When I arrived in the morning, I cleaned all of the boarding and hospitalized cat’s cages, giving them more food and fresh water, and cleaning out their litter boxes.

The only treatments needed to be done were 1 cc of B-pen to a kitten that had declaw surgery and Energizer, a cat who had a drain in needed 2 droppers of Clinisol. I gave the Clinisol and Sabrina gave the B-Pen.

Snuggles, a shepherd mix had a laceration on her foot. I shaved it up and cleaned with hydrogen peroxide. I then put a triple antibiotic in the small hole and we sent her home with an e-collar.

Dr. Hartman showed me how to give a feline leukemia transdermal vaccine on a black DLH cat.

Then I filed for a bit since there was not much going on at that time.

Kerri and I took radiographs of Casey’s left stifle, a cairn terrier. I developed them and Dr. Hartman decided there was no break, and was most likely an ACL tear.

Clancy a spaniel cross came in for check ears. They were so bad we didn’t even try to clean them. We just put Dermogen in both ears.

I held a lhasa apso for anal gland expression.

Chewbacca, a bouvier came in to have a hot spot checked. The spot was really just an infected sebatious cyst which we shaved. And we also noticed that he had moist dermatitis all in his groin area. I cleaned the area with hydrogen peroxide and then dried it. Finally I applied Dermogen to the area.

Blondie, a Brittany, tore her nail. We trimmed it down and trimmed the rest of her nails. The owner also asked about a possible urinary tract infection. After looking at her chart, we realized she was intact and probably just going into heat with the symptoms the owner was describing.

We had some free time so I cleaned and organized two drawers containing grooming supplies. And I also folded some towels out of the laundry.

I held a shih-tzu for kennel cough vaccine, given intranasally.

Owen, a PVGV (or Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen), came in for an ear cleaning. His ears were so bad they were all thickened with inflammation. I clipped both ears, and flushed them with betadine and hydrogen peroxide. After I cleaned most of the debris out, I put Dermogen on both ears.
I held Daisy, a Bichon for a heartworm/Lyme test, which came up positive for Lyme. She was sent home with a course of doxycycline.

I cleaned up around the treatment area, since it had gotten messy.

Then I gave Bella, a black lab, 0.9 cc of Antesidan, to reverse the Dormitor she had already been given for sedation radiographs.

Then I helped Dr. Hartman move some files around in the file cabinet.

Tully a springer spaniel was here for an urineanalysis. We could not get a urine from a free catch, so we attempted a cystocentesis.

When I arrived Holly had just knocked down Snowfall, an orange and white cat with Dormitor, ketamine, Torbugesic and had given him Buprenex for the pain. Then Holly intubated him and we kept him on Isoflurane. The cat has previous history with Eosinophilic granulomas. Today we were checking his mouth, it was very swollen and rough, and he had been drooling a lot. His chin and all of his paws were brown from the drool. Once we were able to look inside his mouth, we saw a decent size growth on his jaw. Holly showed Dr. Tast who then decided it needed to come off. She clamped it with a pair of hemostats that had a 90 degree angle curve and cut it off. We sent it out for a biopsy. Here are some pictures of Snowfall:


Snowfall: see inflamed gums and fur from drooling (above)


Snowfall: close up of gums and growth by molar. (Above)

Then we cleaned up his legs and fur with hydrogen peroxide, and reversed him with Antesidan.

Chloe, a DSH came in for a T4, chemistry and CBC. I held while Holly drew blood. Then I gave 100 mls of fluids SQ.

Toby, the pomeranian with a broken front leg, came in for a bandage change. He has been coming in once a week for about 4 weeks now to get the bottom part of his splint rebandaged and to make sure his toes are still doing well. Today, I helped Holly take radiographs of his leg to see the progress of the leg. We took a lateral and a DV of the left leg. Everything looked good and on its way to healing. We then change the bottom part of his bandage, and Dr. Tast talked to the owner about the next steps. Toby is to come in next week for a full sedation and splint change.

A Portuguese water dog came in for a sick appointment. Dr. Tast came back and asked me to give her 400 ml of LRS and had me give 3cc’s of B-Pen and 2.5 cc of Reglan both SQ.

Three owners came to pick up their animals at the same time. I brought out Kitty-Kitty who was boarding with us, Benji a mini poodle that was a cryptorchid castration and Daisy a bichon that had a dental today.

Then I washed some dishes and did the laundry.

Sabrina and I took radiographs on Piglet, a black and white DSH. We took a lateral and DV chest view and then a DV left front leg view as well. She was non weight bearing on her left front leg, and Dr. Tast suspected possible nerve damage. After I developed them, we ruled out a break.

I cleaned the cold sterile containers. (See procedures)

Sabrina and I folded and wrapped the surgical gowns, towels and drapes.

Dr. Tast asked me to count out and cut up 5 Tramadol in quarters for Piglet.

Sammy, a golden retriever had a mass removal today, I brought her up when her parents came to pick her up.

I held Nelly, a yellow lab for her anals and then I ran her snap 3DX test, which was negative.

Then we did our end of night duties and left.

When I arrived I cleaned up a bit by cleaning the dishes and general pick up of the treatment area.

Chloe a golden doodle came in not feeling well. We brought her back to get a temp and weight on her. I got her temp, which was 100.1 degrees.

Duffy a mini poodle needed a heartworm/Lyme test. I drew the blood and ran the test, which was negative.

Next I cleaned out the syringes we reuse after autoclaving. We usually use these to send home with clients for oral medications such as Metacam if they don’t need a whole bottle. They are also usually 1 cc syringes.

I drew blood for a heartworm/Lyme test on Nelly a Portuguese water dog. I also ran the test, which was negative.

I attempted to draw blood from Buddha, a DLH, but I could not get it. Tracy had to draw it. We sent it out for a CBC, chemistry and a T4.

I held Jackson, a Portuguese water dog (Nelly’s brother), for a heartworm/Lyme test. I ran this as well and it as also negative.

Willabe, a Burmese mountain dog, came in with a very bad ear infection. We clipped the ear, and then flushed with a betadine, hydrogen peroxide and water mix. He also had a huge polyp on the edge of his ear canal. Dr. Hartman decided that since this was the second ear infection in a short amount of time, the polyp needed to be removed. She had the owner schedule surgery. These are some pictures of his ear:



Then I made up some heartworm syringes. (See procedures)

I reconstituted Clavamox drops for Dr. Hartman by adding 14 ml of water to the bottle.

Next I made up a fluid bag and dated it, and then I cleaned the tub with soft scrub.

I held Charlie, a lhasa alpso, for a heartworm/Lyme test, and anal gland expression. The snap 3DX test was negative.

Then there was a lot of down time, so I cleaned off all of the counter tops and cabinet doors.

Mattie, a DLH came in for a T4, I drew blood from the saphenous and got the blood ready to go to Idexx.

I gave 100 ml of fluids to Sara, a DSH cat. Then I brought Logan, a yellow lab, back for a lepto vaccine.

Then we did our end of night duties and left.

When I arrived today I cleaned the dishes that were in the sink. Then I drew blood for a heartworm test on Tally, a black lab. I also ran the test, which was negative.

Lacey, a shepherd lab mix came in to get sutures removed from her back dewclaw removal. I removed them and they looked fine.

Beau, a golden retriever, came in with a laceration on his left hind leg. The cut was about 2 inches long and triangular. I flushed the wound with about 100 cc of saline, and then pressure wrapped the leg. After we cleaned him up from the bloody mess, we sent him and his owner to Vetscision to be fixed there. We also gave him some Rimadyl for the pain.

Skippy a Brittany cross cracked his nail down the middle. We trimmed all of the nails, including the cracked one as far as we could, and then bandaged it so it wouldn’t get caught on anything.

Shadow, who was in on Friday for not doing so well, came in for fluids. I gave him 200 mls of LRS.

Jaime, a lhasa apso, was in for her annual appointment. I held her while Dr. Tast drew her heartworm test, and then ran the snap 3DX, which was negative.

