#whyiamavetstudent

Hi everyone,

After a couple of years away from this blog, I am back! A lot has happened between my last post and now, so I thought I would fill you all in.

My last post described my first ever consult as a qualified veterinarian during my first shift of my rotating internship, in the emergency department. After 4 months in emergency (which to be honest, completely destroyed me - mentally, physically and emotionally), I worked in the oncology and the internal medicine department. I learnt an enormous amount during my internship year. The theory behind my internship was to eventually complete a residency in small animal internal medicine (and my, my has my plans changed).

After my internship, I started working in general practice, in a mixed general practice as a matter of fact. I never thought I would touch another sheep, goat, pig or alpaca but here I am, loving it. In fact, I hand-reared 2 orphan lambs (attached photos), Rory and Tommy. I have completed a 55kg pet pig ex-lap, hundreds of cat speys as a part of my clinics charity program as well as working up interesting and bizarre cases.

Currently, I am in Cambodia doing 3 weeks of volunteer veterinary work. In the 4 days that I have been here I have repaired a diaphragmatic hernia in a 1 year old husky (more on this to follow), completed the most bizarre lump removal on a (failed) de-mining dog and worked up a complicated ascending paralysis case in a 4 month old Bloodhound.