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Is it wrong that I am bothered by the hair hanging out of the scrub cap while wearing a mask?
(not bothered by trying to drink coffee with a mask on. if that hasn't happened to you, you just haven't been tired enough yet.)
It also looks like she has a chicken foot coming out of her cap on the right
 
Started watching the Mandalorian.

Show is ok, but Baby Yoda exceeds expectations
The show gets very good. It does start out a little disjointed which is the main concern I’ve heard from most people. Like each episode is its own plot that it’s forgotten in the next episode. Keep watching.

BUT, baby yoda is a damn treasure and is the best thing to happen to Star Wars, no, the world, in decades.
 
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Kind of a rant and a rave lol. So my dad apparently decided that he doesn't want to take care of my 4 horses that live at home anymore. He wants to sell the acreage, travel, etc etc. Which is fine lol, but I definitely can't afford to take care of 5 horses on my future resident's salary. It also put me in kind of a rough situation because my 4 horses at home aren't sellable for various health reasons, so really their only options if they can't live with my dad are 1) euth or 2) be a pasture puff in either my field (that I don't have) or some very generous person's field. But they're 17hh+ hay burners so I'm pretty sure no one wants to feed them except me :whistle: Anyway. Lots of emotional turmoil and frustration on my part about this, but I digress.

There was some back and forth on this, and after a while my dad came up with a solution: he's going to outright buy my partner and I an acreage in the town my residency is in, so then we only need to pay property tax/utilities, and thus could probably afford to keep the horses. Apparently not having the horses is worth the cost of an ENTIRE ACREAGE to him :laugh: So we're going to look at properties this weekend! I get to have my ponies in my backyard again :biglove:
 
Kind of a rant and a rave lol. So my dad apparently decided that he doesn't want to take care of my 4 horses that live at home anymore. He wants to sell the acreage, travel, etc etc. Which is fine lol, but I definitely can't afford to take care of 5 horses on my future resident's salary. It also put me in kind of a rough situation because my 4 horses at home aren't sellable for various health reasons, so really their only options if they can't live with my dad are 1) euth or 2) be a pasture puff in either my field (that I don't have) or some very generous person's field. But they're 17hh+ hay burners so I'm pretty sure no one wants to feed them except me :whistle: Anyway. Lots of emotional turmoil and frustration on my part about this, but I digress.

There was some back and forth on this, and after a while my dad came up with a solution: he's going to outright buy my partner and I an acreage in the town my residency is in, so then we only need to pay property tax/utilities, and thus could probably afford to keep the horses. Apparently not having the horses is worth the cost of an ENTIRE ACREAGE to him :laugh: So we're going to look at properties this weekend! I get to have my ponies in my backyard again :biglove:

I can imagine this has been extremely stressful but I’m glad it seems to be working out. I’m starting to seriously prepare or get a hay burner myself now that residency is over and reading the beginning of your post I was thinking to myself ‘too bad I need/want a horse that can have a job and not just a pasture ornament or I’d offer to help her out’...but the end solution is great!
 
I can imagine this has been extremely stressful but I’m glad it seems to be working out. I’m starting to seriously prepare or get a hay burner myself now that residency is over and reading the beginning of your post I was thinking to myself ‘too bad I need/want a horse that can have a job and not just a pasture ornament or I’d offer to help her out’...but the end solution is great!

Yeah I was pretty torn up about it haha. The two big guys are the worst off, one has Grade IV laryngeal hemiplegia AND navicular AND has torn his DDFT twice... and the other one we discovered an old C5 fracture and shouldn't be ridden unless you have a great insurance policy :laugh: The other two maybe could find good homes but it's tough to sell your children...lol. So I'm glad it seems to be working out, and excited to see what we end up with :heckyeah:
 
Kind of a rant and a rave lol. So my dad apparently decided that he doesn't want to take care of my 4 horses that live at home anymore. He wants to sell the acreage, travel, etc etc. Which is fine lol, but I definitely can't afford to take care of 5 horses on my future resident's salary. It also put me in kind of a rough situation because my 4 horses at home aren't sellable for various health reasons, so really their only options if they can't live with my dad are 1) euth or 2) be a pasture puff in either my field (that I don't have) or some very generous person's field. But they're 17hh+ hay burners so I'm pretty sure no one wants to feed them except me :whistle: Anyway. Lots of emotional turmoil and frustration on my part about this, but I digress.

