"dayzed"

Ok, so the internship isn't as evil as I thought it would be. I didn't have to get a tetanus shot. And its only a 1 hour commute each way.
I don't hate it as much as I thought I would. The work is almost fun-- in a monotonous...anal retentive... sort of way. It actually feels really nice to be back in an academic setting. This week I've been thinking a lot about going back and finishing my bachelors.
The down side is I've had to completely change my work schedule. After working nights for the last 10 years I'm now working all days. I have never been so tired!!! I also had to drop a day so I'm working 6 days a week but I'm only get paid for 4. :-(

anyone else feelin a little dazed and confused?

the cell phone is back in commission

I HEART EBAY

my first nasal oxygen tube

I got to place my first nasal oxygen tube on Monday!!! This doggie came in with a pnuemothorax--that's when air gets into the pleural cavity (the little space between the lungs and the chest wall). The air pushes against the lungs making it difficult for the animal to breathe .

Sometimes these are caused by a trauma, like a deep wound that pierces the chest wall. But this guy had a spontaneous pneumothorax. These are caused by some kind of abcess or disease that affects the lung tissue. He had a bunch of little air filled blisters on his lungs called blebs. The blebs had ruptured and leaked air into the pleural cavity.





He was taken to surgery where they opened up his chest and removed a part of his left lung (a partial lung lobectomy). They placed a tube in his chest to help remove the air from the pleural space. After the surgery, he wasn't doing very well. His gums were grey and his pulse ox was 75-80% (normal is >90%). The doctor asked me to place a nasal oxygen tube, which is a tube that goes up the dog's nose and the other end is connected to an oxygen source.

I've never actually placed one before so I was soo nervous. Luckily the dog had very large nostrils and after a little poking and prodding and lots of topical anesthetic (for the dog!!!) I was able to advance the tube up his nose. I had to suture the tube to the dog to (hopefully) prevent him from pulling the tube out.




A few minutes after the tube was placed his color was back to normal and his pulse ox was 95%!!!

in communicado

My cell phone is dead. D.E.A.D.
dead.
some bunny chewed up my charger. I have no cell phone. Can my life get any worse???

If your reading this and you actually know me (or know someone that knows me) CALL ME!!!! leave a message on my voicemail--- I've been checking it frequently.

My phone's been dead for almost a whole day and I've only gotten one message. And that was a wrong number. :-(
I'm going to assume that you all have been leaving me text messages.

CRY SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM

grrrrrrrrr................
I just found out that I have to do my internship in the city instead of where I thought I would be doing it. Which means I'll be sitting on a train for 3 (maybe 4) hours a day. During rush hour. In the summer. Hold on, I'm gonna go cry again...........

And... They want me to get a tetanus shot--I wouldn't get a tetanus shot if someone stuck a rusty nail directly into my vein!!!!

I am in SUCH a bad mood because of this. I hate LGCC!!! Biggest mistake I ever made. (ok--maybe not the biggest but definitely a mistake.) If anyone wants to be a vet tech and is thinking about going to LGCC--DON'T DO IT!!! Go to Suffolk or go to Mercy or go online. Don't go to LGCC.
Gonna go cry some more now.

Even the cats are angry: