Today, I finally started to get the hang of the daily schedule.
In the mornings, rounds are at 9am. This is a quick review of all the patients with appointments that day, as well as what their diagnoses are and what treatments or diagnostics they are scheduled for.
Then, the vets perform physical exams to look for anything abnormal in the patients and take necessary measurements.
Then, while the vets work on paperwork, I typically do some research on the specific types of cancer that the day’s patients have. This week, I’ve been looking at a vet textbook that includes diseases/disorders, procedures/treatment, diagnosis, laboratory tests, etc.
In the afternoon, the patients that are up for their next round of chemo receive their chemo treatment. Afterwards, rounds are at 2:30pm every afternoon, where the more complicated cases or new cases are discussed amongst the whole team. This is also sometimes where decisions are made for diagnosis or treatment based on the discussion of the team.
Naturally, I petted the dogs the whole day too 🙂 Today I petted Winston the lab mix (who has stage 5 multicentric B-cell lymphoma) and Pollock the Beagle.
This is the textbook I’ve been flipping through this week.