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Squeaksmom said:
I passed my first OSCE of the year!!! (failing one is the reason I'm in third year again) Only 2 more to go....
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Thanks guys... it feels pretty good!! 😀 But man did my anxiety spike when I saw that result hit my inbox!
 
TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo said:
!!! Are you needing a place to live? My roommate is moving out in April because she is graduating. :laugh:

That makes me so happy! You'll even be there when I'm on rotation.
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Hahaha unfortunately I come with some baggage named boyfriend :laugh: He's going to try and transfer his physics degree credits into the BEd program! I may bug you for life advice about living there in the new year though!
 
awesomenessity said:
Hahaha unfortunately I come with some baggage named boyfriend :laugh: He's going to try and transfer his physics degree credits into the BEd program! I may bug you for life advice about living there in the new year though!
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Sounds good! Facebook messages are a lovely distraction from lecture. 🙂 If he has any questions about the BEd here, a friend/classmate's boyfriend is currently in the program and I could put him in touch with you.
 
Elkhart said:
'Tis. Burning through pretty much all of my PTO, but it's worth it. There's no one on the schedule for tomorrow or Sunday so they will probably try to call me in (they already tried for today) but I'm putting my foot down for once and saying no. I need to finish getting all of the information on my vet school admissions site up-to-date and ready to go back online and public, as well as retool my resume to begin the job hunt anew again. I literally don't know how long I can continue doing these 4-6 days of 12 hour shifts per week, and the pay is so not even remotely close to being worth it. Anyway, I should finally have more than enough free time to get those, along with other general adulting things, done.

Oh! And I also want to get back into writing creatively; since my PTO coincides nicely with the start of NaNoWriMo season, I feel like now is the perfect opportunity. 🙂
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This whole post made me so happy for you. I just thought you should know.
 
This dude has been so good lately, both in training/sports and in life. Look at those wild long and fuzzy ears in this picture from a month or so ago....he let me pluck them by hand over the last few days and he's always been a really touch sensitive type so it was a huge step that he let me do that, without food/coercion. He ALMOST seemed to enjoy it...

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that redhead said:
While cleaning the basement, I found my diploma and a couple awards from vet school, as well as the frames my husband bought me to put them in when I graduated. So 4.5 years later, I finally put them in their frames. I guess it’s official now! Maybe in another 4.5 years I’ll hang them on the wall... :laugh:
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I just got mine done too. I left them at my parents’ house for years but now that I have a ‘real’ job we went ahead and got custom frames for everything to match. So far I only have my vet diploma and residency certificate on the wall in my office, the intern certificate, UG diploma, and AA diploma have to wait until I get facilities to drill me new holes someday.
 
I was offered a summer job in West Virginia working at a veterinary hospital (mainly as a vet assistant but maybe some tech stuff too). Free room and board goes with it from what I understand. They said they will have a recent vet school grad from Kansas State, a third year from Purdue, and a second year from Virginia Tech there too so I should be able to learn a lot. I've asked for a little more information and have one more internship I've applied for but I think this one sounds really good. I would get to see a part of the country I have never been to!

Now just waiting to hear from KSU this week!! I can't believe vet school is so close (I hope).
 
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Polocrosse2017 said:
I was offered a summer job in West Virginia working at a veterinary hospital (mainly as a vet assistant but maybe some tech stuff too). Free room and board goes with it from what I understand. They said they will have a recent vet school grad from Kansas State, a third year from Purdue, and a second year from Virginia Tech there too so I should be able to learn a lot. I've asked for a little more information and have one more internship I've applied for but I think this one sounds really good. I would get to see a part of the country I have never been to!

Now just waiting to hear from KSU this week!! I can't believe vet school is so close (I hope).
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Where in WV? (where I’m from!).
 
I did my first rabbit neuter and dog cystotomy today and they both went well. I had to go back in once with the cysto to retrieve two small stones that I missed, but not bad overall. I was supposed to do my first cysto on a guinea pig a few weeks ago, but I ended up doing a urethrotomy instead and she's doing awesome.
 
