you had to request it faxed to you (unless you dropped off your cat and they called you with the results, in which case never mind).

While I'm here, this is a super-petty rant, but I ordered some scrub pants online and got them today. I ordered an XS petite, and they STILL need to be hemmed a couple inches! I'm 5'2", which isn't extremely short by any means. Annoying.
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In what world is 5'2" not extremely short?? 😉

I understand the frustration though. Lol
 
brightimpressio said:
I go back and forth between being absolutely fine and crying spontaneously haha. It'll get better 🙂
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Well I'm always here if you need to talk. And you're right, it will get better. Sending virtual hugs your way 🙂
 
WildZoo said:
I'm the short one in my family at 5'0". My best friend is the "short" one in her family at 5'6" :lame:
But man do I have countertop climbing skills.
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3 sisters... 2 are around my height 5'3" to 5'4".... youngest of the family.. 5'8"ish... give or take a bit. Then what do you expect when one parent is 5'0" and the other is 6'4"...
 
I hate that I'm essentially doing busy work for this stupid rotation. I get it, you want us to become familiar with important websites. But having us have to wade through all this crap with a slow site to boot is a waste of my time. The deeper in I get into this assignment for a WEEK LONG rotation, the angrier I get. I could be, you know, studying for NAVLE or something.
 
DVMDream said:
3 sisters... 2 are around my height 5'3" to 5'4".... youngest of the family.. 5'8"ish... give or take a bit. Then what do you expect when one parent is 5'0" and the other is 6'4"...
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Isn't it great when your younger siblings are taller than you?? My mom is 5'5" and my dad was 5'9", I just got all the short genes from one side of my mom's family 😢 Meanwhile my sister is 5'6" and my brother is probably 5'10" by now. Their dad is right at 6' so it makes sense.
 
WildZoo said:
Isn't it great when your younger siblings are taller than you?? My mom is 5'5" and my dad was 5'9", I just got all the short genes from one side of my mom's family 😢 Meanwhile my sister is 5'6" and my brother is probably 5'10" by now. Their dad is right at 6' so it makes sense.
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Meh, I like being short...

My younger sister complains about how tall she is because high heels become an issue. Finding a guy that is taller than her becomes an issue. Finding long enough pants (then again I have the issue of finding short enough pants) is an issue.
 
DVMDream said:
Meh, I like being short...

My younger sister complains about how tall she is because high heels become an issue. Finding a guy that is taller than her becomes an issue. Finding long enough pants (then again I have the issue of finding short enough pants) is an issue.
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At least if pants are too long you can roll them or get them hemmed, it's more difficult if they're too short I suppose 😀 Most of the time I don't mind being short, but some of the cabinets in the pharmacy at the clinic where I worked this past summer were really high...but then one of the head techs was my height, so I wasn't the only one having to hop up on the counter lol
 
WildZoo said:
At least if pants are too long you can roll them or get them hemmed, it's more difficult if they're too short I suppose 😀 Most of the time I don't mind being short, but some of the cabinets in the pharmacy at the clinic where I worked this past summer were really high...but then one of the head techs was my height, so I wasn't the only one having to hop up on the counter lol
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Yeah, when I was a tech they used to stack up the food in a high spot so I would have to carry 30 pound bags of food up a step stool. They also kept the fluid boxes up high and those things are heavy... would have to climb up a step stool and heave them over my head onto the shelf... Sometimes I could convince the tall vet at the clinic to put them up there for me.. 🙂
 
DVMDream said:
Yeah, when I was a tech they used to stack up the food in a high spot so I would have to carry 30 pound bags of food up a step stool. They also kept the fluid boxes up high and those things are heavy... would have to climb up a step stool and heave them over my head onto the shelf... Sometimes I could convince the tall vet at the clinic to put them up there for me.. 🙂
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We would get the kennel guys to do stuff like that for us all the time :laugh:
 
WildZoo said:
We would get the kennel guys to do stuff like that for us all the time :laugh:
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I think half of the other techs and two of the three vets at the clinic I work at are shorter than me, so luckily we don't have too many important/heavy things in high places! Also we're a clinic of all women (ten techs/receptionists, the office manager and 3 vets), so no guys to do the heavy lifting. There haven't even been any guys shadowing in the time I've worked here.
 
LyraGardenia said:
I think half of the other techs and two of the three vets at the clinic I work at are shorter than me, so luckily we don't have too many important/heavy things in high places! Also we're a clinic of all women (ten techs/receptionists, the office manager and 3 vets), so no guys to do the heavy lifting. There haven't even been any guys shadowing in the time I've worked here.
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Oh wow! When I started the three vets were men and there was one kennel guy. Then one of the vets left and a woman replaced him, and we got another kennel guy. But I did shadow at one place where it was all women. And at the shelter I volunteer at here, all the hospital staff are women except one male vet.

I have never met a male receptionist...I wonder if those exist...
 
DVMDream said:
Meh, I like being short...
My younger sister complains about how tall she is because high heels become an issue. Finding a guy that is taller than her becomes an issue. Finding long enough pants (then again I have the issue of finding short enough pants) is an issue.
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This. is. the. WORST.
Being over 6' makes even "long" sized pants too short for me.

I don't mind the excuse to not wear high heals though 😉
 
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