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.
