Word to the wise: do not drink a glass of port before writing up a presentation on necropsy findings. With a little alcohol on board, it's much harder to forget that all those crisp descriptive words are wrapped around one family's heartache. "Examined is a 9 month old, 1.9kg female spayed Bengal cat..." ...someone's beloved pet, a kitten on the ( Read more... )

"That is made of unicorn hair." -- A third-year student taking a written exam ( Read more... )

I am CRAVING white-flour foods right now. Waffles, toast, cupcakes, an English muffin, ANYTHING. Most intense I've felt since the yeast control diet. I'd forgotten how this kind of thing could just take over my brain! It's not hunger -- well, okay, I was also hungry, but I had this omelet sitting right there, and it just wasn't what I wanted. ( Read more... )

E-mail subject: "Equine acupuncture demo--need a horse!" (Horse has to be willing to walk calmly into a lecture hall. I am not making this up ( Read more... )

Even though it looks like the first cat I spayed didn't survive the next 24 hours, the first dog I spayed DID ( Read more... )

Rob: This folder has papers for renewing your passport, including your birth certificate ( Read more... )

A note from a fourth-year student on clinics:

"Small win of the day: The top button of my shirt will not stay closed, and I can't find a safety pin, so I use Monocryl suture to close it. The suture material is the perfect shade of purple to match my shirt."

On October 16 I spayed a cat ( Read more... )

Pet food ingredients lab. Here are fifteen substances, mostly powders. (Three are labeled DO NOT EAT. A fourth one should have been, too. Ask me how I know ( Read more... )

"This is a Shar-Pei, the breed that God forgot to inflate ( Read more... )