Large Animal Surgery

My first rotation back in the hospital at the vet school was large animal surgery. It was a blast, so busy but so fun! I had a great group to work with during the 2 weeks. Our surgery rotation is broken down into 2 groups of students and each group works with one resident and one attending clinician. It was funny because my group was all large animal oriented and the other group wound up being all small animal students! It was also the rotation to do tie-back surgeries, which is to correct paralysis of a muscle in the larynx that causes "roaring." They took a long time, but we all got really good at retracting and in one of the surgeries the endoscope caught fire inside the larynx! That can only be exciting in vet school!

My surgery Group

(From left to right, Sherry Blenden, me, Dr. Matyjaszek, and Johanna Elfenbein)

There was a special patient on our rotation who had been at the hospital since September! He suffered a right forelimb fracture that he had plated and then arthrodesed (fusion of the fetlock joint) and has been recovering well since. He was a Paso Fino stallion named "Mujeriego" which in spanish translates to a "player" or "womanizer." He definitely stole our hearts, despite his little quirks.

Here's Kerri Mitton trying to catch the pig we spayed. Her name was Maddy and she really didn't want anything to do with getting her treatments.

Here's some more pics...