When I arrived I held a cocker spaniel, Scooter, for a jugular blood draw for a liver chem profile. I also restrained Scooter while his staples were removed. Then I got the blood ready to be sent out to Idexx.

I drew blood for a chemistry from Ferdinand a field spaniel, and I also prepared it to be sent out.

Then I held Zoe, a Rhodesian ridgeback, for a blood draw for a heartworm test. I then ran the test, which was negative.

Tucker, a corgi mix, needed radiographs. We sedated him with Dormitor and waited until he was sedate enough. Then I helped Kerri take a VD pelvis film, and then I developed the films. After Dr. Hartman saw the films, we reversed Tucker with Antesidan.

Then I made up some heartworm syringes.

Ringo, a wheaten, came in with an abrasion on his pad on his back right paw. Dr. Hartman took a look at it, and had me bandage it with a Telfa pad, gauze and Vet wrap.

Cleo, the sick cat from yesterday, needed to be fed. She would eat if you held food to her mouth she would eat, but would not otherwise. I was able to get about ¼ can of a/d into her over the next few hours, trying every 20 minutes or so.

I performed an ear cleaning on Clancy, a beagle, using ADL (see procedures). I also applied some Dermogen in both ears as well. Then I restrained him while Kerri shaved a burst cyst on his back. We applied NeoPredef to the cyst.

Samwise, a samoyed, came in for a check ear appointment. We cleaned his ears and then applied Dermogen.

Mulligan, a golden retriever, needed a thyroid check. I got the blood ready to be sent to out to Michigan.

I brushed and dried the two golden retrievers that already had baths today.

Then I restrained Ginger, a lab, for anals and nails.

I held Boots, a DLH boarding cat for a nail trim and we found two ticks.

Since it was my last day, everyone got me Coffee cake and a card; we enjoyed the coffee cake fully.

Then I took Cleo’s catheter out and gave her 100 ml of LRS SQ and 0.38ml Baytril IM.

Two cocker spaniels, Chloe and Cody came in for nail trims, I performed both.

Owen a PVGV came in for a heartworm/Lyme test. I ran the test, which was negative.

Seamus, the Siamese cat from a week ago, came in not feeling well and not eating very well. His temperature was 99.9 degrees and his weight was down one pound. I gave him 100 ml LRS SQ and 1 ml of Dexamethasone. Then I held him while Dr. Hartman force fed him some a/d.

Roy, a mastiff mix, came in yesterday because his eyes were red and swollen. Dr. Tast suspected a bee sting, however today his back right leg was swollen three times the size of normal, and his lower abdomen was entirely bruised. We drew blood for a CBC/chem in house, and sent out blood for a pt/ptt. We also gave vitamin K since we suspected rat poison.

Beau, the golden retriever, came in to get his bandage and sutures removed. I held him while Kerri removed the sutures.

Clara, a golden retriever, came in for a heartworm/Lyme test; I drew the blood and ran the test, which was negative.

We did our end of night duties, and went home.

I restrained for and ran a heartworm test on Molly and Rosie, both westies. Molly was positive for Lyme and Rosie was negative.

Then I cleaned a surgery pack and wrapped it to be autoclaved.

Cleo, a sick grey and white DSH cat, vomited and had diarrhea in her cage, so I cleaned her and the cage up.

I then gave 2 cc of Buprenex IM to Laila, a golden retriever who had a vulva tuck today. I also gave 0.6 cc of Buprenex IM to Buddy, a lhasa apso cross who had ACL surgery and a dental.

Quintin, a sheltie, came in because he got his penis stuck in a fence. It was very swollen, but no puncture wounds. We shaved the area to make sure, and then I gave Rimadyl SQ for the pain.

I cleaned Leo’s, a lhasa apso, ears with ADL (see procedures). The left one was completely closed with debris. I plucked most of the debris and hair out first, and then cleaned them.

Then I cleaned the cold sterile packs (see procedures) as well as the endotracheal tubes (see procedures).

Sammy, the golden retriever, had surgery a week ago and came to have her sutures out. There were a few sutures on her nose, and some staples on the back of her neck. I restrained her while Sabrina took them out.

I filled a Keflex prescription for Dr. Tast.

