Baby Goats

Last night my brother and I went to see some baby goats that were born last week.  They belong to a former coworker of mine and her husband and the mother of the baby goats actually came from our house.  They were ridiculously cute, so small and running and bucking around.  Here's a few photos from when I was there, I didn't get a lot of photos but at least this gives a brief glimpse at them.  The first photo is just the mother and the rest have the babies in them.

This Thursday my family is heading to Cape Cod for a week.  I am looking forward to going and just hanging out without studying or working.  It should be nice and relaxing!

Sick Goat (now Dead Goat)

This past Friday, I was awaken by my brother who wanted me to go out and check on his goat which had fallen over and wouldn't get up. When I went out, she was laying down and her head and neck were twisted to her left side.  To make a long story short, she went to the vet who thought she had polio (long name: polioencephalomalacia) so we started treating her for it however, Friday night about 1045pm, she died as I was giving her water.  She went out to UCONN and had a necropsy done today.  There was nothing outstanding on the gross necropsy, also known as cutting her open and examining all her internal organs.  It will be a little bit before we get the final necropsy report.  It's kind of neat because I got to be in on her necropsy and help out with it.  I have here a couple photos of the goat before she died.  The first one is her just laying down, not feeling right at all.  She wouldn't get up.  The second one is her right eye which was normal at the time.  The last photo is of her left eye which appeared ulcerate and then clouded over.  It will be very interesting, for me anyways, to see what the final diagnosis from the necropsy is!

  

Summer Update

Just a quick update on what's been going on for me so far this summer.  I have been enjoying my time spent working in micro and necropsy at UCONN.  It has been going real well and I get along well with the undergrads I work with which is great.  I have more car problems, which is pretty much the story of my life so no surprise there.  I am leaking transmission fluid and even though I had my axle seal replaced (no, I have no idea what that is) it was still leaking so now they have to remove the transmission to get at the real problem). This means major cha-ching if you get my drift!  I had a real nice weekend this past weekend as my uncle and another person were put in as ministers in our church.  Other than that, I've just been relaxing and enjoying time spent with family and friends.

Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend I went with a group from our young group to Latty and Junction Ohio for a young group weekend.  We definitely fulfilled the four components of a young group weekend: meet, greet, eat, tweet.  It was a real nice weekend and I got to two more churches that I hadn't been to since being a member, Junction and Latty.  I met a lot of new people but also renewed friendships as well.  It was a real nice weekend.  Now, it's just back to work.  I know I will be working on a cow in necropsy tomorrow and who knows what else will come in!

Back at Work

Today was my first day back at work out at UCONN.  I only worked in microbiology today.  My schedule is M, T, Th in microbiology and W and F in necropsy.  It was nice to see everyone again and catch up.  I also got to look at some cases with a couple veterinary pathologists concerning fish.  I had never seen fish under the microscope before so it was new to me but it was still neat! 

Last night a number of my friends were over for dinner which was real nice.  About 9pm, there was a large commotion at the intersection about a half mile from our house.  A number of us went down to the intersection and saw that there was an accident involving a motocycle and a truck and van.  Lifestar landed right on the corner of the intersection and took the motorcyclist to the hospital.  Unfortunately, the man died at the hospital.  The other folks involved in the accident were uninjured. 

Back in CT

I arrived at home yesterday around 345PM.  Today I didn't accomplish a whole lot.  However, I did stop in at the vet where I worked at a few years ago to say hi.  While there, the owner was going to be removing a spleen from a dog because the spleen had a mass on it.  Well, he made the incision and the mass was quite large and he was having a hard time removing the mass.  Finally, he looked at me and said, "Why don't you scrub your hands and glove up and give me a hand."  I finally put to use the lessons on scrubbing up for surgery I had at the beginning of the school year!  So I scrubbed up and put on sterile gloves and helped him out during the rest of the surgery (No, I was not using any tools, I was strictly the assistant!).  It was a lot of fun though!  I start working at UCONN on Monday so I have tomorrow and the weekend to do nothing!

Adios Champaign!

In approximately one hour I will be heading out from Champaign to make the journey home.  Today I will drive 4.5 hours to Latty, Ohio.  Tomorrow I will just drive 3 hours to Akron, Ohio.  Then, on Wednesday I will drive about 9 hours from Akron to home.  It will be the longest trip I have ever driven on my own.  I can't wait 'til it's over!