At this point, things slowed down so I cleaned and did laundry.

Linda and I started our end of night duties while we had some time before the last appointment showed up.

Then Theodore, a yellow lab, came in with a ruptured cyst on the bottom of his foot. I shaved the area, flushed it with saline, cleaned with betadine and then Dr. Tast bandaged it. She also gave an injection of B-Pen. I believe Dr. Tast wants to see Theodore back tomorrow.

We finished vacuuming and mopping, and went home.

Surgeries were still going on when I arrived today, which was the first time since I’ve been there. I met Dr. Amy Campbell, who does surgery for the practice on Thursday mornings. She had one more surgery to do, an ACL repair. To help speed things along, I scrubbed and wrapped a pack that was in the sink, to make room for more for all of the ACL instruments and supplies.

Peanut Butter, a DLH black cat, had a bite wound on her chin, which abscessed and ruptured. She is a barn cat at the barn Dr. Hartman goes to. I held the oxygen mask on after Holly induced her while she flushed the wound out, put a small drain in, debrided the area and put two sutures in to help close the hole.

Dropje, the black chow, came in for a tech appointment for a hot spot on his ear. He was aggressive and wanted to eat all of the other dogs in the room. We muzzled him and I held him down while Sabrina shaved the area and cleaned it up. We then had Dr. Tast look at the ear, and we all decided his ear was infected as well. She took a swab and had us clean the ear and put some Dermogen in it.

During the middle of wrangling Dropje, Dr. Gueye showed up for my site visit. Dr. Tast showed him around while we finished with Dropje and then I talked to him. He then talked to Dr. Tast for a bit.

I scrubbed and wrapped the pack from the ACL surgery, including the hand drill and chuck, and also an intramedullary pin that was not used.

Sabrina and I cleaned the cold sterile bins (see procedures).

Then I folded and wrapped all of the surgery gowns and drapes, and autoclaved all of the packs I had wrapped (see procedures).

Two cats came in for boarding; I helped set them up in their cage with food and water.

Sami, the cocker spaniel, who had the ACL surgery; needed to be taken out to urinate, so I helped her outside.

Then Oreo came in to get sutures removed from the base of his ear. I removed the stitches and had Dr. Tast take a look to check it out, which looked perfect.

All of the animals that had surgery went home, we did our end of night duties and left.



Friday 9/21/07 8am -3:20pm

When I arrived in the morning, I made sure all of the boarding animals had food and water, and cleaned out their litter boxes. I also gave the rabbits some greens. Then I started the laundry and the autoclave, since there were a few things left from last night.

Freddie, a husky mix, came in for a bath. I helped Sabrina brush him out so we could get the bath done quickly since it would be a busy day.

Keeper, a DSH orange tiger came in for fluids and radiographs for the day. I held him for Holly while she placed a catheter. Then I set up the fluid rate after I moved him to a cage where we could see him. Eventually, he needed a splint on his arm so the fluids could flow easily.

Molly, a black pug who had abdominal surgery yesterday came back today to be monitored and have fluids, needed 0.6 cc of Reglan and 1.5 cc of Baytril SQ, which I gave.

Linda’s ferret that has the large growth on his head was supposed to have surgery, but doctor who was going to do it was running late, and Holly could not stay, so they rescheduled it for later in the week. So I gave him his food and water back.

Molly pulled the needle out of the catheter so I put it back in and fixed the rate again.

I refilled the alcohol and hydrogen peroxide cotton ball containers that needed to be stocked.

The refrigerator that holds the vaccines was very disorganized, so I organized it.

I also kept checking on the catheters of both Molly and Keeper until they reached
the correct amount; 250 ml for Keeper and 300 ml for Molly.

I gave 0.45 cc of Reglan and 1 ½ of dexamethasone SQ to Keeper.

Lele, a DSH came in for a T4 level. I drew 1 cc of blood from the saphenous vein.

I attempted to get blood from Quintin, a sheltie, but couldn’t so Sabrina got the blood for the chemistry.

