The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Today’s Diary entry is sponsored by Spikes Wildlife Foods It has been 2015 for just over 9 hours, one of which was filled with fireworks, 6 of which were filled with sleep, and 2 which were preparation for another day Continue reading Starting 2015 by assisting in emergency surgery…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Chart Stables So today my patient stopped breathing… Just like that, one minute fine, the next nothing… I had known this patient was going be a pain as it stopped breathing during prep as Continue reading When the patient doesn’t breathe…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars Today was another spent in clinic, it’s a good balance for me as I can study when there are no patients, and then learn when there are. This morning a puppy with Continue reading When the machines don’t beep…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Eickemeyer Normally I avoid graphic images here, however sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why I do not feel too bad about the photo on the right here. This is Continue reading Pyometra, a very good reason to spay your bitch…
Today’s DIary is for every single person that has helped me to get here, thank you so much for your support and encouragement! Merry Christmas everyone, it’s been a while and I have been very bad finishing my diary entries Continue reading A Vet Students Christmas…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Supreme Petfoods So most people have heard of flying pigs before, however today I actually got to meet a flying snake, and no it wasn’t through any accidents of any kind. The snake I Continue reading The flying snake…
Please ignore any spelling mistakes, I am still slightly tipsy, however I feel like typing so will with the blunt and honest truth. There is no sponsor on this post because of this. So today I passed my general epizootology Continue reading The drunk and honest truth of being a vet student…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Best Pet Hair Remover One of the things here that is a little strange is that a lot of the lecturers also have private clinics in the local area. Whilst this lowers the number Continue reading A bull in the room…
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Chart Stables So this morning at around 6am I got a sms for emergency surgery in the equine clinic, as always there was no indication of just what the surgery was going to be. Continue reading Trying to save a horses eye…
Today we had our second Andrology and AI lesson; it was completely practical so turning out in the freezing cold to catch the bus at 7:45am was pretty difficult however it’s only going get colder now so best to get Continue reading Getting to grips with a bulls balls…