I remember watching several episodes of All Creatures Great and Small where Helen, wife of the 1930s veterinarian James Herriot, assists her husband with surgery. As I mentioned in yesterday’s entry, I sort of fall short in my ability to be quite as confident on a farm as Helen, but I’m not giving up yet. … Continue reading Barnyard Adventures, Part 2: Surgery in a Barn
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Barnyard Adventures, Part 1: My Introduction to Life as a Vet in Training
If God had wanted me to be a surgeon, God would not have given me shaky hands. This was just one of my many thoughts as I watched Dr. B, the veterinarian I was shadowing, cut into the side of a live cow to fix an LDA (otherwise known as a twisted stomach). You see, … Continue reading Barnyard Adventures, Part 1: My Introduction to Life as a Vet in Training