The Fulton School
Week 1
Last Friday (4/23/21) there was just a bunch of vaccinations we had a total of 3 dog vaccinations that day. One of the dogs ate a sock so they have him this medicine through his eye that induced the vomiting. Another one of the dogs had a Thor or a bee sing in his foot, they weren’t entirely sure what it was but for this dog he was kind of aggressive so they had to sedate him to get it out. On Monday (4/20/21) the first patient was a 1 year old cat who was very sick she had FIP which is a really bad illness for cats and isn’t curable and she would constantly be in pain so the owner decided to put her down. We also had 2 more vaccinations that day one in a dog and one in a cat. We had a 14 week old lab mixed with Rottweiler puppy come in and he was absolutely adorable and sweet. We had 2 dogs come in for lumps on them which just ended up being fatty growths which aren’t harmful. We also had a dog come in just for a teeth check. On Tuesday (4/27/21) I didn’t go to the vet clinic because I got my second COVID shot. Wednesday (4/28/21) we had 2 vaccinations that day 1 of them was for a cat and the other one was for a 14 week old corgi puppy. One of the dogs came in because he was having seizures and wasn’t in the greatest living environment before his new owner. Another one of the dogs that came in had a huge disgusting cyst on his side that they had to extract and they were poking around at it to get everything out of it and it was really disgusting both in sight and smell. I almost passed out with that one but I think that was because I was already nauseous from my second shot. One dog had a hip problem and another one had an eye infection. Thursday (4/29/21) when I first got there I got to sit in on a surgery and they were neutering a dog, I thought this was interesting how they do it because that it isn’t how I thought they did it. One of the dogs that came in I felt so bad for because a couple of years ago he got hit by a car and hurt his back and fractured his front right leg and hurt both his back legs, so now he has a bunch of back and leg problems. So back in October he got bit by a puppy and he has been having bladder problems ever since then and just pees everywhere so they think he might have an infection so they are running a culture on it to see what’s going on with this poor guy. The 1 cat that we had for that day was just spraying which just basically means that he was just marking his territory but he was doing it all over the house. A dog came in with a split nail so they put this coating stuff on it so it didn’t hurt him so much. We also had a 10 week old puppy who came in to get vaccinations but he wasn’t also eating. Friday (4/30/21) the first dog just got vaccinations. We got this dog that came in for a recheck of his mouth because a couple of weeks ago he was at doggy daycare and ate something and his tongue got 3 times it’s size and he couldn’t put it in his mouth, today it looked so much better he could put it in his mouth there were still some sores and red but he is doing a lot better. Another dog came in for an ear infection so they just gave him some ear drops. The groomer at the vets has 2 cats that both just had kittens so she brought in 4 of them in today because they were escaping and they had an infection in their eyes. 2 of them were 4 weeks old and 2 of them were 3 weeks old. They were so small and cute. We all just held them and played with them for the longest time and then it was time for them to go back home so they could be fed. The problem with their eyes was that they had herpes in them but it isn’t the same kind of herpes that people get and it isn’t contagious from cat to human. The pictures below those are my 2 favorite ones those kittens are the 3 week old ones the black one is a female and the white one is a male. As you can tell from the picture they are really tired and this is what they did the entire time.
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What exactly are you doing at the internship? Are you just watching and helping out or is it a pretty hands on job? Sounds interesting either way!