Lexington review
So far the past 3 weeks I disappeared to an equine hospital in lexington, KY. For a boarded veterinarian to do this raised alot of eyebrows especially at the visiitng practice, but one of my resident advisors works there in medicine and had offered for me to come up and basically hangout on medicine whenever I wanted. So I finally took him up on the invite, visited and lived in the student house. I needed the trip to not only sharpen dusty skills and knowledge, but to get a grip on my life and career (I've been a bit of a downward slump). And now that I am back, I am counting the days when I could possibly return in the spring when it is really busy. The staff and medicine section were incredibly nice and a blast to work alongside. I walked away with a better knowledge of how to diagnosis and treat disease, ideas for research projects, and moral boost in my teaching skills. The area is beautiful and enjoyed the days on weekends when I could just drive around and gawked at the farms. I enjoyed being immersed in a horse industry again. I once again was looking forward to seeing emergencies at night and reading on cases. I slept an average of 5 -6 hours a night and didn't feel that tired the following day (Before I went I was sleeping way to much). Staying in the house was like a very mellow version of MTV realworld. We had a community living room and kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and 5 bedrooms. On average there was 6 people. We had no TV since the switch to digital, so I discovered that yes I can live without TV however, at the end of the day everyone lounged around the living room with laptops because we did have internet. The students were alot of fun to be with an their enthusiam over vet med really helped my outlook. I enjoyed every minute of my visit and has brought new vigar into my attitude, I just hope it lasts.