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Vet Tech journals 6
This is another entry in the Vet tech journals, but it's more of a
vent. I have this co-worker Mike. He's been in the field for 15 yrs and has been with this clinic for 3 years. He is funny at times but he is the BIGGEST SCHMUCK I have ever seen. He's one of those guys that makes you wonder how on earth has he kept himself from getting fired. The only things that I can tell that keeps him employed is the fact that he does knows his stuff, but also because he's close friend with the supervisor. First off, he's 38, lives with his 15 year old son, and also has a 12 year old son from another woman. He's loud, arrogant, obnoxious, belches and snorts a lot, and loves to attract attention by cracking bad jokes. The jokes are slightly funny the first few times, but after the 30th time you just want to smack him. He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. There's also this 17 year old girl who started at the clinic a week before I do. She's got Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(which at time can be really annoying) and at times a huge attitude problem. From what I can tell, they spend a LOT of time together. Most of time I see them giggling together. Tosha even will come on her days off to bring Mike some food (because Mike's such a loser he doesn't pack his own lunch nor can afford to go out); or she'll show up to spend time with him during his lunch hour. Once a few of us went out to dinner to celebrate another co-worker's birthday. Mike and Tosha were holding hands and every now and then he would rub her back affectionately or she would caress his cheek. When they kissed I almost threw up. What kind of loser who is 38 thinks that the only female companionship he can have is with a 17 year old? How low can you stoop? Sheesh!!! And since she's the product of a teenage pregnancy, it seems obvious her parents either don't know or care. I know that if they aren't sleeping with each other yet, they definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. It's taken a lot of self-control, but I've managed to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. I am just waiting for the day that this guy gets his comeuppance. I'm waiting for the day where Tosha's snippy attitude gets her in trouble. I totally know that the doctors see everything, so I'm sure they have noticed this. We could do without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. ARRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm hoping that I can learn enough so that I'll be even better than both of them so if they leave, the clinic won't suffer. Anyways, enough venting........ I set a record today for washing a dog. A yellow lab wasn't supposed to picked up until 2:30, but the owner called at 1:30 saying he was on his way from the aiport in his LIMO. He said to throw the dog in the tub and he would be okay taking home a wet dog. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... I combined both the shampoo and the cream rinse together and rushed this dog through this bath. Then I grab BOTH dryers and use it on the dog at full blast. The poor dog was getting blasted by air from two directions. :0) When the owner arrived, I had managed to get the whole dog dry with the exception of the paws and tail. Whew!!! I got a call from reception saying there was a cat in Room 3 to come back for boarding. My supervisor Jen and I went to Room 3. I heard the owner say that the cat was really tempermental. So I left for Jen to take care of it. A moment later Jen returned.............with an 8 week old kitten. Awwwwww, a blue point, 8 wk old kitten. Surely this couldn't be the same cat. That was until they tried to get blood from it, THEN it proved to be a bit of a handful. The kitten's name is Fat Louie, and I'm familiar with the family. This family also owns this big Shepard Mix named Chester. A huge dog and a tiny kitten.................that must be fun to watch at times. I also laughed when I walked in this morning and found we were boarding a pair of Siamese cats, Jack and Smokey. For a while I had the tune "We are Sia-meese if you ple-ease. We are Sia-meese if you don't please" stuck in my head. (If this causes the same tune to be stuck in anyone else's head, I'm sorry.) There was also a Siamese named Thai that had a dental today. Dr. Z asked me at the end of the day to take Thai up to the owner. Now Thai has very LONG canine teeth. It looks like she could pass for a kitty vampire. I opened up the cage and I hadn't even reached for her when she let out a loud hiss and bared her fangs. "Errrr.." said Dr. Z. "Maybe I better take her up." Hey who am I to disagree with the doctor? I also got a chance to draw blood for the very first time. It was this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 cc's and I managed to pull 2 cc's when I lost the vein and couldn't find it again. Hey, that's not bad for a first try. And I took it as a very good sign. I have only been at this clinic for four months now, and I've been on probation which is normal for all new hires. I just got told today from Jen that I had been doing really really well and they weren't going to do any monthly reviews. Which in so many words means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Now I can go to bed happy, without worrying if I still have a job later this week. Cheers, Kristi |
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Congratulations on the blood drawing and the job becoming permanent.