There was some back and forth on this, and after a while my dad came up with a solution: he's going to outright buy my partner and I an acreage in the town my residency is in, so then we only need to pay property tax/utilities, and thus could probably afford to keep the horses. Apparently not having the horses is worth the cost of an ENTIRE ACREAGE to him :laugh: So we're going to look at properties this weekend! I get to have my ponies in my backyard again :biglove:
How the hell is it that I see you like 3-4 times a week and still find out all your news from here? :laugh:
 
I can imagine this has been extremely stressful but I’m glad it seems to be working out. I’m starting to seriously prepare or get a hay burner myself now that residency is over and reading the beginning of your post I was thinking to myself ‘too bad I need/want a horse that can have a job and not just a pasture ornament or I’d offer to help her out’...but the end solution is great!
Well if you're serious hit me up. I have one I need to offload. She's very job-able, but unstarted because vet school. I'm never allowed to ride again since my head injury in the fall :bigtears:
 
Well if you're serious hit me up. I have one I need to offload. She's very job-able, but unstarted because vet school. I'm never allowed to ride again since my head injury in the fall :bigtears:

That really sucks you can’t ride anymore.
I am seriously making plans but I don’t think I am up for something unstarted. I haven’t had a horse for about 8-10 years...my parents euthanized my old mare and sold my gelding when I went to vet school (several months apart), so I’m just getting back to it and probably need more of a well broke middle aged horse right now. I don’t know very many people in my area since I just moved here and would probably be riding alone the majority of the time so need one I can trust and a green horse probably isn’t the right fit. I did the young horse stuff with my gelding (a home-bred out of my mare) and it was exciting but I am not ready for that again. Nor am I as physically resilient as I was in high school haha.

Right now I’m saving more than the cost of board each month to reassure myself I can afford one. I have enough saved for the horse itself and a reasonable trailer...currently working on building the emergency vet funds and tack/supply funds before I reach out to a couple family friends that train rope horses to see if they have any that might be a good fit. I started casually searching for a boarding barn and drove by the closest few this past weekend. Even my mom who has historically been fairly anti-horse has made two not-negative comments about me getting one soon so the timing is finally feeling right.
 
That really sucks you can’t ride anymore.
I am seriously making plans but I don’t think I am up for something unstarted. I haven’t had a horse for about 8-10 years...my parents euthanized my old mare and sold my gelding when I went to vet school (several months apart), so I’m just getting back to it and probably need more of a well broke middle aged horse right now. I don’t know very many people in my area since I just moved here and would probably be riding alone the majority of the time so need one I can trust and a green horse probably isn’t the right fit. I did the young horse stuff with my gelding (a home-bred out of my mare) and it was exciting but I am not ready for that again. Nor am I as physically resilient as I was in high school haha.

Right now I’m saving more than the cost of board each month to reassure myself I can afford one. I have enough saved for the horse itself and a reasonable trailer...currently working on building the emergency vet funds and tack/supply funds before I reach out to a couple family friends that train rope horses to see if they have any that might be a good fit. I started casually searching for a boarding barn and drove by the closest few this past weekend. Even my mom who has historically been fairly anti-horse has made two not-negative comments about me getting one soon so the timing is finally feeling right.
No worries, but it never hurts to try. I'm excited for you! And yeah... I'm agraphic since the last head bonk, possibly permanently. So another one could be it for me. After I get through fourth year I'll be done with livestock permanently.
 
Today is a very special day for me. 20 years ago today I was adopted from China and I gained US citizenship. Pictures that make you go “awwww” included :happy: if anyone has questions feel free to tag me but don’t quote please
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Also I’m getting a second tattoo in honor of my 20 year mark and I’m super excited
 
haha i'm amused the baby passport specifies you are single (and ready to mingle?)

Cute pug too 😍
I guess so? Fun fact: when the adoption process was happening at the US consulate in China, my mom had to swear on my behalf that I wouldn’t become a terrorist because I was too young to do so myself (9 months old). Interestingly enough this was before 9/11
 
Mixed emotions of many things in the past 24 hours:
Good:
- Got into Marvet Cayman this summer! Super pumped.
- Started my rabies vaccine series and my insurance covers it completely?! Insane..
- School just got declared suspended until Thursday cause of snow?!
- Banfield phone interview done, glad that is over with and I dont think it went terribly? I think?

Sad:
- Got rejected from Aquavet (really wanted to do this, will probably try again next year)
- Snow day in vet school sounds like a mild train wreck (i.e. still need to learn the material for exams? Anatomy exam on Thursday so I was banking on tomorrow to be a final review day, I guess I could still go in regardless lol).
- Looming boatload of exams in the foreseeable future...
 