Energizer, a DSH, came in with a bite wound on his left hind leg. We shaved the area, and I flushed out both puncture wounds with a betadine and water mix. Then I gave 0.3 cc of Metacam for the pain, and ½ cc of B-Pen as an antibiotic, both SQ. Dr. Hartman also boostered his rabies.
Sami, the cocker spaniel who had ACL surgery yesterday came back in for the day because the owner had work and was worried about her opening her incision. I fed her some wet food, which she needed some coaxing to get started.

Keeper had not been eating, so I force fed him a couple times throughout the day. Eventually, I got about half a can of a/d into him.

Kody, a yellow lab, came in for more radiographs. I helped take a lateral abdominal view with Dr. Hartman. Our settings were kVp 98 and a mAs of 200. I then developed the film.

I took Sami for a walk; she did very well on three legs!

Phoebe came in for a Lyme and distemper vaccine, and also a heartworm/Lyme test. I gave the vaccines and drew blood for the snap test. I also ran the test, which was negative.

I held Lady the bichon for a blood draw for a heartworm test for Dr. Hartman. The test was negative.

Then I set up and read a fecal on a golden retriever puppy, which was negative.

A kitten came in for a kitten appointment and needed an FIV/FelV test, so I held her while Dr. Hartman drew the blood. The test was negative.

Nala, a DLH came in because the owners wanted her mats shaved out. She had about two mats, so we brushed out one of them and had to shave another one. I also clipped her nails.

Freddie was now dry after his bath, so Sabrina and I brushed him out again and clipped his nails.

The other dog that was supposed to come in for a bath ended up coming in as a sick appointment. Shadow the Scottish terrier had not been feeling well for about a week now. I gave him fluids and we took blood for some in house blood work.

Gracie, a yorkie, came in because the owners thought she was dehydrated. Her temperature was 104.2 and she was 9 lbs 6 oz. We drew blood for a CBC and gave 150 cc of fluids SQ.

I took Keepers catheter out since we were done with the fluids and had no need for it anymore.

Willie, the cavalier King Charles came in for a snap 3DX, I drew the blood and ran the test which was negative.
Gracie was sent home with some antibiotics and was to call us if anything changed.

I restrained two springer spaniels for nail trims before I left.

Today was rather busy and I was able to do a lot.

Mya the golden retriever came in to get a hot spot checked out. She had one previously on her neck, and it seemed as though it was back again. The owner also told me that her ears seemed to be thickened or possibly filled with fluid. I took her back and we shaved the area and cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide and betadine. Both of her ears had the beginnings of aural hematomas so Dr. Hartman gave her ½ cc of Vetalog into each ear to help the swelling go down over a few weeks. She went home on Neopredef and Simplecef 100 mg, which I filled the prescription.

Sadie the Rhodesian ridgeback came in for a heartworm/Lyme test. I drew the blood and Linda ran the Snap 3DX, which was negative.

Then I filled a prescription of Flagyl for Dr. Hartman.

I helped Tracy put the order away, putting away drugs, shampoos, cotton balls, and other stock items.

Curry the airedale needed a heartworm test, so I held her for Dr. Hartman and ran the test, which was negative.

A client dropped of a urine to be read; Sammy, the king Charles cavalier. I set it up by doing a dipstick, specific gravity and spinning the rest down. The pH was 9, SG was ++ 1.050 and the protein was also ++. Everything else on the dipstick was normal. Once it was done spinning, I left it for Dr. Hartman to read because that is what she likes.

Dr. Hartman came back with DJ, the wheaten, for an ear cleaning. I held him while she plucked and cleaned his ears, and rinsed his eyes out.

Then there was some down time and I did some laundry, filled some prescriptions for Meghan the receptionist.

I drew 3 ccs of blood from Charlie, the golden retriever, for an in house chemistry and CBC.

I restrained Archie, a smooth haired collie, for his Lyme vaccine and a blood draw for heartworm test. I ran the test, which came up positive for Lyme disease and we set him up on a course of doxycycline, which I filled.

