Playing With Poop

Yup.

Playing with poop.

That's what we've been doing the last couple of classes and what we're going to be doing for the rest of the semester.

It's actually a lot more interesting than you may think, especially when you actually find something.

I haven't found anything yet, but my friend was able to find something the first day we did it. She found whipworms which are a little more rare than the others.

This is what they look like.

As you can see, they have a really unique shape compared to some of the others. Our teacher says they look like footballs with nipples.

I was able to test my cat's poop today for eggs, which basically means letting a sample sit in a certain solution for about 15-20 minutes with a coverslip that you would put on a microscope on top of the solution and the eggs float to the top and end up on the coverslip.

Thankfully, she didn't have any eggs. 

Well... at least not in that particular sample.

You can't say that the animal is ever negative for worms, you say that there were no oocytes (eggs) seen.

Also registered for fall classes today!

Four classes (Clin Tech 3, Anatomy and Physiology 2, Clin Path 2, and Pharmacology) for a total of 13 credit hours. 

That's less than I've been taking so it shouldn't be to bad!

We'll be playing with poop again on Thursday so I'll update again with if I find anything then!

So, until next time. :)

Megan

Introduction

Hey everyone who bothers to read this!

Before I really get into this blog, I wanted to do a little bit of an introduction about myself and the program I'm in.

My name is Megan and I am 21 years old. I work at a Humane Society which is definitely helping me and teaching me some valuable lessons before I become a vet tech. I currently own a cat named Bubbles who is 6 and a hamster named Nutmeg who is probably about 2. We recently had to put our 16 year old dog down back in October and it was extremely hard.

I am currently in my second semester of a veterinary technician program at Muscatine Community College.

I wanted to start this blog to document the rest of my time is this program and talk about the hardships and victories that I go through.

A little about this particular program.

This is a two year AVMA accredited program, including a summer semester. It is very hands on and is getting you ready to take the Boards exam (which, by the way, I'm not looking forward to).

This summer, along with a couple of classes, we will also be doing a job shadow/job experience class which I am incredibly excited about.

Besides talking about my struggles and victories, I also wanted to talk about the job experience I do this summer. I plan on putting things I do on a day to day basis, of course withholding and names of clients.

I hope if you are reading this, you are as excited as I am and even if nobody ever ends up reading this, I still plan on keeping this going.

Thanks!

Megan Smith