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Lockdown 2 This past week I have been on days. We entered lockdown again on Thursday. With lockdown we are still working as we have been, though the specialist departments have been separated into their own teams. This showed benefit yesterday as one of the teams has to now isolate as a team member tested…
This week is special. Quite a few months ago I made the decision to start a budget… I’ve always had credit card debt (some days this was the only way I could eat during vet school) ever since I was 18 and got that promotional mailing offering a card. I’d also had an overdraft which…
That feeling of lightness inside, where everything is perfect and not a single negative thought can push its way into your mind. I’d just landed a Cessna 152 onto the runway at East Midlands Airport. My instructor had just taken control as there were planes waiting to land behind us. We’d just followed a Ryanair…
Sick days This week I’ve been feeling ill and not sleeping properly from my first night. However on Friday this got to the stage where my head was spinning when I stood up. I did something I’ve never done before and called in sick. Working sole-charge overnight I felt that I would be doing more…
Costs of vet visits This last Monday was a bank holiday. And somehow I ended up on duty. I often avoid writing about costs here as it is such a contentious issue. Running an emergency veterinary service is expensive. And we did not cover the costs of opening and staffing the building. Yet the consult…
It feels as though the week has flown by. End of Module 5 My fifth CertAVP module is nearly complete. I’ve passed all my case reports and the end of module exam. I’ve still got to submit my case log however I need a couple more (specific) cases to be able to complete this so…
As I sit and write this I am exhausted. This has been my hardest week of nights so far. In addition to our own normal workload, we picked up the workload of another OOH practice. Luckily this was only for four nights (out of seven) however it added another 10 practices to those we normally…
I’ve just finished my week of nights and today I start my week off. Last Tuesday I was told that I would be finally starting on days. Looking ahead there are a few cool surgeries booked in already so I am excited. When I was in first opinion practice I removed a few mast cell…
The second in my new weekly blog commitment this week, still not sure how this will work. It will be fun seeing what happens though. This last week should have been my week of days at my internship however because of covid-19 they are still not allowing interns into the building. This means I am…
This was my off week. I finished my run of nights on Monday morning so this week is mostly recovery and getting my sleep pattern normal. I’ve been struggling with this recently though, with it taking me several days to go back to normal. And even now my sleep is weird – somewhere between 6pm-2am.…