The week lasts forever and is gone in the blink of an eye
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Though i may be jinxing myself here, i am so nearly free. In 10 hours and 21 minutes i will be free of Equine rotation, otherwise known affectionately as 'Hell Week' (as well as other mildly less polite terms). As we're on call 24hrs for seven days, I currently live in fear of the sound of my phone ringing. A life ouside of vet has ceased to exist. And six hours of uninterrupted sleep is an luxury. And to cap it all off, horses havn't been doing too well in the Equine centre this week though not through any fault of the centre. We just seem to have caught an unlucky week for horses in Melbourne. Last night ended with a post-mortem of a poor filly that despite our best efforts just couldn't pull through. 6 days of suffering for naught. Current tally now stands at 6 in six days, including a three week premature, emergency c-section foal, which really didn't have a chance though we kept it going for seven long hours. It's been a sad, tiring week. And now i've got two case reports to write for Friday, on top of all the stuff i havn't done cos i havn't left the equine centre.
And as Kirsten so helpfully pointed out the other day we only have 4 more weeks of semester. Which means exams are far too close for comfort!
On the plus side i think i've realised that life as an equine vet is not for me.