Kinda feeling like the axe is hovering over my neck. Just waiting for it to fall.

I've been working with a German Shepherd and her family this past week. She was suffering from liver disease, most likely due to ingesting an unknown toxin. She was going downhill most of the week, Simpson's yellow (bili of 22!), anorexic, vomiting every day, and not coagulating her blood (despite daily Vit K injections). We told her family to ( Read more... )

I will admit I cried when they called his name, when they panned to the crowd of sobbing celebrities, when Kim, Sally, and Kate accepted his award.

I still feel like this is all a bad dream, though. I'll wake up and check heathbaby.com and they'll update me on his latest 4 movie projects.

Denial much?

Holy crap,

I'm relaxing! I'm not studying (though that isn't very new) and catching up with bros, 'rents, and Dan. Life is good.

Railed into Boston Thursday night to crash at Mo's. Did you know that she's probably the smartest person in the world? I mean, seriously. She found a damned protein on the most studied bacteria in microbiology! Good to ( Read more... )

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I was awoken (or is it woken) by a knock on my door at about 1 AM last night. Danielle went to give Persy some meds and found she had chewed through her IV line. She felt well enough to actually cause trouble! However, Danielle needed to go get more supplies from the hospital and asked me to watch her so she didn't chew through her IV catheter. ( Read more... )

During Danielle's (my roommate) Friday night ECC shift, a 9 week old chocolate lab puppy came in with bad diarrhea and vomitting. She was diagnosed with parvovirus, a nasty puppy intestinal virus that most dogs get vaccinated for. Most puppies with this disease die of dehydration because of the massive amounts of fluid lost through the GI tract. ( Read more... )

Your senator just was charged on several counts of fraud. WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS A CLOSE RACE?!!

Ted Stevens screwed up so bad and yet you might elect him for another term. How fucked up are you?

Look what SCAVMA sent us today ( Read more... )