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Vet Tech Journals 19 (long)
Owie.....
I got beat up this weekend. On Friday morning, I was holding this dog while its nails were being trimmed. THe dog suddenly started to struggle and I got a nice scratch on my left wrist. Ouch.... Then I was holding this great dane so my co-worker Fern could draw some blood. But she was having a hard time feeling the jugular. So I reached down to try to find it for her when I feel a sharp pain in my left forearm. She had accidentally jabbed my arm with the needle. Fortunately it was still sterile at that point. It hurt, but it was a small poke. Double ouch... As we got ready to try again, I said, "Please get the DOG'S blood and not mine, okay?" Later on, i was holding a cat so my co-worker Julie could draw blood. I tilted the head back and Julie uncapped her needle and moved in for the stick. Suddenly the cat jerked his head out of my grasp. I pull back my hand to get it out of potential biting range when I feel a pain in my finger. I pull back to see two tiny holes in my middle finger oozing blood. For a second, I thought, "Aw man the little bugger bit me." But then Julie asked if I was okay and I saw she was holding a bloody needle. As I had pulled away, the needle had skewered the tip of my left middle finger. Triple ouch... By this time I'm laughing and saying, "You have GOT to be kidding me, that the THIRD time this morning!!" I'm okay now, but man I was wary of needles the rest of the day. Then on Sunday, I was trying to restrain this beagle for a vaccine when the dog threw his head to the side and clocked me in the jaw. Owie...... Ah, the hazards that come with the job.... Anyways, I'm done with my first set of finals. I got 8 out of 10 on the jugular venipuncture on the dog model. I had a hard time drawing the 'blood' because the vein was a thick rubber tube. I kept hitting the darn thing, but because I didn't hit it properly and it was difficult for me to reposition, she took points off. Hmph!! Had it been a real dog, I would have been able to get it. A thick rubber tube is a very poor example of a 'jugular vein'. Ah well. The lecture final was tough. I don't like this professor's tests. She will cover all this material, and indicate what we need to know and then she will come up with questions out of left field that make you go, "Huh? did we even cover that?" I'm just glad it's over. I have tomorrow off and I'm going to spend it studying. I have my Clinical Procedures lab final and lecture final on Wednesday and that will be tougher. I have to place an IV catheter and I was sick the day she demonstrated it in class. I have the idea, but I've never really done it, so I hope I don't really screw it up. Then I have my Laboratory animal final on Thursday. I'm barely passing this class, so i have to do well on this test. If I don't pass, I'll have to repeat it, which will royally suck, since I've never have had to repeat a class in my life. Also the class won't be offered again until Spring 2006. *sigh* Well, other than that, I have two content kitties under the Xmas tree. BTW, Imp attacked my foot this morning so there are more tiny holes in the comforter. He attacks the foot and his teeth and claws get caught in the blanket and I hear this popping noises as he pulled them free. Silly cat. Later, Kristi |
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Thanks for sharing more of your experiences, Kristi. Sorry they were so
painful this time. I hope your upcoming finals are less painful and you do really well on them. -- Joy Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter (or Summer) Solstice, Hogmanay and New Year! In case that didn't cover it, Season's Greetings! "Mischief" wrote in message oups.com... Owie..... I got beat up this weekend. On Friday morning, I was holding this dog while its nails were being trimmed. THe dog suddenly started to struggle and I got a nice scratch on my left wrist. Ouch.... Then I was holding this great dane so my co-worker Fern could draw some blood. But she was having a hard time feeling the jugular. So I reached down to try to find it for her when I feel a sharp pain in my left forearm. She had accidentally jabbed my arm with the needle. Fortunately it was still sterile at that point. It hurt, but it was a small poke. Double ouch... As we got ready to try again, I said, "Please get the DOG'S blood and not mine, okay?" Later on, i was holding a cat so my co-worker Julie could draw blood. I tilted the head back and Julie uncapped her needle and moved in for the stick. Suddenly the cat jerked his head out of my grasp. I pull back my hand to get it out of potential biting range when I feel a pain in my finger. I pull back to see two tiny holes in my middle finger oozing blood. For a second, I thought, "Aw man the little bugger bit me." But then Julie asked if I was okay and I saw she was holding a bloody needle. As I had pulled away, the needle had skewered the tip of my left middle finger. Triple ouch... By this time I'm laughing and saying, "You have GOT to be kidding me, that the THIRD time this morning!!" I'm okay now, but man I was wary of needles the rest of the day. Then on Sunday, I was trying to restrain this beagle for a vaccine when the dog threw his head to the side and clocked me in the jaw. Owie...... Ah, the hazards that come with the job.... Anyways, I'm done with my first