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.
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.