Skimble said:
I did my first rabbit neuter and dog cystotomy today and they both went well. I had to go back in once with the cysto to retrieve two small stones that I missed, but not bad overall. I was supposed to do my first cysto on a guinea pig a few weeks ago, but I ended up doing a urethrotomy instead and she's doing awesome.
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Good work! Cystotomies are my favorite surgery 🙂 I have one pig patient that needs the urethrotomy but owner is crazy and won’t go for it, boo.
 
ajs513 said:
I got a position working for the research colony at school! It’s not well paid of course but it’s some good experience and I’ll make enough to pay for lunch (or beer). At a time when I felt like everyone was doing stuff except for me, I’m glad this worked out.
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Tell Patty I say hi! Love on all the colony animals for me too. I’m not sure who is still there from when I worked there. The people are all really awesome. It’s a pretty good gig.
 
Skimble said:
Tell Patty I say hi! Love on all the colony animals for me too. I’m not sure who is still there from when I worked there. The people are all really awesome. It’s a pretty good gig.
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Will do! I’m so excited. She’s the nicest. During my interview it came up that my vet/mentor who was V’04 worked in the colony (I didn’t name drop I swear) and it turns out she knew him really well and was at his wedding. And she was like “well I guess we have to hire you since [doctor’s name] says so!”
 
that redhead said:
Good work! Cystotomies are my favorite surgery 🙂 I have one pig patient that needs the urethrotomy but owner is crazy and won’t go for it, boo.
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Is the piggy blocked?! Honestly, I adopted this one because the owner couldn’t afford it and was going to euthanize her. She’s so sweet, I couldn’t do it, so now I have a guinea pig. Next week we are going to try to flank spay her. It sounds easy enough.
 
Skimble said:
Is the piggy blocked?! Honestly, I adopted this one because the owner couldn’t afford it and was going to euthanize her. She’s so sweet, I couldn’t do it, so now I have a guinea pig. Next week we are going to try to flank spay her. It sounds easy enough.
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No(t yet). But it’s an impressively large stone wedged in there, poor girl.

And that’s awesome! Let me know how it goes 🙂
 
that redhead said:
No(t yet). But it’s an impressively large stone wedged in there, poor girl.

And that’s awesome! Let me know how it goes 🙂
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This was mine upon presentation, clearly in the bladder.
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And this is less than a week later on the day of surgery when I was planning on doing a cysto, but had to make a change of plans.
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It’s a pretty impressive stone at almost 2cm long.
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Elkhart said:
A dumb and minor rave, but I got accepted as a post-bacc student to my undergrad school... even in spite of my embarrassingly terrible vet school GPA, amazingly enough. Woo. I've been missing school for a while and I'm excited to start back up in the fall; now I just need to find a job and a place to live back down there.

I am hoping that this will be worth it. I'm currently between two fields, both of which will do far more for me professionally and especially financially than my generic-o BS in biology ever could, and since it's the same undergrad school I attended before, my general education credits transferring is a complete non-issue. With it being among the cheapest 4-year institutions in the state, it shouldn't add more than maybe $10k-12k total to my debtload when all is said and done. I guess I should remind myself that I'd still come out far better than I would have had I finished vet school.
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Your definitions of "dumb" and "minor" must be different than mine... that's awesome!!
 
I've been ranting a lot lately, but today I have a rave. Even though I was forcefully reminded today (again) that my brain has a long way to go before it's healed, not so for my fractured patella. I just took off the brace for the night, and this time it gets to stay off!
 
I've been having a blast at the welfare assessment this year, and the social tonight was awesome. I talked to a gal that is considering opening a welfare residency and going into welfare as a veterinarian in just so low key tempting that it's becoming a serious consideration. It's one of the few things I've been drawn to all of vet school. I've got her name and will be getting her card tomorrow. Mr. Bats and I are talking about future shenanigans next week, so this will have to be a part of the discussion. But it sounds so cool!!!
 
Elkhart said:
Thanks but, well... not even three days later and I'm already having tremendous reservations and doubts about it and wondering if it's even really a good idea. Didn't take long. What if I have another mental breakdown to the point that my grades suffer and I get dismissed again? What if I don't actually end up in a better spot than I'm in right now? What if I lose all of my money and wind up in an awful situation again? I know these things are all unlikely to pan out, but I feel like really large commitments are something I still struggle with at this stage.

Gah. Why am I like this?
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The "what if?" game is hard to get out of. Just remember you can take a semester off if your mental health starts to suffer - no one ever said you have to do a degree all in one go! Going back to school is something you've been thinking about and planning for a while now. You're not jumping in blindly. It's hard to know how it will turn out, but I'm excited for you and I'm optimistic that it'll be a good decision! You got this.
 
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