set of finals. I got 8 out of 10 on the jugular venipuncture on the dog model. I had a hard time drawing the 'blood' because the vein was a thick rubber tube. I kept hitting the darn thing, but because I didn't hit it properly and it was difficult for me to reposition, she took points off. Hmph!! Had it been a real dog, I would have been able to get it. A thick rubber tube is a very poor example of a 'jugular vein'. Ah well. The lecture final was tough. I don't like this professor's tests. She will cover all this material, and indicate what we need to know and then she will come up with questions out of left field that make you go, "Huh? did we even cover that?" I'm just glad it's over. I have tomorrow off and I'm going to spend it studying. I have my Clinical Procedures lab final and lecture final on Wednesday and that will be tougher. I have to place an IV catheter and I was sick the day she demonstrated it in class. I have the idea, but I've never really done it, so I hope I don't really screw it up. Then I have my Laboratory animal final on Thursday. I'm barely passing this class, so i have to do well on this test. If I don't pass, I'll have to repeat it, which will royally suck, since I've never have had to repeat a class in my life. Also the class won't be offered again until Spring 2006. *sigh* Well, other than that, I have two content kitties under the Xmas tree. BTW, Imp attacked my foot this morning so there are more tiny holes in the comforter. He attacks the foot and his teeth and claws get caught in the blanket and I hear this popping noises as he pulled them free. Silly cat. Later, Kristi |
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Ouch, purrs for your perforations to heal quickly! And many good luck
purrs for your remaining finals. I'm done with mine, so sending all my residual luck over to you... -Caroline S. Mischief wrote: Owie..... I got beat up this weekend. On Friday morning, I was holding this dog while its nails were being trimmed. THe dog suddenly started to struggle and I got a nice scratch on my left wrist. Ouch.... Then I was holding this great dane so my co-worker Fern could draw some blood. But she was having a hard time feeling the jugular. So I reached down to try to find it for her when I feel a sharp pain in my left forearm. She had accidentally jabbed my arm with the needle. Fortunately it was still sterile at that point. It hurt, but it was a small poke. Double ouch... As we got ready to try again, I said, "Please get the DOG'S blood and not mine, okay?" Later on, i was holding a cat so my co-worker Julie could draw blood. I tilted the head back and Julie uncapped her needle and moved in for the stick. Suddenly the cat jerked his head out of my grasp. I pull back my hand to get it out of potential biting range when I feel a pain in my finger. I pull back to see two tiny holes in my middle finger oozing blood. For a second, I thought, "Aw man the little bugger bit me." But then Julie asked if I was okay and I saw she was holding a bloody needle. As I had pulled away, the needle had skewered the tip of my left middle finger. Triple ouch... By this time I'm laughing and saying, "You have GOT to be kidding me, that the THIRD time this morning!!" I'm okay now, but man I was wary of needles the rest of the day. Then on Sunday, I was trying to restrain this beagle for a vaccine when the dog threw his head to the side and clocked me in the jaw. Owie...... Ah, the hazards that come with the job.... Anyways, I'm done with my first set of finals. I got 8 out of 10 on the jugular venipuncture on the dog model. I had a hard time drawing the 'blood' because the vein was a thick rubber tube. I kept hitting the darn thing, but because I didn't hit it properly and it was difficult for me to reposition, she took points off. Hmph!! Had it been a real dog, I would have been able to get it. A thick rubber tube is a very poor example of a 'jugular vein'. Ah well. The lecture final was tough. I don't like this professor's tests. She will cover all this material, and indicate what we need to know and then she will come up with questions out of left field that make you go, "Huh? did we even cover that?" I'm just glad it's over. I have tomorrow off and I'm going to spend it studying. I have my Clinical Procedures lab final and lecture final on Wednesday and that will be tougher. I have to place an IV catheter and I was sick the day she demonstrated it in class. I have the idea, but I've never really done it, so I hope I don't really screw it up. Then I have my Laboratory animal final on Thursday. I'm barely passing this class, so i have to do well on this test. If I don't pass, I'll have to repeat it, which will royally suck, since I've never have had to repeat a class in my life. Also the class won't be offered again until Spring 2006. *sigh* Well, other than that, I have two content kitties under the Xmas tree. BTW, Imp attacked my foot this morning so there are more tiny holes in the comforter. He attacks the foot and his teeth and claws get caught in the blanket and I hear this popping noises as he pulled them free. Silly cat. Later, Kristi |
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Mischief wrote:
Owie..... I got beat up this weekend. Owie indeed. glad you were able to laugh about it. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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