6/20/07

Another good day, although a bit stressful for the regular techs. There's a bit of interdepartmental strife, but I try to stay out of it. It's interesting on a purely outside level to watch the comments and interactions of people. Anyhow, notes!

-Max, the malamute, was euthanized today. Nothing is sadder than a 100+ pound dog lying on the floor because we couldn't find a bag big enough to fit him.
-I did a cat neuter today on my own (basically)! Exciting stuff, although I am not too fond of pulling a cat's testicles.
-Baxter, who came in a while ago with a broken leg after jumping out of a moving car, was back in today after an incident at another doctor's office. This dog has been known to be a little mouthy and not that nice to the techs, but they must have squished him in a certain way to get an xray and he came back to us coughing, breathing in a strained way and blood coming out of his nose. He was also listing a bit to one side, which made them think that he had some neurologic troubles. His xrays with us showed his lungs like cotton candy, which made the doctors say something about plural edema and something called neuroplastic edema (I think?), which was apparently some sort of bruising and fluid around the brain. We had him in for a while giving him care, and he went home with his parents at the end of the day, but it was touch and go for a while. We're still not sure he's going to make it through the night, but the people elected to take him and call BEVS if anything happened.