Day 16; What the fuck is wrong with people?!???!!

Today I had a morning shift. We did all the usual jobs. I was thinking about yesterday and how good it was to get involved in the vet nursing side of things... It's defiantly a job that I could enjoy doing back home.

Me and Brave out for a walk

A Thai lady arrived at the door with a cat, it had a wound to its belly. The lady didn't speak much English, which is the case with most of the locals who bring animals into the centre. It is possible to communicate with basic English and some imaginative sign language! She thought that I had either been attacked by a dog or hit by a motorbike. On inspection, Hal thought it had most likely fallen from a tree and impaled itself on a small branch. I went into surgery with Hal. He sedated the cat, cleaned and stitched up the wound. I love helping in surgery, I had to help clean the wound, cut stitches, pass Hal the instruments he asked for and keep checking that the cat was still breathing.

After that I cleaned out the cat house, it smelt really bad so I went into combat mode and broke out the bleach and Mr. Muscle... It smells much better now!



Later, I was giving a tour to an Australian vet when another tourist rushed in with a cat that had been shot. It was already dead. Who would shoot a cat, and why?! What the fuck is wrong with people??

Next a foreign local man brought in his beautiful St Bernard. The dog was suffering with Hip Dysplasia, an abnormal formation of the hip socket, it was only 14 months old and was crippled with pain. He had made the decision to have the dog put to sleep.

Playful puppy!

The St Bernard weighed 60kg, that's 5 more than me! Normally, dead animals go into the freezer until it is full, then they get buried in the outer grounds of the centre. Even if the freezer had been empty, his guy was not going to fit! Hal asked if anyone would like to help move the dog, I didn't think there would be many volunteers but didn't want to be beaten to it, so I jumped up and got in there before anyone else could! I want to see as many different things that are relevant to vet nursing as I can, dealing with dead stuff is just part of it. It took four of us to carry the dead dog to the hole which was already for its next arrivals. We then carried out everyone else who was in the freezer to be buried at the same time. When everyone was in, they got covered with leaves, lime power and then earth. It may sound strange but I enjoyed helping with all of this!

Later, Anna and I went into Saladan to do some food shopping, the supermarket was closed... Wasted journey. We stopped on the way back to get some dinner, I ate way to much and felt sick afterwards.