Tag: surgery

Goat Horn Removal

… doesn’t come very often in my life at CVM. But here I am in the middle of one of the rare moments where I don’t have an exam at all during the week. And it’s pretty nice to know I can relax and just chill for a bit and not worry too much about any impending exams. Lots of things are going on right now. About to really get started with my thesis work (which is the characterization of…

Cystocentesis Surgery

Ahhhhh, so the week is almost over. It’s Thursday night and I’m sitting at home after some dinner and just relaxing for a bit. I had my physiology lab test today which went alright for the most part and then had to run to surgery afterwards to help my friend Faye with a cystocentesis and cystotomy procedure. We finished within 2 hours and everyone worked hard, so we were the first ones out of the 3 groups in lab today…

So this week has been a blur. I say that a lot I know, but seriously, I look at this past week and ask myself, “Where the hell has all the time gone?” This week, if you haven’t already guessed, has been extremely busy for me and it won’t stop until probably until Friday afternoon. A break down of my schedule is as follows for classes during a typical week: Monday/Wednesday 11-12pm :: Pathology Class 12-1pm :: Lunch 1-2pm ::…

Sorry for not posting lately. Things have been a blur since I’ve come back from NY and yes guys, this is the start of my 5th semester here at the University of the Philippines: Los Banos. I’ve been in class for just over 2 weeks now and so far it’s been going well. Most of the teachers I have this semester are interesting people. I’m really excited for my surgery and clinician rotations this year. This time around, I’m a…

I needed to take a break from studying. I have a really huge Parasitology final tomorrow and I’ve been studying for hours. I really need to stop and take a short break, because my head is going crazy with all these freakin’ parasite life cycles and names. And what I’m afraid of is actually forgetting them tomorrow. Aish, I really hope they stick. 😛 Anyway, today I found out that I passed my Surgery I class. All in all I…

… okay, so not literally dying, but I think you get what I’m saying.  It’s getting pretty ridiculous.  I’ve come over the hump today with the amount of exams per day, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a bumpy ride. So I had three exams today.  Pretty much back to back.  So three exams, yeah?  Surgery first, Equine Production second and Parasitology Lab Final last. So I spent a lot of last night trying to cope with all the…

And it’s an ovariohysterectomy! Gosh, I’m a little bit nervous because I’ll be the assistant surgeon in tomorrow’s operation. The one that will be leading the surgery is my friend Faye. I think she’ll do well, but of course since this will be our first surgery together we are afraid that something bad will happen. While this is a routine procedure in most veterinary hospitals, it will be our first time actually doing it, so naturally there’s a little apprehension…

So another year has come and gone. As the cliche goes, I’m another year older and another year wiser. I look back on the past year and realize that my birthday is just another regular day. I didn’t ask for much and really didn’t want people to make it a big deal since it was just another day, but in the end everything turned out nicely. Let me explain. Last Friday, was a pretty long day. I had a parasitology…