There was more down time, so I cleaned a lot. I cleaned countertops and spots on walls and shelves. Then I restocked the syringes in the treatment area.

Shadow, a DLH black cat, came in for a sick appointment and we drew blood for an in house CBC and chemistry. The owner came back later with a urine which I set up. The pH was 5 and the SG was 1.012, the rest of the dipstick was negative.

Linda and I started to do our end of night duties while there were no appointments.

The last appointment showed up, which was Lola, a toy poodle. I ran her Snap 3DX test, which was negative.

We finished our end of night duties and went home.

When I arrived, I cleaned and restocked the treatment area. Then, Linda showed me the radiographs of her ferret. She had boarded them over the weekend and when she came back to work today, she found one of them had a huge bump on his head hat he did not have before hand. So they had taken radiographs and tried to aspirate it. The radiograph’s were interesting because over the ferret’s right eye was a fairly large circle of dense white mass of some kind. Dr. Tast had no idea what it could have been and decided to put him on anti-inflammatory medication. She did not know exactly what to put him on, so she is going to do research tonight to figure it out.

Lucky the bichon came in for a heartworm test. I restrained him for Dr. Tast and then ran the test, which was negative.

I filled a few prescriptions of Keflex and Temeril-P.

Someone dropped off a fecal for their cat, Tara, I set it up and read it, and it was negative.

Tracy had set up a fecal before I got there that needed to be read, so I read that one as well, it was also negative.

Sadie the golden retriever needed a heartworm and Lyme test; I restrained for Dr. Tast and ran a Snap 3DX which was negative.

Daisy, another golden retriever, was a little scared in the exam room, so Dr. Tast brought her back for her kennel cough vaccine and her heartworm test. I gave her the kennel cough and attempted to draw the blood for the test. However, I could not, and Tracy got the blood. I ran the Snap 3DX which came out negative.

A client came in to drop off two fecals for her two kittens since one of them had diarrhea. I set up and read both fecals, they were both negative.

Then I filled a few more prescriptions.

The last thing I did today was help Linda show Jenny’s; the DSH cat from Friday; owners how to give subcutaneous fluids.

Then we did our end of night duties and went home.

When I arrived this morning, I restocked the syringes and gauze containers, all of the boarding animals were already taken care of.

Suddy the schnoodle came in for a nail trim and a Lyme vaccine. I performed the nail trim and gave the vaccine subcutaneously on her left hind leg. We also gave a small dose of Metacam to relieve some pain that might come from the Lyme vaccine.

Two cats came in, a DSH and a DLH, for nail trims. I did these as well, one of them had multiple double paws, which always makes for a more interesting job.

I read a fecal from a puppy that had diarrhea, I found coccidia. Dr. Hartman set up medication to go home.

Jenny, a DSH orange and white cat, came in for an IV catheter and fluids. She had not been feeling well for a few days and has chronic kidney disease. I held her while Dr. Hartman placed the catheter, and then I connected and set up the fluids, Lactated Ringers Solution or LRS, along with the flow rate which was 2 drops every 3 seconds for a total of 300 mL.

Maverick the Newfoundland came in for a Bordatella (intranasal) and Lepto (subcutaneous) vaccination. I gave both, and then restrained him for Sabrina to get the blood for the Snap 3DX, which came out negative.

A westie came in for a Heartworm test; I restrained him for Dr. Hartman. The Snap 3DX came out negative. Then, I held him for tartar removal and she plucked some hair out of his right ear. Then she had me clean the ear and apply some Dermogen.

There was some down time, so I did some laundry and cleaned up a bit.

Jenny’s flow rate kept changing because she was moving, so I put a brace on her leg to keep it straight, I adjusted her flow rate back to what it was and made her comfortable.

Buster the wheaton and Max the maltese came in for Bordatella vaccinations. I gave both intranasally.

Cody, a black lab, was in with Dr. Hartman for an appointment because he had not defecated in 24-36 hours. I held him while she performed a rectal exam, which was normal and then she gave an injection of 2cc of Rimadyl.

Jenny urinated in her cage outside of her litter box, so I cleaned her cage and set her back up with a clean towel and made sure her drip rate was still good, which it was.