I then cleaned Buddy up to go home; he had peed in his cage right before his owners came so we cleaned up his tail and leg.

Then I cleaned some cages of animals that had just gone home.

I gave Cleo 0.38 ml of Baytril IM.

I drew blood from Sandy, a bichon, for a heartworm/Lyme test. I also ran the test, which was negative. Then I gave her a kennel cough vaccine intranasally.

I set up and read a fecal on Brody, a golden doodle puppy. It was positive for Coccidia, but had just finished a course of Albon, so Dr. Tast did not want to do anything about it just yet, hoping the Albon would take effect.

Then I filled the cotton ball containers.
We did our end of night duties and went home.

When I arrived today I restocked the syringes in the treatment area as well as the heartworm syringes. I also cleaned the stainless steel containers.

Katy, a guinea pig, came in because it was supposedly not breathing. However, when she came in, she looked just fine. We just clipped her nails and sent her on her way.

Vincent, a pomeranian mix, was just adopted from the south. His entire back half of his body was matted. We were supposed to shave the mats and then clip his nails. However when we went to get him out of his cage, he tried to bite Linda. We ended up having to use gauze to tie his muzzle shut, and then put another cloth muzzle on top. Then Linda shaved him, I washed and dried him and then cut his nails as well.

I performed a bandage change on Geraldine, a whippet, who had a laceration on her left back leg. Dr. Hartman took a look at the staples and will have the owners bring her back for staple removal in one week.

Cooper, the mastiff mix who had a mass removal last week, came in to have his drain removed. However, apparently Cooper ate the drain that day, since it was no longer there. We tried to make sure there was no part of it left, but it was rather difficult. We told the owner that she needed to watch the hole where the drain was to see if it was still draining, or if it just healed. And we would also check when he came in for suture removal.

Sammy, a cavalier King Charles spaniel, came in with vomiting and diarrhea for about a week. He had been eating a low residue diet which had not helped. I took a temperature which was 101 degrees and then gave 100 ml of LRS fluids and 1 cc of B-pen SQ.

Rylan, a Boston terrier pitbull mix, was in for a rabies shot and a nail trim. I held for the rabies trip and performed the nail trim.

I restrained two dachshunds for nail trims and Gucci a maltese puppy for rabies shot.

I then made up fluid bags for tomorrows surgeries. I took two LRS bags and one Sodium chloride bag and attached fluid lines and 18 gauge needles to the lines. Then I let the fluid run out to fill the lines. Then I took one of the LRS bags and added 3 ccs of vitamin B to the bag. Then I dated each bag and hung them up.

Then I cleaned up a bit around the treatment area.

Petey, a DSH orange tabby came in for boarding, and needed his nails trimmed. I performed the nail trim.

Riley, a cavalier King Charles spaniel, came in having trouble breathing. We gave him oxygen and 0.5cc of lasix IV. I attempted to give the medicine IV, but Tracy had to do it.

Then we did our end of night duties and left.

When I arrived, I cleaned all of the cat’s litter boxes, gave all the animals’ clean water and fresh food and made sure everyone had eaten over the night.

Hattie, a golden retriever came in for a bath today. I did her nails, and then Sabrina and I brushed her out to get out any mats or tangles. Then Sabrina bathed her while I set up her cage with a dryer.

Then I changed the laundry over.

Bugs, a boarding rabbit, needed Metacam (0.44 ml) orally, and Baytril orally as well. I had Holly show me how to give a rabbit a pill, since I didn’t know. There is a space between their molars and incisors that a pill can fit.

Shadow came in for a bath next. We gave him fluids, since the last few times he’s come in for a bath or an appointment he’s been dehydrated. I gave him 200 ml’s, and then after his bath I gave him another 150 mls.

Then I moved Energizer, a boarding cat, to a smaller cage so I could set up a large cage for two rabbits that came in to board together.

Then I held Energizer for suture removal. He was boarding after his surgery of an abscessed bite wound because his owners could not get the antibiotics into him.

Then I did more laundry and restocked the cotton balls with hydrogen peroxide and alcohol.

I held Ali, a Chihuahua mix for nails and a Lyme vaccine.

