Category Archives: Veterinary

Facts

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Anne

1. 100+ bobby pins does not a happy Anne make… This I learned at my brother’s wedding. Apparently I’m a real hairdo wimp. I guess that’s a result of my having never had to endure the pain of the 8 … Continue reading →

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Czech please?

Posted on May 10, 2005 by Anne

I have a patient this week who only responds to commands given in Czech. He’s a highly trained search and rescue dog from the Czech Republic, but since he’s also a 100 lb German Shepherd I decided I probably shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Watch out! She’s on ophtho…

Posted on April 20, 2005 by Anne

I’ve always thought my eyes were sort of weird. Like they wanted to be brown but just couldn’t manage to muster up all the pigment (hmmm.. kind of like the rest of my unpigmented self). I guess you’d call it … Continue reading →

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Feline Target Practice

Posted on April 12, 2005 by Anne

A man in Wisconsin wants to legalize cat hunting. Naturally, there is some uproar about this idea. According to his claim, 2 million wild cats kill somewhere between 47-139 million songbirds annually. His proposal is that cats should be listed … Continue reading →

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That’s slick.

Posted on March 24, 2005 by Anne

It was a James Herriot kind of morning. We went to a farm for a problem with a calving, but it turned out that it just needed pulling. As the calf’s feet and head were peeking out, I asked if … Continue reading →

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T-minus 22 hours and counting…

Posted on February 23, 2005 by Anne

On the eve of my final exam of veterinary school, I have some thoughts. I’ve sat through over 2250 hours of classes, labs and exams over the last 2.5 years. I’ve taken somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 multiple choice … Continue reading →

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On the occasion of my last day of classes….

Posted on February 16, 2005 by Anne

Today was my last day of veterinary school classes and as I’ve been known to do, I spent those last few minutes writing a silly poem about said event: Today was our last day of class.Two final exams must we … Continue reading →

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Roasty Toasty!

Posted on January 28, 2005 by Anne

This morning when I was standing with my left arm and half of my torso barely protected from the frigid temperatures and my entire right arm in the 101 degree rectum of a cow, I felt like I was living … Continue reading →

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Sizing it up

Posted on January 14, 2005 by Anne

Today while I was cleaning out my email inbox (current count: 788 messages, 4771 K, oldest message date: 8.28.03) I found an email from my friend Dana. Dana moved to Chicago last summer and started a blog about her life … Continue reading →

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