week in review
is it sad that i had to open up three different documents on my computer in order to remember my week in enough detail to do this? possibly. could i remember monday without them? not so much.
well, first of all, anatomy lab four times a week for three hours each time is starting to wear on me. i don't care if it is three species and that we're now throwing the reproductive tract into the mix. twelve hours a week is just unnecessary and it's making me worry about motivating myself to study for the up coming exam. we did have our radiology quiz this week, which made class somewhat more interesting. it was only over the distal limb of the horse, so not too complicated.
the highlight of my school related week? physical diagnosis labs started!
i got to break out my shiny new stethoscope and everything. small animal lab on tuesday was kind of boring, but, as they keep reminding us, an accurate physical exam is one thing you can't look up in a book and the more you do the better you'll be at it. performing a physical exam definitely enforces the anatomy from last semester. what could be cooler than feeling organs through the body wall?!
the small ruminant lab was about 15x's more exciting. i think, i might actually be interested in treating small ruminants (goats, sheep, etc.) on the side when i'm out in practice. they are cool little creatures and their owners often have a hard time finding a vet to treat them because they're not exactly large animals, though a lot of their physiology is, and they're not very similar to anything small animal vets would be used to treating. who treats things no one else is used to treating? your friendly, neighborhood exotics vet!
ok, back to the lab-- it was a blast! i got to "set-up" a sheep for examination and then, well, perform the exam. then there was the drawing blood from a goat-- thanks for the help, Dr. Woolums! last, but certainly not least-- ultrasound on a preggo goat! there were baby goat spines and ribs and hearts and i totally found them-- yay, me!
oh yea, and i had an exam on wednesday in virology, but i kind of already posted about that. still don't have the grade back, still not too worried. i did get my LA anatomy exam back and I got an "A"-- barely, but i'll take it. if i could get an "A" in anatomy, that would pretty much make my semester-- it's worth something like 4.6 credit hours.
also, way back on monday, i had an OTS meeting and i am now a co-rush chair. the other girls who are doing it are cool and i'm actually kind of excited to plan stuff with money that is not my own-- takes the anxiety off. we need to meet soon-ish to plan for the meet and greet after open house, which the freshman class plans and organizes, so it will be a busy day for us.
on top of all that, i even managed to spend a decent amount of time with my, admittedly, awesome boyfriend and make it to two drop-in aerobics classes. hoping for more of both next week, but we'll see.
right now, i'm lounging on my loveseat in the sunroom with all of th windows open-- enjoying this fine, sunny, 65 degree weather with bethany and gearing up for next week.
1. two more physical diagnosis labs (SA neuro and LA- bovine)
2. two more exams (endo/repro on monday and renal on thursday)
3. valentine's day-- i know it's not a real holiday, but it provides me with guilt-free boyfriend time, since the anatomy exam's been moved to next monday
4. studying for the moved anatomy exam
5. aunt pam's surprise 50th birthday party-- shh! don't tell!
i think that's it, but i'm probably wrong.
well, first of all, anatomy lab four times a week for three hours each time is starting to wear on me. i don't care if it is three species and that we're now throwing the reproductive tract into the mix. twelve hours a week is just unnecessary and it's making me worry about motivating myself to study for the up coming exam. we did have our radiology quiz this week, which made class somewhat more interesting. it was only over the distal limb of the horse, so not too complicated.
the highlight of my school related week? physical diagnosis labs started!
i got to break out my shiny new stethoscope and everything. small animal lab on tuesday was kind of boring, but, as they keep reminding us, an accurate physical exam is one thing you can't look up in a book and the more you do the better you'll be at it. performing a physical exam definitely enforces the anatomy from last semester. what could be cooler than feeling organs through the body wall?!
the small ruminant lab was about 15x's more exciting. i think, i might actually be interested in treating small ruminants (goats, sheep, etc.) on the side when i'm out in practice. they are cool little creatures and their owners often have a hard time finding a vet to treat them because they're not exactly large animals, though a lot of their physiology is, and they're not very similar to anything small animal vets would be used to treating. who treats things no one else is used to treating? your friendly, neighborhood exotics vet!
ok, back to the lab-- it was a blast! i got to "set-up" a sheep for examination and then, well, perform the exam. then there was the drawing blood from a goat-- thanks for the help, Dr. Woolums! last, but certainly not least-- ultrasound on a preggo goat! there were baby goat spines and ribs and hearts and i totally found them-- yay, me!
oh yea, and i had an exam on wednesday in virology, but i kind of already posted about that. still don't have the grade back, still not too worried. i did get my LA anatomy exam back and I got an "A"-- barely, but i'll take it. if i could get an "A" in anatomy, that would pretty much make my semester-- it's worth something like 4.6 credit hours.
also, way back on monday, i had an OTS meeting and i am now a co-rush chair. the other girls who are doing it are cool and i'm actually kind of excited to plan stuff with money that is not my own-- takes the anxiety off. we need to meet soon-ish to plan for the meet and greet after open house, which the freshman class plans and organizes, so it will be a busy day for us.
on top of all that, i even managed to spend a decent amount of time with my, admittedly, awesome boyfriend and make it to two drop-in aerobics classes. hoping for more of both next week, but we'll see.
right now, i'm lounging on my loveseat in the sunroom with all of th windows open-- enjoying this fine, sunny, 65 degree weather with bethany and gearing up for next week.
1. two more physical diagnosis labs (SA neuro and LA- bovine)
2. two more exams (endo/repro on monday and renal on thursday)
3. valentine's day-- i know it's not a real holiday, but it provides me with guilt-free boyfriend time, since the anatomy exam's been moved to next monday
4. studying for the moved anatomy exam
5. aunt pam's surprise 50th birthday party-- shh! don't tell!
i think that's it, but i'm probably wrong.