First, the overnight technicians rounded us on all of the patients. Then we started the 8 am treatments.
First, was Licorice, a 12 year old neutered male black lab. I walked him, performed a TPR, checked his fluid rate and how much fluid he had since his last treatment, took his blood pressure; which was 105; gave him his dose of Buprenex, and also 1000mg of Ampicillin IV which I made up and gave.
Next was Tucker. Tucker was a neutered male cairn terrier. I walked him, and then gave him 7.4 ml of Ampicillin, famodatine and 0.42ml of Baytril. I figured out the amounts of these drugs, and then gave them. Then I performed a TPR and blood pressure.
Then I watched Amy B take a blood pressure on a cat who threw a clot in his back leg. We wanted to check and see if we could find a blood pressure in the bad leg, and compare it to the good leg. The good leg was 140, and we couldn’t find it in the bad leg.
Then I was shown how to do laundry and the dishes.
Greta, a DSH came back in to see if she could have some more pain medication. She is a 17 year old 1.8 kg cat, and is in every few weeks because she gets constipated and has cancer. This time her owners thought she was vomiting and had diarrhea, but upon talking to her, she had strained so much to defecate that she vomited. We checked her weight, blood pressure and did a TPR. Then, I shaved some of the mats around her back end and cleaned her up a bit.
Licorice was scheduled for an ultrasound today and I went with him. They found a 7 cm mass in the spleen area.
12 o’clock treatments were next; I walked everyone and checked their fluids.
After I ate lunch, I cleaned and stocked some of the drawers with vetwrap, tape, gauze and other blood and catheter supplies.
For the 2 o’clock treatments, I fed Vegas and flushed her catheter.
Then Simon, a DSH was in the hospital for vomiting, diarrhea and anorexia. He was scheduled for an ultrasound as well, and we found that it was most likely pancreatitis.
Tucker’s owners decided to give him a blood transfusion since he was anemic. Amy C set up the blood and we figured how much we were giving him and what rate we were giving it. Then we checked him at 15 min, 30 min, and then every 30 minutes after that. We checked his temperature, heart rate; respiratory rate and this temperament and we recorded it on a sheet next to his cage so anyone could see if something was going wrong if we were not right there.
Next, Ivy came in and had been vomiting and having diarrhea for about a week. We suspected Parvo virus, and did a parvo snap test, which came up negative. Maura placed an IV catheter, Amy B did the parvo test, and I drew 3 cc of blood from the jugular for a CBC chemistry and PCV / total solids. We also did a blood pressure, which was 100.
Before I left, I drew blood from the saphenous vein of Vegas for a PCV/total solids to see if she could go home. The PCV was 17 and the TS were 6. She was allowed to go home.
First, was Licorice, a 12 year old neutered male black lab. I walked him, performed a TPR, checked his fluid rate and how much fluid he had since his last treatment, took his blood pressure; which was 105; gave him his dose of Buprenex, and also 1000mg of Ampicillin IV which I made up and gave.
Next was Tucker. Tucker was a neutered male cairn terrier. I walked him, and then gave him 7.4 ml of Ampicillin, famodatine and 0.42ml of Baytril. I figured out the amounts of these drugs, and then gave them. Then I performed a TPR and blood pressure.
Then I watched Amy B take a blood pressure on a cat who threw a clot in his back leg. We wanted to check and see if we could find a blood pressure in the bad leg, and compare it to the good leg. The good leg was 140, and we couldn’t find it in the bad leg.
Then I was shown how to do laundry and the dishes.
Greta, a DSH came back in to see if she could have some more pain medication. She is a 17 year old 1.8 kg cat, and is in every few weeks because she gets constipated and has cancer. This time her owners thought she was vomiting and had diarrhea, but upon talking to her, she had strained so much to defecate that she vomited. We checked her weight, blood pressure and did a TPR. Then, I shaved some of the mats around her back end and cleaned her up a bit.
Licorice was scheduled for an ultrasound today and I went with him. They found a 7 cm mass in the spleen area.
12 o’clock treatments were next; I walked everyone and checked their fluids.
After I ate lunch, I cleaned and stocked some of the drawers with vetwrap, tape, gauze and other blood and catheter supplies.
For the 2 o’clock treatments, I fed Vegas and flushed her catheter.
Then Simon, a DSH was in the hospital for vomiting, diarrhea and anorexia. He was scheduled for an ultrasound as well, and we found that it was most likely pancreatitis.
Tucker’s owners decided to give him a blood transfusion since he was anemic. Amy C set up the blood and we figured how much we were giving him and what rate we were giving it. Then we checked him at 15 min, 30 min, and then every 30 minutes after that. We checked his temperature, heart rate; respiratory rate and this temperament and we recorded it on a sheet next to his cage so anyone could see if something was going wrong if we were not right there.
Next, Ivy came in and had been vomiting and having diarrhea for about a week. We suspected Parvo virus, and did a parvo snap test, which came up negative. Maura placed an IV catheter, Amy B did the parvo test, and I drew 3 cc of blood from the jugular for a CBC chemistry and PCV / total solids. We also did a blood pressure, which was 100.
Before I left, I drew blood from the saphenous vein of Vegas for a PCV/total solids to see if she could go home. The PCV was 17 and the TS were 6. She was allowed to go home.
