We were in the operating room, performing a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy on a dog with a cranial cruciate ligament injury. Prior to cutting the proximal tibia with an oscillating saw, we measured 9.4 mm. Not once, but twice. We needed to be certain that we measured 9.4 mm so that we could rotate the […]
Preparing for Junior Surgery
Surgery. The class that drives thoughts of fear into every vet student who has ever come before. The class where for the first time, patient’s lives are put into your hands and YOU have to keep them alive. The class that is a first introduction into what clinics, and life after vet school, might look […]
My Grand Round Presentation
My senior case presentation, better known as Grand Round, is one of the most important days in my fourth year of vet school. That day we accomplish one more milestone, we present it in a big auditorium and in front of the entire school. At the beginning of August, I picked the day to present […]
