The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
What feels like forever ago when I first started my diary I was counting up each day another day on my journey to becoming a vet. Now however I am counting down – that is either scary that I will Continue reading 400 days to graduation…
Something that is said a lot by surgeons is that unless you do something then you will never understand just what it takes. I realised today that this feeling depends on what you are doing. For routine stuff such as Continue reading The big gaping hole in the skin…
Most mammals, birds and reptiles rely on oxygen passing into their lungs to survive, with most of them doing so via a tube from the mouth to the lungs called a trachea. The size of this is normally relative to Continue reading The collapsing trachea…
Today is the end of the semester, it is scary how fast it has come, and more scary that in a little over a month I will start my state exams. As off today my education from university in exotic Continue reading The end of the semester…
I came across this and had to share – it is written by Dr Ravi Jayaram I have kept quiet on here until now about the junior doctor’s strike but the time has come to stand up and say what Continue reading Why did the doctors go on strike?
I spend hours upon hours reading, studying, visualising and learning from what seems like an endless stream of knowledge. Some of it is stuff I know I will never use but must learn (such as slaughter inspection), then there is Continue reading Inside the dogs open chest…
Death is one of those bad words, that we try to avoid talking about, that we ignore and hope we never have to face. Yesterday I read a blog post called “The dirty secret about CPR in this Hospital (That Continue reading Death, the good, bad and ugly…
Often when I log onto social media to a constant barrage of animals needing help, petitions to prosecute properly people slapped on the wrist for outright animal cruelty, and some horrific images. This evening however I was very excited to Continue reading CEVA Animal Welfare Awards 2016
So today I saw someone post for help about how to clip their nails as their dog would scream when they touched its feet. Then I saw the replies of people saying to use a towel and squash to dog Continue reading 5 minute demonstration of how training helps you
It is Easter, for me that mean I have a couple of extra days in surgery as there are no classes on the schedule. However it is Easter so that means no scheduled surgeries so I am hoping for some Continue reading The vanishing year… And the state exams…