Dr. Hartman gave me blood she drew in an appointment to run a Snap 3DX, it was negative.

We gave Jenny some food, which she ate happily. When she finished her 300 mL’s of fluid, I unhooked her IV from her catheter and cleaned her cage again, because she had urinated outside of her litter box again. I also gave her a bigger litter box, but I think she just didn’t want to move too much.

Kelly was unpacking an order so I helped her put some of the drugs in the back stock area.

I performed a nail trim on Max, the black lab.

Coco the DSH tuxedo cat came in because she was not walking; we took radiographs because Dr Hartman suspected a broken pelvis. She was right, the left pelvis was fractured. I gave her 0.44 cc of Metacam subcutaneous. Then when the owner came back to pick her up, I brought her out and helped him out to the car.

Milly Tribiani came in for blood work. She needed a liver profile sent out to Idexx and also a heartworm and Lyme test. I restrained her for Dr. Hartman and ran the test and set up the blood to go to Idexx. The Snap 3DX was positive for Lyme.

Towards the end of my shift there was a lot of down time, so I did laundry, ran the autoclave (see procedures) and cleaned up around the hospital.

I restrained a bichon for a nail trim when I first arrived today.

I performed a nail trim on a greyhound and a pointer mix, the Greyhound was very nervous, but it was fine.

Then there was a break in appointments, so I cleaned the cold sterile containers; they get changed weekly. (See procedures).

Pablo, the lhasa mix, came in for a Lyme quantitative C6 and I restrained him. I also set up the paperwork for it to be sent out.

Bailey the black lab came in to get a hot spot checked out. Dr. Tast had me clip the remains of an old hot spot and scrub it with a combination of Betadine and hydrogen peroxide. Then I applied a very small amount of Dermogen on the spots.

Stella, a whippet cross came in and I performed a nail trim.

To keep busy I did some laundry and helped Sabrina wrap some packs.

Lacey the black lab cross had an Ovariohysterectomy this morning and her owners came to pick her up. I brought her up to the front and cleaned her cage.

Murphy the golden retriever also had an Ovariohysterectomy and went home, and I brought her up and cleaned her cage as well.

Sarah the DSH had a lumpectomy on her head, I put her in her carrier and brought her up front, and then cleaned her cage.

I cleaned a few more cages of other animals that had gone home, and then Sabrina and I did our end of the night duties before the last appointment came in.

The last appointment, Jack the westie, needed a heartworm and Lyme check, so we did a Snap 3DX. I ran the test, which was negative.

Today was a bit busier then yesterday, which was nice. When I arrived I cleaned up a bit; cleaned the counters, put dirty towels away and switched the laundry. Then I held Daisy the cocker spaniel while Tracy expressed her anal glands and took swabs of her ears. Then we cleaned them. Later on in the day, I put some Dermogen in her ears after Dr. Hartman looked at the slides.

Dingle the wheaton came in for a sick appointment, so we took him back to the treatment area first and took his temperature which was 100.4, then he went back out to wait with his mother for his appointment.

Then I cleaned some more, I cleaned the outside of the tub sink and I filed some files.

I attempted to draw blood on a saint bernard, North, for a Snap 3DX but couldn’t hit the vein. Then I restrained for Tracy, and she got the blood. I ran the test and it was negative.

Bailey the airedale came in for a Snap 3DX, I drew the blood and ran the test, she was negative as well.

Then I made up the heparin syringes we use for the Snap 3DX tests. I took some 1 ml tuberculin syringes and put 0.01ml of heparin in each syringe and placed them in a container labeled “Heartworm syringes”.

Lilly the chocolate lab came in for an appointment and needed a Snap 3DX test, I drew the blood and ran the test, which was negative.

I then helped Tracy restock the pharmacy by telling her what we had of supplies in the back room and bringing up what we needed.

Echo, the golden retriever came in for a sick appointment, he was PU PD. I attempted to draw blood for a chemistry, but couldn’t get it, so Tracy eventually was able to get it. The blood work was sent out.