Condolences on having to work with the schmuck and having to watch the disgusting behavior of him and the idiot teenager. -- Joy Owned and operated by Lindy and Skeeter "Mischief" wrote in message m... This is another entry in the Vet tech journals, but it's more of a vent. I have this co-worker Mike. He's been in the field for 15 yrs and has been with this clinic for 3 years. He is funny at times but he is the BIGGEST SCHMUCK I have ever seen. He's one of those guys that makes you wonder how on earth has he kept himself from getting fired. The only things that I can tell that keeps him employed is the fact that he does knows his stuff, but also because he's close friend with the supervisor. First off, he's 38, lives with his 15 year old son, and also has a 12 year old son from another woman. He's loud, arrogant, obnoxious, belches and snorts a lot, and loves to attract attention by cracking bad jokes. The jokes are slightly funny the first few times, but after the 30th time you just want to smack him. He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. There's also this 17 year old girl who started at the clinic a week before I do. She's got Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(which at time can be really annoying) and at times a huge attitude problem. From what I can tell, they spend a LOT of time together. Most of time I see them giggling together. Tosha even will come on her days off to bring Mike some food (because Mike's such a loser he doesn't pack his own lunch nor can afford to go out); or she'll show up to spend time with him during his lunch hour. Once a few of us went out to dinner to celebrate another co-worker's birthday. Mike and Tosha were holding hands and every now and then he would rub her back affectionately or she would caress his cheek. When they kissed I almost threw up. What kind of loser who is 38 thinks that the only female companionship he can have is with a 17 year old? How low can you stoop? Sheesh!!! And since she's the product of a teenage pregnancy, it seems obvious her parents either don't know or care. I know that if they aren't sleeping with each other yet, they definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. It's taken a lot of self-control, but I've managed to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. I am just waiting for the day that this guy gets his comeuppance. I'm waiting for the day where Tosha's snippy attitude gets her in trouble. I totally know that the doctors see everything, so I'm sure they have noticed this. We could do without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. ARRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm hoping that I can learn enough so that I'll be even better than both of them so if they leave, the clinic won't suffer. Anyways, enough venting........ I set a record today for washing a dog. A yellow lab wasn't supposed to picked up until 2:30, but the owner called at 1:30 saying he was on his way from the aiport in his LIMO. He said to throw the dog in the tub and he would be okay taking home a wet dog. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... I combined both the shampoo and the cream rinse together and rushed this dog through this bath. Then I grab BOTH dryers and use it on the dog at full blast. The poor dog was getting blasted by air from two directions. :0) When the owner arrived, I had managed to get the whole dog dry with the exception of the paws and tail. Whew!!! I got a call from reception saying there was a cat in Room 3 to come back for boarding. My supervisor Jen and I went to Room 3. I heard the owner say that the cat was really tempermental. So I left for Jen to take care of it. A moment later Jen returned.............with an 8 week old kitten. Awwwwww, a blue point, 8 wk old kitten. Surely this couldn't be the same cat. That was until they tried to get blood from it, THEN it proved to be a bit of a handful. The kitten's name is Fat Louie, and I'm familiar with the family. This family also owns this big Shepard Mix named Chester. A huge dog and a tiny kitten.................that must be fun to watch at times. I also laughed when I walked in this morning and found we were boarding a pair of Siamese cats, Jack and Smokey. For a while I had the tune "We are Sia-meese if you ple-ease. We are Sia-meese if you don't please" stuck in my head. (If this causes the same tune to be stuck in anyone else's head, I'm sorry.) There was also a Siamese named Thai that had a dental today. Dr. Z asked me at the end of the day to take Thai up to the owner. Now Thai has very LONG canine teeth. It looks like she could pass for a kitty vampire. I opened up the cage and I hadn't even reached for her when she let out a loud hiss and bared her fangs. "Errrr.." said Dr. Z. "Maybe I better take her up." Hey who am I to disagree with the doctor? I also got a chance to draw blood for the very first time. It was this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 cc's and I managed to pull 2 cc's when I lost the vein and couldn't find it again. Hey, that's not bad for a first try. And I took it as a very good sign. I have only been at this clinic for four months now, and I've been on probation which is normal for all new hires. I just got told today from Jen that I had been doing really really well and they weren't going to do any monthly reviews. Which in so many words means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Now I can go to bed happy, without worrying if I still have a job later this week. Cheers, Kristi |
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Congratulations on the blood drawing and the job becoming permanent.
