Weeks Two and Three At Oakridge Equine
This week started off pretty interesting with a foal we had in for Rota who ended up going to surgery for colic symptoms. He ended up having a ruptured cecum, but it was at least an interesting surgery. I also assisted with my first surgery, a fracture repair of a mandible. We also went on a farm call to preg check a mare and I got to see a little bit of the Oklahoma countryside. It sure is beautiful here!
Later in the week, we had a horse that sliced its superficial and deep digital flexor tendons and Dr Hague repaired those. We went on another farm call to remove a tumor that formed in the eye socket of an enucleated horse. Throughout the week we did many joint perfusions, septic joint flushes, hernia surgeries, cryptorchid castrations, arthroscopies, physis injections, and conjunctival flap removals.
Friday we celebrated the interns leaving for their new jobs. It was sad to see them go but I was grateful to have gotten to know them! I made some good friends that I hope to be able to visit at their new practices during my externships. Tuesday the new interns started, there are 7 of them, so this past week has been quite hectic with everyone getting acquainted with each other and the clinic. It has been great to see what it is like to come out of school and begin your first internship though! They have been kind enough to involve me in their transition and give me advice on things they wish they had known before they started theirs! I feel very lucky to have been here for the last few weeks of one group of interns and the first weeks of the next set. I have definitely learned a lot from them!
This past week has been really busy with an assortment of cases. We have taken several horses to colic surgery, had a post foal/retained placenta infection, some septic joints, several puncture wounds including one that went through the coronet band which we cast, some sick foals, sequestrums, check ligament desmotomies, emergency tracheotomies on foals in respiratory distress(most of which came in at 3am haha), put in an SPL on a horse getting continuous eye meds, a fractured pelvis, and a horse with a blocked lacrimal duct that required catheterizing the duct. It sure has been a whirlwind but it has been an amazing experience to see and learn from a great group of surgeons and interns!
I did catch some free time this weekend and made it to a couple historical spots, I went to the town of Guthrie about 16 miles north of the clinic, most of the town was closed as it was a sunday afternoon, but the buildings were beautiful. I also went to a couple spots along route 66, including The Round Barn and Pops, a really cool store that sells all sorts of crazy flavors of soda and has a bunch of throwback brands of soda. The sell mostly glass bottled sodas and you can make your own 6 packs of any flavors you like. It was pretty neat to see, and packed with visitors!
Thats about it for now! Thanks for reading!
Sarah
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