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.
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.