Ryan, a golden retriever came in for a nail trim and a foot trim. Sabrina trimmed the hair on her feet, and I clipped her nails.

Then I did more laundry and checked a fecal Sabrina read since she is in Parasitology now and wasn’t sure she was right. She told me she found Coccidia, and she was right. The fecal was on a puppy named Naru, a Rhodesian ridgeback.

I held Maggie, a rat terrier for anals and I performed a nail trim on her.

Then I brushed and blow dried Hattie and flushed her ears as well.

Cosmo, another golden retriever, came in for a bath. I helped Sabrina brush him out as well, and then moved some boarding rabbits into another cage so they were not right next to the dryer.

Ted, a bichon mix needed blood drawn for a renal profile. I drew the blood and got it ready to be sent out.

Then I brushed Shadow out after he was dry.

Kerri and I attempted to do nails on Cosmo who does not like his feet touched. We managed to get them all done however.

Riley, a corgi, came in for radiographs. Kerri and I did lateral and VD abdomen shots and I developed them. We suspected a tumor in his stomach because all of his intestines were pushed forward.

Then I brushed out and dried Cosmo.

I moved the rabbits I had moved earlier back to their cage and cleaned their other cage along with some cages that needed to be cleaned.

Then it was slow for a while, so I restocked the syringes and treatment area. Then Dr. Hartman suggested that the walls in the lobby were getting pretty dirty, so I cleaned them since there was nothing else to do. It was actually nice to take a break and clean walls as odd as that sounds.

Cosmo then needed blood drawn for a CBC, chemistry profile in-house. Kerri drew the blood, and I ran the tests on the machines.

Casey, a beagle, came in for a thyroid check to Michigan. I held her for the blood draw, and we also did nails and a heartworm test, which was negative. I prepared the blood to go to Michigan.

Then there were three dogs, two from one family, and one other that had tech appointments for kennel cough vaccinations. I did them all intranasally. They were a German short haired pointer, a greyhound and a sheltie.

Kerri and I noticed that some of the surgical instruments that were wrapped in the view packs were out of date. So I repackaged them all so they could be autoclaved the next day.

Then we did our end of night duties before we closed at five, when a euthanasia was scheduled to come in.

As we waited for the owners of the dog that was euthanized to leave, someone called and left a message on the answering machine that their dog’s splint had fallen off. We called them and had them come in now so that the dog wouldn’t break his leg overnight. It was Toby, a Pomeranian mix that we have been treating for about 4 weeks. He came in yesterday for a complete splint change and sedation radiographs. Dr. Hartman and I rebandaged the leg, and Toby was very good for us.

Then Kerri and I moved the dead dog to the freezer, finished cleaning up and finally left.

Today was pretty busy, there was a lot going on in every direction. First, I held Patrick for a lion cut shave.

Cooper, a mastiff mix, had a mass removed on his leg and now has a drain in. The drain was bleeding pretty profusely after he woke up enough to move around a bit. We decided there should be a small bandage on his leg to soak up the oozing blood. Holly bandaged the leg, wrapping him around his hips and abdomen to hopefully keep the bandage up.

Beau, a golden retriever that came in a week ago for a laceration on his foot that we sent to Vescone after flushing the wound came in for a bandage change. I held him while Holly changed the bandage.

I removed a catheter from a cairn terrier named Beauty. Sabrina and I also cleaned up her rear end since she had bloody diarrhea all day.

Then I cleaned up the treatment area and restocked a few things. I also cleaned out some cages in the kennel from animals that had already gone home.

A dalmation mix puppy came in who had eaten a fern. I gave him 150 ml’s of fluids SQ then 1 ml of Cerenia also SQ. I also gave him 10 ml of Toxiban orally to line his stomach and intestines to hopefully not allow any toxins to enter his body. He loved the Toxiban, and was looking for more.

Mable, a geriatric beagle, needed a heartworm/Lyme test and her ears cleaned and nails clipped. I drew the blood and ran the test, which was negative. And then cleaned her ears and clipped the nails.

Cooper needed to be walked, so I took him outside, however, he was not interested in doing anything except trying to pull me across the street. So we went back inside, and I took his bandage off since it was sliding anyway. Then I cleaned him up since there was blood all over his fur. Most of the bleeding had stopped by now anyway.

