I really enjoyed my trip to Dubai. It was an amazing experience and I met some really great people. Although I think my time as a student was not well-utilized due to the season, as an intern I think I would have a lot of fun. The grooms will always be in my heart - I really enjoyed my time even more because of them. Nasser and Assies were my ( Read more... )

Tuesday: We took off for the airport in the surprisingly not-so-heavy traffic. Once I got to the airport, I went through security first (which is backwards from at home), and then went to check in. I’ve never seen a more eclectic group of people! I thought America was the melting pot. I was mistaken - it’s Dubai! Once I got checked in (found ( Read more... )

Monday: My last day! Sniff! The plan is to leave at midnight for my 2:45 am flight. Saleem is the designated driver. We didn’t do surgery on the arthroscopy horse since he had a low WBC. The horse is a jerk anyway - he tries to kick every time I check gut sounds. A recheck CBC showed only 1/10th increase in WBC - so hopefully they will ( Read more... )

Sunday: While drawing blood from the horse I draw blood from every day, I talked to Nasser a little. He said he was 23 years old! I couldn’t believe it! But I’m not really sure if it’s a true 23 since they use a different calendar than we do. Anyway, I asked if he was married. He said no, he was a bachelor. I thought it was funny - since we ( Read more... )

Saturday: We had an arthroscopy to do - just a left fetlock, so we were hoping it would go fast. Well, an hour and 10 minutes later, we were done. The horse recovered fairly well and we put him back in the stall. I had bets with Goncalo that he would colic on Monday - but it wasn’t a true bet, since both of us bet on the same day. We had a few ( Read more... )

Friday: I talked to mom online after treatments and signed off to clean my room before rounds. The cleaning boys clean during rounds since we aren’t in there, so I wanted to tidy up a bit before that. I sat around for a few minutes. I waited and almost fell asleep on the couch. As I stood up to walk to the ICU, it dawned on me and my heart ( Read more... )

Thursday: During the break, I helped Goncalo with his presentation. The interns must make a powerpoint presentation at the end of their term in order to present a special topic. What was funny was that his computer is in Portuguese, so I wasn’t much help! But I showed him what I could figure out and got him on his way. I took a nap, hoping ( Read more... )

Wednesday: We got a call that one of our surgery cases from the previous week wasn’t doing well. It was one of the arthroscopies. He came in and just looked horrible - very depressed and painful. At first, we thought it might be his legs - but further workup showed it was colic pain. Blood work looked ok but the ultrasound of his abdomen and ( Read more... )

Tuesday: This whole lack of a weekend thing is really screwing with my sense of days of the week. All day long I thought it was Wednesday. Very frustrating! I’m planning a party for when I leave - pizza, salad, and a little video of all the pics I’ve taken. Nothing fancy - but just something to show the grooms and stuff what I’ve been doing ( Read more... )

Monday: The day started out normally - treatments, rounds, etc. Mom had called in the morning and had asked if we were doing anything exciting today. I said, nah - same ol’, same ol’. LOL. Soon after rounds though, I heard that we had a gunshot wound coming in. I said, what!? Apparently, someone had the bright idea of building a horse stable ( Read more... )