Condolences on having to work with the schmuck and having to watch the disgusting behavior of him and the idiot teenager. -- Joy Owned and operated by Lindy and Skeeter "Mischief" wrote in message m... This is another entry in the Vet tech journals, but it's more of a vent. I have this co-worker Mike. He's been in the field for 15 yrs and has been with this clinic for 3 years. He is funny at times but he is the BIGGEST SCHMUCK I have ever seen. He's one of those guys that makes you wonder how on earth has he kept himself from getting fired. The only things that I can tell that keeps him employed is the fact that he does knows his stuff, but also because he's close friend with the supervisor. First off, he's 38, lives with his 15 year old son, and also has a 12 year old son from another woman. He's loud, arrogant, obnoxious, belches and snorts a lot, and loves to attract attention by cracking bad jokes. The jokes are slightly funny the first few times, but after the 30th time you just want to smack him. He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. There's also this 17 year old girl who started at the clinic a week before I do. She's got Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(which at time can be really annoying) and at times a huge attitude problem. From what I can tell, they spend a LOT of time together. Most of time I see them giggling together. Tosha even will come on her days off to bring Mike some food (because Mike's such a loser he doesn't pack his own lunch nor can afford to go out); or she'll show up to spend time with him during his lunch hour. Once a few of us went out to dinner to celebrate another co-worker's birthday. Mike and Tosha were holding hands and every now and then he would rub her back affectionately or she would caress his cheek. When they kissed I almost threw up. What kind of loser who is 38 thinks that the only female companionship he can have is with a 17 year old? How low can you stoop? Sheesh!!! And since she's the product of a teenage pregnancy, it seems obvious her parents either don't know or care. I know that if they aren't sleeping with each other yet, they definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. It's taken a lot of self-control, but I've managed to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. I am just waiting for the day that this guy gets his comeuppance. I'm waiting for the day where Tosha's snippy attitude gets her in trouble. I totally know that the doctors see everything, so I'm sure they have noticed this. We could do without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. ARRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm hoping that I can learn enough so that I'll be even better than both of them so if they leave, the clinic won't suffer. Anyways, enough venting........ I set a record today for washing a dog. A yellow lab wasn't supposed to picked up until 2:30, but the owner called at 1:30 saying he was on his way from the aiport in his LIMO. He said to throw the dog in the tub and he would be okay taking home a wet dog. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... I combined both the shampoo and the cream rinse together and rushed this dog through this bath. Then I grab BOTH dryers and use it on the dog at full blast. The poor dog was getting blasted by air from two directions. :0) When the owner arrived, I had managed to get the whole dog dry with the exception of the paws and tail. Whew!!! I got a call from reception saying there was a cat in Room 3 to come back for boarding. My supervisor Jen and I went to Room 3. I heard the owner say that the cat was really tempermental. So I left for Jen to take care of it. A moment later Jen returned.............with an 8 week old kitten. Awwwwww, a blue point, 8 wk old kitten. Surely this couldn't be the same cat. That was until they tried to get blood from it, THEN it proved to be a bit of a handful. The kitten's name is Fat Louie, and I'm familiar with the family. This family also owns this big Shepard Mix named Chester. A huge dog and a tiny kitten.................that must be fun to watch at times. I also laughed when I walked in this morning and found we were boarding a pair of Siamese cats, Jack and Smokey. For a while I had the tune "We are Sia-meese if you ple-ease. We are Sia-meese if you don't please" stuck in my head. (If this causes the same tune to be stuck in anyone else's head, I'm sorry.) There was also a Siamese named Thai that had a dental today. Dr. Z asked me at the end of the day to take Thai up to the owner. Now Thai has very LONG canine teeth. It looks like she could pass for a kitty vampire. I opened up the cage and I hadn't even reached for her when she let out a loud hiss and bared her fangs. "Errrr.." said Dr. Z. "Maybe I better take her up." Hey who am I to disagree with the doctor? I also got a chance to draw blood for the very first time. It was this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 cc's and I managed to pull 2 cc's when I lost the vein and couldn't find it again. Hey, that's not bad for a first try. And I took it as a very good sign. I have only been at this clinic for four months now, and I've been on probation which is normal for all new hires. I just got told today from Jen that I had been doing really really well and they weren't going to do any monthly reviews. Which in so many words means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Now I can go to bed happy, without worrying if I still have a job later this week. Cheers, Kristi |
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Congratulations on the blood drawing and the job becoming permanent.
