Tuesday, June 19, 2012

One kid, Two kid, Red kid, or Blue kid?

So I got called in last night at 12:30 am for a goat that was having trouble giving birth. When they arrived at the hospital at 1:00, it was easy to see why. The kid was very large and there wasn't much room for it to fit through the birth canal. It took the vet awhile to get the kid out, and honestly, I didn't think she was going to be able to do it. I thought we were going to be doing a C-section. But the little baby goat was born alive and well and we sent them both home at 2:30. That made for a tired day today at the clinic, but it was still a cool one because our group got to do surgery on a heifer calf with an umbilical abscess. We all helped in the procedure and got to cut, snip, cauterize, and suture our way through the surgery. It was pretty cool. I can now say that I've sewed up a cow. And it wasn't too shabby of a job either; even the vet said so. I guess all those years of sewing in 4-H paid off!

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