The vet clinic I’m working for does have an office, but they also go out to their patients’ homes and treat them there, so the pets don’t have to deal with the stress of coming to the vet. I went “on the road” today with Dr. Joy and Ms. Allie and got to help treat four cats and two dogs. I mostly did routine things like helping with blood draws and shots. Pictured above is Maxx, a twelve-year-old American Bull Dog. The vets gave him an exam and noticed that his abdomen was very swollen and that he had an enlarged spleen. I learned that this probably meant he either had a mass or that his spleen might rupture. Maxx’s tongue was a purple color, a sign which I learned indicates poor circulation. Maxx now has to get an x-ray at another vet to see what’s going on with his spleen and heart. I also helped draw blood from a cat named Tipper who has hyperthyroidism, which messes with her metabolism and makes her jittery, hungry, thirsty, etc. When we got back to the clinic, I learned how to test Tipper’s blood- we’ll get the results tomorrow- so we can see if the dosage of medicine she’s being given is working or not.