I got to shadow in the UT College of Veterinary Medicine today!

[Roxyluvsme13]

Thanks guys!

I had to drop out of surgery and community practice. The vet school only wants 2 people shadowing at one time in each service, and both had conflicts with people so I dropped both of those and will be shadowing in Internal Medicine from 10am-12pm tomorrow . I'm completely fine with that, hopefully there will be a lot going on.

I'll let you all know how that goes tomorrow!

[Roxyluvsme13]

I forgot to update this on Friday .

Internal medicine was WONDERFUL. I got to actually interact with animals and everyone in there was super nice. I got to look at a dog's urine concentration and walk a dog outside . They also offered to let me look at a cat's optic nerve, but I declined as I was nervous .

Yesterday I was in neurology, and I was considering neurology as a specialty, but now I'm not so sure, haha. A dog came in with a head trauma (after being attacked by an Australian Shepherd ) and she was a little Jack Russel Terrier. She had no movement on the left side of her face, and I'm not sure what they were going to do for her but they were about to go take X-rays when I had to leave.

So many exciting things happening, can't wait for Friday

[cassiesmom]

for the JRT and the Aussie

that you had a great experience, though!

[Roxyluvsme13]

A dog died on us today . Her name was Sandy and she was a MinPin. She was only four.

I think I handled it pretty well though, but I almost cried. I know I can't save them all, but it's still tough.

I'm keeping her family in my thoughts, as I know it's not easy to lose a furry friend you love

[Karen]

Awww, that must be the hardest part. I only breifly ever considered being a vet, as I knew as a kid it would bother me too much to not be able to explain things to an animal. A human doc was on my list of 6 possible careers I narrowed it down to*, but I knew I couldn't be a vet!


*By 5th grade or so I figured if I could be 6 people, I could pursue most of my career interests.