It's Poopy Time!

This week has been pretty interesting so far. I thought this color would be appropriate with the title. You might be a little confused if you aren't used to being in a vet clinic. However, it's pretty normal to see and smell poop when in a clinical setting. Yesterday was the typical poopy day. This week I am technically scheduled to be at the front desk learning the computer system and dealing with customers. It was okay for the first hour or so until I was called to help with a blood draw in the back. I didn't think anything of holding this little old pomeranian since she wasn't putting up a fight. However, the poor little thing was basically pooping straight blood. It smelt like death! The dog was covered in a towel, but somewhere along the line of drawing blood from the jugular, the towel moved. I was hit with bloody diarrhea in the chest, making me smell like death. It smelt horrible! Once the dog was taken care of, I ventured to the bathroom. I was able to attach my scrub top with cold water and got the bloody poop out before it could set. Lucky for me, there's a washer and dryer on site so it could be washed while I was working. And there were extra scrubs so I had another top to put on. Other than that, it wasn't too exciting. I was able to check patients in on the computer and learn some other techniques of Cornerstone.

Today wasn't quite as eventful, but I did learn a lot. I helped more with checking patients in and answering phone (not that I could actually help the clients, but I could put people on hold :P). I was also able to get clients setup in rooms and answer the main questions to get client history. I was able to do it all on my own too! Today was only day 6, and I'm doing stuff on my own. It's only my second week as an intern! It's a very good feeling. I also helped out with checking people out. I can do that on my own now too, which the exception of a cashiers code since I don't have one. I also got to help count the money and total credit card slips to ensure that we were all current and not missing any money. So far it's been a great week, and there's only 2 days left. Let's hope these next 2 days go well too, and quick. Slow days are long days and not fun days haha Hope you all have a great week as well!