Babies!

Today was a pretty busy day since 2 of the vets were on different islands so there was only 1 vet doing calls so we bounced around quite a bit. First we went to go see a calf that wasn't doing so well. But when we got there the calf was flat out and even the farmer seemed surprised that it had gone downhill so quickly. We tried to find a Vein to get some steroids in it and eventually fluids but before we could even get some drugs in it it started trying to die. So then we decided that we should just euthanize it but even before we could inject some euthasol it died. That was a real shame, but it had gone from running away from the farmer in the morning to lying dead so quickly there really wasn't much we could have done. It was also really cold and pale so it was most likely in shock and just crashed. Then we went to go see about a bull that was lame. He was sort of walking a bit stuff but wasn't hopping lame, so it wasn't quite time for him to go down the road, so we have him some metacam and rest. Then we got a call about a calving waaaaay at the other end of Orkney. So we drove to go see her and she was just starting to calve  but was just dilated enough to get a hand through, but that was it. So we decided to let her wait for a wee while since it was too soon to do much about it yet. Then we headed back to the surgery for lunch. Then we got a call about some heifer coos that weren't thriving even though their calves were doing well. So we went to take bloods and faecal samples from them to test for any vitamin/mieral deficiencies, johnes, and worms. So we'll see how that pans out. It was a bit unusual. Then finally we got the call we had been waiting for and went back to calve that coo and we pulled a lovely healthy little heifer calf from her! So all in all it was a good day! And tomorrow is my last day here, so crazy that it's almost

Over!