29th June - 4th July 2015
- Saw a german spitz bitch get spayed - thought the ovaries were bigger than what I expected them to be.
- There was a jack russell terrier who previously had surgery to remove its spleen as it had a tumour on there (I didn't see the surgical procedure). It started to recover well at first but then started to show signs of depression, lameness, fatigue, slow response. It was given oxyglobin but seemed to react badly to that. Given lots of fluids but the owners still tried to continue to keep him alive for a few more days to see if he will recover. Unfortunately, results got back from the lab and the cancer had actually spread throughout the dog and the dog was euthanised. I didn't get to see the euthanasia as this would be extremely traumatic for the owners and I did not feel that it was my place to interfere. R.I.P
- A female staffordshire bull terrier came in who had just been in a fight with two other male staffs at Studholme kennels. The staffy was badly bruised and bitten. The dog was shaved and diluted iodine was put on the wounds to help prevent severe infections although would sting when the dog woke up from its sedation. None of the wounds were stitched up, I did ask the vet why not but she explained that the wounds might actually be better off to heal on their own. Once the dog woke from its sedation, there was no appointments at this point in the practice so I went to sit with the dog who was in utter pain from stings and bruises. I stayed with it and comforted her.
- A stray staffy came in and the dog warden was phoned and hopefully rehomed by the time I am writing this as it was such an adorable loving dog. I personally wanted to name it Lola but the vet nurses ended up calling it Bella.
- I saw many events where blood was taken from the animal. For some animals the vets shaved the arm or on the side of the chest to find a vein to extract the blood. However, I found that for show dogs, vets tend to avoid shaving the arm or chest of these dogs.
- Before this week of my experience, I had never seen temperature being recorded of an animal. The temperature is recorded from the anus which is to give a more accurate reading of body temperature.
- A kitten came in and received a vaccination and a microchip.
