Monday-Today was my first day at Cherry Hills Veterinary Clinic with Dr. Leonard. We saw some patients-a dog named Bozo with suspicious lumps, three dogs needing vaccines, and one mystery dog with pain in his lumbar spine and left hind leg. I helped take x-rays of the spine and chest. She still doesn’t know what’s wrong with him, but we’re hoping to find out soon.
Today-Surgery day! Today was kind of crazy. There were four surgeries on schedule. First, a dental surgery on a pitbull named Jake needing a few teeth pulled. Second, a yellow retriever named Stoney had a big possible benign tumor on his left back hip (about 5″ in diameter). Then, the last two were both historectomy-spays. Two six month old puppies named Zuzu and Oreo. In the first surgery, she asked me to hold Jake’s head so that she could push and drill in his gums without him moving. He was under anesthesia, of course, and heavily asleep, but this surgery made me feel lightheaded. Dr. Leonard told me to go to the break room, and when I sat down in the chair, I fainted! The surgeries after were completely fine, and I didn’t feel dizzy at all, but just the sight of that surgery just kind of freaked me out a bit.