Jill Davis, the rabbit, had a broken back leg from somewhere else, came into board with us and to be “cleaned up”. When we went to clean her, she had maggots and ulcers everywhere. We took her temperature, which was 104.2 and her weight was 9 pounds. Linda and I cleaned up what we could of the maggots and then Dr. Hartman told us to stop because she found out that Jill also had a bone tumor on the broken leg, and was probably going to be put down anyway. So we put her in a cage until her owners could be contacted.

Bertha, the 16 year old black DSH, came in for an appointment with Dr. Hartman and needed some blood work done to see if she was hyperthyroid. We also clipped her nails. I restrained for both of these.

Then we did our end of night duties and went home.

When I arrived at the hospital, Dr. Tast needed help with a Heart Worm/ Lyme test on Bella the border collie. I drew the blood and ran the Snap 3DX, which was negative.

Then I did a load of laundry and cleaned up the treatment area.

Taz, the DLH cat, was in for the day for vomiting. She is Dr. Hartman’s cat and had radiograph’s taken earlier in the day. Dr. Tast who was the doctor there today had me give ½ cc of Reglan; or metaclopromide; SQ.

Next I cleaned some of the cages from animals that had gone home before I arrived and restocked a few things around the hospital; like the Sodium Chloride fluid bag and a jar that has bandage material.

I filled a prescription of Baytril for Dr. Tast.

Tracy, one of the technicians, was on vacation last week and brought her dog in to be trimmed up. So I helped hold him, Scruffy, while she trimmed his hair so he could see again.

Shumbai the samoyed came in for an appointment and needed a Heartworm/ Lyme test. I drew the blood and ran a Snap 3DX which came up slightly positive for Lyme disease most likely due to a previous infection. Dr. Tast did call them to come back for a Quantitative C6 test however.

There were not a lot of appointments today, so I spent a lot of time cleaning. I cleaned the outside of the tub sink and the microwave stand that holds mugs and plates and I wiped down all of the counters until there was nothing left to clean because it was already cleaned. Then I got the mop bucket ready for the end of night duties (see procedures).

I gave Taz 100 mL of Lactated Ringers Solution SQ.

Then there was nothing to do for a bit so I talked to Tracy about the VTNE.

The last appointment finally came and I helped Dr. Tast give an old Siamese cat fluids and a shot of Penicillin.

We did our end of night duties and left.

*I found out that Dr. Hartman did a necropsy on Bridget and found a very large tumor wrapped in her intestines. We had suspected that that might be a reason, but we were not sure until after the necropsy.

When I arrived in the morning, there was an emergency on its way in. Bridget the spayed female airedale came in, in lateral recumbency. According to her owners, she had been vomiting for a day, then stopped for two days, and had been vomiting for the past 36 hours along with liquid black diarrhea. Her temperature was 104◦; blood glucose (BG) was 29. We placed a catheter and gave her fluids and a bolus of fluids and dextrose. Within an hour, nothing had changed; she was still not doing anything other then laying down. We checked her BG again which 56, was better then before, but still not great. I helped Kerri move Bridget into the X-Ray room, where she took a lateral view of her abdomen to make sure she was not obstructed or any tumors. There was nothing significant on the radiographs
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While waiting for the results of some blood work I gave 1 cc of Penicillin SQ to two kittens that had been declawed two days before. I also gave a boarding cat, Snickers, his Phenobarbital. Then I made sure the four boarding cats had water and food and a clean litter box. There were no rabbits boarding.

Then I held a lhasa apso for anal gland expression and then I cleaned his eyes.

Someone brought in a baby squirrel for one of the other technicians Linda, who takes in abandoned baby wildlife and tries to rehabilitate them. She was not working today, so we took care of the squirrel until she could come pick it up. I fed him 2 ccs of oral dextrose. His eyes and ears were still closed, but otherwise he seemed to be doing okay.

The blood work came back on Bridget, to show us that her BUN and creatinine were a little high, telling us that something is wrong with her kidneys. However, according to Dr. Hartman, she has always had elevated levels, so she didn’t think that was the problem.