Condolences on having to work with the schmuck and having to watch the disgusting behavior of him and the idiot teenager. -- Joy Owned and operated by Lindy and Skeeter "Mischief" wrote in message m... This is another entry in the Vet tech journals, but it's more of a vent. I have this co-worker Mike. He's been in the field for 15 yrs and has been with this clinic for 3 years. He is funny at times but he is the BIGGEST SCHMUCK I have ever seen. He's one of those guys that makes you wonder how on earth has he kept himself from getting fired. The only things that I can tell that keeps him employed is the fact that he does knows his stuff, but also because he's close friend with the supervisor. First off, he's 38, lives with his 15 year old son, and also has a 12 year old son from another woman. He's loud, arrogant, obnoxious, belches and snorts a lot, and loves to attract attention by cracking bad jokes. The jokes are slightly funny the first few times, but after the 30th time you just want to smack him. He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. There's also this 17 year old girl who started at the clinic a week before I do. She's got Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(which at time can be really annoying) and at times a huge attitude problem. From what I can tell, they spend a LOT of time together. Most of time I see them giggling together. Tosha even will come on her days off to bring Mike some food (because Mike's such a loser he doesn't pack his own lunch nor can afford to go out); or she'll show up to spend time with him during his lunch hour. Once a few of us went out to dinner to celebrate another co-worker's birthday. Mike and Tosha were holding hands and every now and then he would rub her back affectionately or she would caress his cheek. When they kissed I almost threw up. What kind of loser who is 38 thinks that the only female companionship he can have is with a 17 year old? How low can you stoop? Sheesh!!! And since she's the product of a teenage pregnancy, it seems obvious her parents either don't know or care. I know that if they aren't sleeping with each other yet, they definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. It's taken a lot of self-control, but I've managed to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. I am just waiting for the day that this guy gets his comeuppance. I'm waiting for the day where Tosha's snippy attitude gets her in trouble. I totally know that the doctors see everything, so I'm sure they have noticed this. We could do without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. ARRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm hoping that I can learn enough so that I'll be even better than both of them so if they leave, the clinic won't suffer. Anyways, enough venting........ I set a record today for washing a dog. A yellow lab wasn't supposed to picked up until 2:30, but the owner called at 1:30 saying he was on his way from the aiport in his LIMO. He said to throw the dog in the tub and he would be okay taking home a wet dog. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... I combined both the shampoo and the cream rinse together and rushed this dog through this bath. Then I grab BOTH dryers and use it on the dog at full blast. The poor dog was getting blasted by air from two directions. :0) When the owner arrived, I had managed to get the whole dog dry with the exception of the paws and tail. Whew!!! I got a call from reception saying there was a cat in Room 3 to come back for boarding. My supervisor Jen and I went to Room 3. I heard the owner say that the cat was really tempermental. So I left for Jen to take care of it. A moment later Jen returned.............with an 8 week old kitten. Awwwwww, a blue point, 8 wk old kitten. Surely this couldn't be the same cat. That was until they tried to get blood from it, THEN it proved to be a bit of a handful. The kitten's name is Fat Louie, and I'm familiar with the family. This family also owns this big Shepard Mix named Chester. A huge dog and a tiny kitten.................that must be fun to watch at times. I also laughed when I walked in this morning and found we were boarding a pair of Siamese cats, Jack and Smokey. For a while I had the tune "We are Sia-meese if you ple-ease. We are Sia-meese if you don't please" stuck in my head. (If this causes the same tune to be stuck in anyone else's head, I'm sorry.) There was also a Siamese named Thai that had a dental today. Dr. Z asked me at the end of the day to take Thai up to the owner. Now Thai has very LONG canine teeth. It looks like she could pass for a kitty vampire. I opened up the cage and I hadn't even reached for her when she let out a loud hiss and bared her fangs. "Errrr.." said Dr. Z. "Maybe I better take her up." Hey who am I to disagree with the doctor? I also got a chance to draw blood for the very first time. It was this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 cc's and I managed to pull 2 cc's when I lost the vein and couldn't find it again. Hey, that's not bad for a first try. And I took it as a very good sign. I have only been at this clinic for four months now, and I've been on probation which is normal for all new hires. I just got told today from Jen that I had been doing really really well and they weren't going to do any monthly reviews. Which in so many words means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Now I can go to bed happy, without worrying if I still have a job later this week. Cheers, Kristi |
