It's a new year and classes are getting really exciting.
As a third year student, I finally get to choose my elective
courses and spend time in both the small and large animal
hospitals. I recently spent the day in small animal surgery,
where I watched a fourth year student perform a cat spay (under the
watchful eye of one of the small animal surgeons). It feels
both strange and exciting to know that that will be me a year from
now! During the surgery, another third year student and I
were grilled on the pharmacology and surgery prep that was going
on. I had to quickly recall information from last year to
answer questions about opioids, analgesics, induction drugs and
inhalant anesthetics, as well as sterile surgical preparation.
Once the surgery was finished, we grabbed a quick lunch and then
learned how to operate a surgical laser. We practiced holding
and moving the stylet by writing our names on a wet pops...
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