The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Being a vet student brings great diversity in my daily patients which is one of the reasons I love it so much, today I assisted in surgery on a pigeon. Now this is one of those things that is not Continue reading When pigeons need surgery too…
Ok, so this morning I was a little bit nervous, I have two credit tests today which is a first for me and even worse it is my first ever test for physiology so I have no clue what the Continue reading Tests, Anatomy, and the Skull… (Day 38)
Start of week 5 of vet school and what a day it has been! Sometimes nature simply amazes me with just how much it can do with so little… When you think of how the world is based on just Continue reading Bones, Cartilage and the Heart … (Day 35)
Ok so today I was in my own little world, I don’t know how I got there however seems my brain was in anatomy overdrive. I actually managed to miss Physiology somehow which is just aweful, luckily it was on Continue reading Limbs and Things… (Day 31)
Ok this morning I was pretty sure that my Anatomy credit test today was not going to go well. Every free moment I had today went to trying to cram more and more into my brain and I’d spent a Continue reading Blood draws and my first Anatomy A!!! (Day 24)
Milk Hygiene this morning was cancelled as the lecturer was out on a trip with the Slovakian students so i got an extra hour in bed (yay!). The rest of the day was then devoted to languages and self study Continue reading The frustrations of Language… (Day 23)
So Tuesday is solely Microbiology and Immunology, I kinda enjoy it as many of the why’s that previously confused me are being made clear. The morning starts with a lecture, before then having a practical session a couple of hours Continue reading Looking at Bacteria and Microbiological Staining (Day 22)
Just a really quick entry today. Basically I decided to take some downtime and so took some time to catch up on my emails, tweets, facebook and diary entries over the past week. As well as stealing a lie in Continue reading A day of rest… (Day 19)
Today is probably the most intense day of my week with both my Anatomy lecture, my physiology practical and then my anatomy practical packed into these 6 hours! I managed to start the day well today with coffee at home Continue reading My first credit test, bones, and the flying mouse… (Day 17)
Ok so for the first time since I arrived here in Slovakia I awoke to grey skies and rain, last night there was also thunder as well though I did not see any lightening. Anyways this morning I did rush Continue reading Bones, Latin and Rain (Day 10)