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He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He No kidding! Just the thought of it made me shiver... ;-) cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. That's not good. My motto is: if you're not going to do it well, don't do it at all. definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. Misery loves company. without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. I'm sure there's plenty of professional folks out there who would love to get a good job at a vet clinic. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... Ewww... remind me not to rent a limo... this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 Yikes! The jugular? Why not from the leg? Or is that only for cats? means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Congratulations! -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Mischief wrote:
He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He No kidding! Just the thought of it made me shiver... ;-) cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. That's not good. My motto is: if you're not going to do it well, don't do it at all. definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. Misery loves company. without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. I'm sure there's plenty of professional folks out there who would love to get a good job at a vet clinic. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... Ewww... remind me not to rent a limo... this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 Yikes! The jugular? Why not from the leg? Or is that only for cats? means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Congratulations! -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Mischief wrote:
He's overweight and has a problem keeping up his scrub pants. It's really a horrifying sight to walk into the treatment room and see him kneeling down and you an see the crack of his ass. Ewwwww!!! He No kidding! Just the thought of it made me shiver... ;-) cuts corners on the job, and unless he's under the eye of a doctor or the supervisor, does a half ass job at mostly everything. That's not good. My motto is: if you're not going to do it well, don't do it at all. definitely will when Tosha turns 18. It's quite sickening. Misery loves company. without Tosha, but unfortunately since Mike does happen to know a lot, I know he's going to stay. I'm sure there's plenty of professional folks out there who would love to get a good job at a vet clinic. A wet dog in a limo? Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....... Apparently the guy owns a limo company..... Ewww... remind me not to rent a limo... this mini schnauzer, and Dr. S. said I could try it. I managed to hit the jugular on the first try, which is NOT EASY TO DO. I needed 3 Yikes! The jugular? Why not from the leg? Or is that only for cats? means that I'm now a permanent employee. As a permanent employee I now can learn to draw blood, perform more X-rays and even do dentals. YAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!!! Congratulations! -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Yikes! The jugular? Why not from the leg? Or is that only for cats?
Pretty much every blood draw we do is from the jugular. it's the biggest vein and easier to hit when compared to hitting the femoral or cephalic (leg veins) However, there are some animals with really sunken or tiny jugulars, so it takes more than one try to get it. It's just the way it's done at this clinic. I have tried drawing from the femoral vein on a cat and it's not that much fun either. Cheers, Kristi |
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Yikes! The jugular? Why not from the leg? Or is that only for cats?
Pretty much every blood draw we do is from the jugular. it's the biggest vein and easier to hit when compared to hitting the femoral or cephalic (leg veins) However, there are some animals with really sunken or tiny jugulars, so it takes more than one try to get it. It's just the way it's done at this clinic. I have tried drawing from the femoral vein on a cat and it's not that much fun either. Cheers, Kristi |
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Yikes! The jugular? Why not from the leg? Or is that only for cats?
Pretty much every blood draw we do is from the jugular. it's the biggest vein and easier to hit when compared to hitting the femoral or cephalic (leg veins) However, there are some animals with really sunken or tiny jugulars, so it takes more than one try to get it. It's just the way it's done at this clinic. I have tried drawing from the femoral vein on a cat and it's not that much fun either. Cheers, Kristi |
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