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.
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.
