Alright, I’ll admit it—surgery is more difficult than I expected. I’ve always had a healthy respect for surgery, knowing that a good surgeon integrates book learning, experience, and muscle memory seamlessly. As a newcomer to the field, I must rely on book learning more heavily. I look up surgeries in textbooks prior to performing them […]
Assistant Surgeon
As I’ve mentioned before, every week in surgery we switch roles. This week, I found myself in the position of assistant, which means I kind of do a little bit of everything. I help the anesthetist with induction, prep our patient for surgery, transport our patient into the operating room, and then scrub in to […]
My First Partial Spay
The other day I had the amazing opportunity to assist in a spay. I didn’t do it by myself by any means, but I was able to get a feel for how living tissue acts underneath my hands. I watched while the doctor did the first uterine horn, and then I helped with the second uterine […]
