Kicky McKickerson

That's my new name for the foal who was brought in the other day with a swelling on her hind leg and whose case I took. She's five months old and apparently she hasn't been handled much because when I tried to listen to her heart and lungs she belted me with her hind leg and got me in the knee. When we decided to take her in for surgery to de-bulk the wound she kicked another student, Juline, who was holding her for sedation. She also kicked out the other day as I was leaving the stall, but I was well out of her way when she did that. She also tries to bite. A real darling, our little foal.
Other than that the week is going well. I'm enjoying Large Animal Surgery rotation. I've seen some cool surgeries and got to put in a catheter (into the foal- and I did it!) and do a nerve block on a big draft horse. Pretty good stuff.

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I galloped a Clydesdale!!

I would have posted this last weekend except I was hoping to scan some pictures of me and my horse, but the scanner refuses to work. I'm not bitter. Anyway, last Saturday my friend Sinead and I went horse back riding in Enniskerry, about 15 minutes from Churchtown. It was really pretty countryside (if the scanner ever works you can see it along with my pictures from seeing practice in Kildare). At first I was put on a pinto horse named "Apache" and he was nice, but when we got out to the field all the horses took off at a gallop (my first gallop!!) and one of the riders was uncomfortable with his horse. So they asked if I would switch horses with him, and suddenly I was on a Clydesdale. He was so big- probably 17 hands. I was a little nervous but he was actually a really nice horse as well, and he had a problems with his airway, so he would get a little winded and slow down before most of the other horses (the guy probably should have stayed on him). The horses pretty much knew when we were at a place where they would supposed to gallop, and they would go from a stand-still to a gallop in a few seconds! It was so much fun! We jumped a little bit as well, and that was fun too. I can't wait to do it again- why didn't I start doing this in 1st year??

They're On To Us

Well, it's finally happened. After nearly two years of free cable, we've finally been cut off. Last weekend our cable went out, leaving us with just two television channels on the downstairs tv- three if you count the channel that you can see but not hear. Somehow when Kurt, Jon and Cathy left last year requested that the billing be switched over to my account, they just stopped billing us entirely. We didn't really notice at first, since we get 3 or 4 other bills a month and some every other month. But soon we realized that they weren't billing us at all. I knew we wouldn't get away with it forever. The odd thing is, I get about five channels upstairs in my room, including the one that shows Dr. Phil early in the mornings. But downstairs that channel barely comes in at all. I guess I'll have to put a ghetto clothes hanger antenna on it and see if it comes in any better. Oh well, on the plus side, at least I'll get more reading done this year. It's hard enough to keep up with all the reading they expect from us with tv to distract.

Only in Ireland...

So this afternoon I drove out to Kildare to watch the 2nd Annual Charity Sheep Steeple Chase Races. It was pretty funny. There were 6 "heats" with names like "The Ewetopia Classic" and "The Rams Ramble." Some of the sheeps' names were "Cheeky Chops", "Go Dolly Go," "Mint Sauce," and (no joke) "Ewe Bitch." There were also booths with merchants from Kildare selling thinks like jewelry and books, and kiddie stuff like those big bouncy things and small rides. I didn't really do any of that stuff, mainly just watched the sheep. As it turns out, you could actually bet on the sheep, and they even had tips. Before one heat, the announcer could be heard saying "We have a tip that number 6 has been sick for a few days and has been on some antibiotics..." All in all, a good laugh.

Still think I should be Jan...

You Are Bobby Brainy

Ultra competitive, you will do almost anything to win. From pull ups to pool sharking, you're very talented.And while everyone is aware of your victories, they still (affectionately) consider you to be a little brat!

What Brady Are You?