Mixed emotions of many things in the past 24 hours:
Good:
- Got into Marvet Cayman this summer! Super pumped.
- Started my rabies vaccine series and my insurance covers it completely?! Insane..
- School just got declared suspended until Thursday cause of snow?!
- Banfield phone interview done, glad that is over with and I dont think it went terribly? I think?

Sad:
- Got rejected from Aquavet (really wanted to do this, will probably try again next year)
- Snow day in vet school sounds like a mild train wreck (i.e. still need to learn the material for exams? Anatomy exam on Thursday so I was banking on tomorrow to be a final review day, I guess I could still go in regardless lol).
- Looming boatload of exams in the foreseeable future...
Well I heard that someone asked Wallett and she said the exam would be moved to Friday
 
Well I heard that someone asked Wallett and she said the exam would be moved to Friday

oh snap
Yo mine did too and I’m still just waiting for them to realize a year and a half later that they didn’t mean to and send me a bill.
okay same, glad I’m not the only one waiting for them to say “OOPS, mistake, give us $1200 😏.” Until that day comes, I’ll keep holding my breath
 
Yo mine did too and I’m still just waiting for them to realize a year and a half later that they didn’t mean to and send me a bill.
okay same, glad I’m not the only one waiting for them to say “OOPS, mistake, give us $1200 😏.” Until that day comes, I’ll keep holding my breath
OMG same! They told me they wouldn't but the health center said they would try anyway and I have never gotten a bill for it so.....
 
So a major rave with ranty bits. One of my dogs had emergency surgery last night. Linear foreign body. Nobody at home was willing to work with us because I didn't have the money for sx + hosp available that day, so we had to rush her 3 hours down the highway to me here. One of my surgery profs pulled major strings to make sure she at least got into the OR. Called in a favour from another surgeon who wasn't even on call and had her waive the fee, had them waive the referral & consult fees, didn't call in the surgery tech to save us the call-in fee. Had the intern scrub in instead of the second surgeon because she's cheaper, and vouched for me as far as future payment. I had enough for the downpayment thanks to a couple of classmates who chipped in as soon as they heard what was going on.

She had no perforations and came through surgery okay, but a few bits of intestine looked compromised enough that there's still a chance they may go. BUT. Clinical signs started at 2 AM. Mike called me at 5 and described what he was seeing and I immediately told him to take her in. He called our regular clinic as soon as they opened at 8. They had no appointments available so he took her in through emergency instead. They took rads. The vet who was on seemed to be having trouble reading the images and said that he could wait and see if it resolved, or take her to the specialty hospital for an ultrasound if he was really worried. I was in lab and couldn't step out, but when we got out for lunch there were rads waiting in my inbox. I looked and was immediately like OMG holy plication!!! Called Mike and she was already checked in for ultrasound. Got that done... plicated intestines with a hyperechoic line running through them. Called our regular clinic knowing that the money I had wouldn't cover sx + hosp. Our regular doc doesn't do surgery, and the owner doesn't know me and saw no reason to work with us on that. The specialty hospital wouldn't budge from policy. Tried a friend who sometimes does pro bono work, but she had no room.

Emailed one of my surgery profs. She was teaching so I caught her afterwards and pretty much literally prostrated myself at her feet in the atrium begging for help. She couldn't do the surgery herself, but said she'd talk to her hospital admin and to bring her in through emergency and they'd be expecting us. RUSHED THE DOG 3 HOURS DOWN THE HIGHWAY TO ME. Got her into the OR at about 9 PM. Again... clinical signs had started at 2 AM. A 19 hour delay because a vet couldn't read rads (I know her... was not shocked to hear) and nobody at home would work with us. There were no perforations, but a few spots looked compromised enough that they might still go so things are still a bit touchy. I'm super raving that I have a live dog, but so much of that shouldn't have had to happen!!!

I literally offered my prof my first born right there in the hospital lobby as they were taking her back, but for some reason she didn't seem to want a 17 year old boy. I'll buy her dinner or something instead.
 
Got an interview for a big girl job - at a place I used to work at that I loved, doing 50% surgery which I love, back in my home region which both me and my husband love. No pressure but I am so excited about the idea of getting this job!
 
Good luck @kcoughli :hardy:

@Squeaksmom First, I am so glad your dog got the surgery she needed! I hope she does well and doesn't need anything resected.