Then I cleaned the cold sterile packs and the endotracheal tubes (see procedures.)

Then I did some laundry and cleaned the dishes.

I cleaned up Cooper one more time before I brought him out to his mom.

Snowfall, the DSH cat that came in last week who has Eosinophilic granulomas, came in for a shot of 1 ml of Depo-medrol. Since he is a known fractious cat, Sabrina and I decided to just take the top off the carrier instead of dragging him out and upsetting him. Then Sabrina held his head and I gave the shot IM in his leg and we popped the top back on and it went much better then normal.

Loki an Abby, two chocolate labs, came in for appointments, and then wanted their nails done as well. The two dogs are a little shy, so they typically go into room two with the owner and it goes much better this way, then separating them and bringing them back to the treatment area. I went into the room with the owner and the dogs and clipped them. They were very good so I gave them a treat.

Then Sabrina and I did our end of night duties and went home.

When I arrived today, the traveling ultrasound doctor was still there finishing up the ultrasounds. The first ultrasound I watched was of Milly, a cavalier King Charles spaniel. They found she was in the beginning stages of congestive heart failure and they kept her on the Lasix and Enalapril she is already on. The next ultrasound was Seamus, a Siamese cat that has a chronic heart condition. Upon this recheck, everything seems to be the same as the last time Seamus was in, a few months ago. Next was Piglet, a tuxedo DSH cat that came in last Thursday for radiographs of its left front leg and chest. The ultrasound showed a severe inflammation of the left atrium, which could have caused a thrombosis in his left leg. Dr. Hartman put him on Enalapril to hopefully bring down the swelling of the heart.

Tracy needed help with grooming a cat, she needed a lion cut. I just helped to keep her in the tub and then helped brush her out after she finished drying.

Humphrey a lab cross needed a heartworm/Lyme test, as well as a chemistry to be sent out, and a nail trim. I held him while Dr. Hartman drew the blood and trimmed his nails. I then ran the snap 3DX test, which was negative.

Bryce, an airedale came in for a recheck Lyme test. I drew the blood and ran the snap 3DX test which came up positive again, so we sent out the rest of the blood for a quantitative C6 test to see what his exact levels are.

I attempted to draw blood from Bertha, a DSH black cat for a T4; however I could not obtain the blood, so Tracy had to. I sent this out to Idexx.

Lady, a shepherd husky cross, needed a heartworm/Lyme test and a thyroid panel sent to Michigan. I ran the snap 3DX test, and got the blood ready to send to Michigan. To get the blood ready, you have to spin it down in a tiger top tube and then extract the serum from the top. The serum goes into a special tube that the lab from Michigan sends us and then gets wrapped in bubble wrap, and then double wrapped in two plastic bags that are both self adhesive. Then it goes into the box that they also send us that is already addressed and has the postage on it. Then it goes out in the mail.

Molly, the black pug that had abdominal surgery last week came in today to get her staples removed. The incision looked pretty good, and then we also clipped her nails.

Then I read a fecal on a puppy that had come in earlier in the day, it was negative.

Linda and I did our end of night duties and went home.

Rodney, a sheltie, came in over the weekend for a bad skin infection. He came back today because it had gotten worse. We had to shave his entire left side about 4 inches wide behind his shoulders and about half way down on his right side. After we shaved, we cleaned it with Malaseb shampoo and applied NeoPredef to the area. He was already on antibiotics and pain medication from the weekend so there was no need to prescribe any more.

Sizzle a Russian blue DSH came in for a feline leukemia vaccine, which I gave transdermally.

I held Teddy a Tibetan terrier for an exam, and then I drew the heartworm/Lyme test, which I also ran and it was negative.

I cleaned and folded laundry and also read a rabbit text book since there were a lot of no show appointments.

Quinton, another sheltie, came in because he had a lot of fecal matter stuck to the fur around his butt. Linda shaved around his butt and cleaned it with some shampoo. I attempted to express his anal glands, but his butt was so tender I couldn’t without hurting him extremely. We applied Dermogen to his butt and sent him home.

Hattie, a golden retriever came in for an ear check and we cleaned her ears and applied some Dermogen.

Linda and I did our end of night duties, and went home.