Next, I vaccinated a shih-tzu for kennel cough intranasally.

Then I ran and read a fecal on a DSH black cat, Abra. It was negative.

Claire the golden retriever came in for a check ears, the swab’s came out as yeast, so I cleaned her ears.

Cosmo, another golden retriever came in for a bath and Sabrina needed help doing a nail trim, he was being a bit nippy, so I cut his nails.

I helped Kerri take a right lateral and a DV chest radiograph on Cinder, the black lab. This was a recheck radiograph to see if anything had changed in his lungs, which it hadn’t. I developed the films (see procedures).

Sabrina and I then took another lateral and VD abdominal radiograph on Bridget that were a little more cranial then the previous views, and still nothing significant was seen. I developed this as well.

Sara the DSH cat came in for whole body radiographs. Kerri and I did these and I developed them. We noticed there was an artifact on one of the cassettes so I cleaned both of the large plates. I went back into the dark room and put the films from the cassettes back into the film drawer so I could turn the lights back on. Then I used screen cleaner and some gauze to clean each side of both cassettes and let them air dry. After about half an hour I went back into the dark room and put film back into the cassettes and was done.

The last thing I did before I left was draw 3 cc’s of blood from Cody a labradoodle for an in-house CBC and chemistry profile.

As I left, they gave Bridget a dose of sedative to keep her comfortable until her owners could come and be with her to be euthanized.

Today I did a nail trim on a chihuahua and then on a westie, both needed to be muzzled. However, the westie was much worse, we actually needed to put a bigger muzzle on first to get the smaller one on around it and he still tried to bite us through the muzzle.

I restrained Jordan, a Brittany spaniel mix for a Chem profile to be sent out.

I drew blood from Bandit for a 3DX and restrained for a Lyme vaccine. Then I ran the 3DX and it was negative.

Then I cleaned all of the Endo-tracheal tubes and put them away. (See procedures)

The dogs that had surgery that morning needed food and some water, so I fed and watered them all.

I folded the gowns and drapes from the day’s surgeries and wrapped them as well. (See procedures)

I drew blood from Yaz, the black lab for a 3DX test and ran the test, which came out negative.

I read a fecal (see procedures section) on Oreo, a cat that was in for a dental but on the way home had a bloody stool. It was negative and probably just from the stress of traveling.

Clancy the Beagle came in to see if we could help get a free catch urine. I went out with her and she did not want to urinate. Eventually, we ended up getting a cystocentesis and ran a urinalysis. The pH was 6 and the specific gravity was 1.002 and Dr. Tast did not find anything significant on the sediment. Everything else on the Dip stick was negative. Due to symptoms from the owner, and the way we got the urine, Dr. Tast decided to put her on antibiotics anyway to see if that helped, and if not to try to treat for incontinence.

Then we did our end of night duties and left.

When I first got to the hospital today, I watched Holly and Dr. Hartman clip three birds’ nails on Rosie the parrot, and Ronnie and Ruby the Cockatoo’s. Rosie also needed her beak trimmed, it was very overgrown. And Ruby has had many neurological issues in the past, so we drew blood from her right jugular vein to recheck her uric acid.

Then I did a nail trim on Ivy, the 7 month old golden retriever.

There was not a lot going on today so I did a lot of cleaning and laundry to keep the hospital clean.

I ran a snap 3DX on Henry a black lab; resulted with a weak positive for Lyme which he had previously so we did not do anything about it.

Then I ran another 3DX on Abbey the German shepherd, she was negative for everything.

Sampson the shih-tzu came in with an ear infection. We cleaned his ears and did a smear before we cleaned them, they were infested with yeast and Dr. Hartman prescribed Conofite and ear cleaner.

Then I cleaned and filed since there was not much going on.

June the Black lab puppy came in for a 3DX test, I drew the blood and ran the test, she came out negative.

Then Madison who is a Katrina Dog came in for a Lyme and Lepto vaccine. I drew up the vaccines, but did not give them.

Then we did the end of day duties and left.