I would like to say (as kindly as possible)...be gentle with referring DVMs. I remember in vet school we got a consult on a dog with GI signs. There was a big ol' abdominal mass that we all saw easily on the rads they had submitted and we all got on our high horses about HOW could someone miss that?! But there WILL be times where you miss something obvious or make a stupid (or even life-threatening) mistake. The very last thing you need in that moment is someone else, be it a colleague, a specialist, a technician or a vet student, berating you or judging you for it. VIN has plenty of stories of people messing up; hell, one of the orthos in the group we refer to told me she once missed a hip luxation on rads! It happens. It's hard when it's your own dog you're dealing with, I know, but I would focus on the happy part of your story 🙂
 
Good luck @kcoughli :hardy:

@Squeaksmom First, I am so glad your dog got the surgery she needed! I hope she does well and doesn't need anything resected.

I would like to say (as kindly as possible)...be gentle with referring DVMs. I remember in vet school we got a consult on a dog with GI signs. There was a big ol' abdominal mass that we all saw easily on the rads they had submitted and we all got on our high horses about HOW could someone miss that?! But there WILL be times where you miss something obvious or make a stupid (or even life-threatening) mistake. The very last thing you need in that moment is someone else, be it a colleague, a specialist, a technician or a vet student, berating you or judging you for it. VIN has plenty of stories of people messing up; hell, one of the orthos in the group we refer to told me she once missed a hip luxation on rads! It happens. It's hard when it's your own dog you're dealing with, I know, but I would focus on the happy part of your story 🙂
I'm upset because this is the third time this vet has missed badness on rads on my animals, that I could clearly see as a student with obviously limited experience. And would never smear her publicly, or to others (notice I didn't say who or what practice) or berate her either to her face or to her employer. But I don't think being upset is unjustified.
 
I'm upset because this is the third time this vet has missed badness on rads on my animals. And would never smear her publicly, or to others (notice I didn't say who or what practice) or berate her either to her face or to her employer. But I don't think being upset is unjustified.

I don't mean to say you can't be upset about the situation, even if it were the first time it had happened. I would be too. Is there another vet you can take the critters to?
 
Thanks! It should! It's still not much, honestly, but it's quite a bit better than what I'm making now. Should definitely be more than enough for me to finally move back out.

This is important. Does it have insurance? That would also be useful as you move forwards with transition.

I'm so happy for a win for you! It may feel small but it's a solid step in a good direction and I hope you feel like you earned it (cuz you did).
 
This is important. Does it have insurance? That would also be useful as you move forwards with transition.

I'm so happy for a win for you! It may feel small but it's a solid step in a good direction and I hope you feel like you earned it (cuz you did).
It does, yes! Haven't looked into the nitty-gritty details of exactly what it will cover, but even just making almost 2x what I currently do will still help even if I have to do the hormone stuff out-of-pocket. I'm excited. 🙂
 
It does, yes! Haven't looked into the nitty-gritty details of exactly what it will cover, but even just making almost 2x what I currently do will still help even if I have to do the hormone stuff out-of-pocket. I'm excited. 🙂

Soooooo exciting. I'm very glad for you rn.
 
@that redhead I see you’re back on SDN... did everything go well with your babies??

Thanks for asking! 🙂 I ended up with a C-section and everyone is doing great. (But ow.) I learned I’d probably prefer a vet colleague to do my epidural and that I am so glad I’m such a big analgesia nut when it comes to my own patients because otherwise it would be a perfect opportunity for karma to strike :laugh:
 
Super excited to post my clinical rotation schedule! Not "finalized" as of yet, but it's pretty close! Will be doing a lot of traveling to off campus sites but I know it'll be well worth it. So excited for this adventure!
 
While I got my waitlist letter from my IS in the mail today (which has me feeling some mixed emotions), I can't help but feel ecstatic that I'll be going to Japan in 34 days!! I can't wait to go and eat all the food!:smuggrin:
 
While I got my waitlist letter from my IS in the mail today (which has me feeling some mixed emotions), I can't help but feel ecstatic that I'll be going to Japan in 34 days!! I can't wait to go and eat all the food!:smuggrin:
I’m going to Japan in March! Also super excited, I never get to travel!
 
I’m going to Japan in March! Also super excited, I never get to travel!
No way, thats awesome!! Super stoked for you! :highfive: :biglove: My partner and I will be in Tokyo ~1.5 weeks then in the Kyoto/Osaka area for a few days.
 
No way, thats awesome!! Super stoked for you! :highfive: :biglove: My partner and I will be in Tokyo ~1.5 weeks then in the Kyoto/Osaka area for a few days.
I leave in 45 days, so we might overlap a little 🙂 I’m the reverse, in Tokyo for a few days then out to the Osaka/Kyoto area.
 
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