Practically a surgeon

Today was a busy busy day, but also sunny and lovely so it was great to be working outside in the country! Before we left we did some PMs on some lambs and think that they probably had pulpy kidney, so the farmer needs to boost his herd. Then we went to see a cow that had prolapsed her uterus and we stitched her up, and apparently she'd prolapsed with every calf, so who knows if she'll make it to be in calf next year. Then we gave IV fluids to a scoury calf, but there was probably something else wrong with it, perhaps some sort of septicaemia, but we were unsure so gave some fluids and B vits and and some other stuff and hopefully it'll do better! Then we were off to another farm to take some blood samples to check for BVD since the farmer wanted to sell these as beef calves. Then we went back to the hospital and had a quick lunch and then headed out to do a bunch of dehorning and castrations which took up most of the afternoon. Then we went back to the hospital and got a call about a fish hook stuck in a cows mouth, random! But we went and sure enough there was a fish hook dangling out of this cows mouth! The vet tried to get it out and when she couldn't she went to get the pliers but while she was away I was messing with it and popped it out! So it was a surprisingly easy call! Since we were done "early" read: on time, I got a ride to the train station and got an early train home! I can't believe it's already been a week! I'm having such a great time, but am excited to sleep in tomorrow!