The Past Week

Thursday

I got up and drove to the clinic in Gillette and met Dr. Kohn and Dr. Lynde, the practice owners, and the practice manager Deanna. I got a tour of the clinic and then met Dr. Powell, Dr. Innes, Dr. Hopper, Dr. Vercimak, Leisa, Jillian, and at least a dozen other people. It was a bit overwhelming. Everybody was really nice though. I saw a few appointments with some of the vets and then Dr. Kohr took me on a tour of Gillette before we went and met Dr. Lynde and Deanna for lunch. They also took me out to dinner that evening which was really nice of them. One thing that was frustrating about the day was that Dr. Kohr informed me that there may not be a job opening anymore. The vet that was filling in for them was interested in staying on permanently and hadn’t made up her mind yet.

Friday

I woke up and went to the clinic and spent the morning doing a dog spay with Dr. Noland, whom I had met previously up in Bridger, checking in on me. I saw appointments with him the rest of the afternoon and ended the day by doing a necropsy on a dead lamb from a ranch that had lots of lambs dying suddenly. Overall it was a good day and I was glad I got to spend more than one day there.

Saturday

In the morning I packed up and headed to Sheridan. On the way there I stopped at a vet clinic open house to see if they were hiring. Unfortunately they weren’t but the vet was very nice and took my resume anyway. I wandered around Sheridan for awhile and then met up with Liz, Jackson’s mom, to see her. We walked down town for dinner and then went to see a musical at the WYO theatre called “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, which was based off of the Peanuts characters. It was really entertaining and we had a good time.  

Sunday

Sunday I got up and packed my things and headed out across the northern Bighorns. The roads were somewhat snow covered, but not bad if you went slower. It was very foggy and it was hard to tell if it was snowing or just blowing snow. There were a lot of people driving snowmobiles up and down the mountain. I got back to Greybull and hung out at the hotel for the rest of the day. I had a rough night of sleep between trains, semis, the 9:00 tornado siren that goes off every night, my mind racing, and then a barking dog that someone brought into the hotel between 10-12 at night.

Monday

Headed to Basin for the day. It was pretty slow and we only saw a few appointments, but Dr. Saam and her husband took me out for dinner, which was nice of them. One of the patients we saw that day was a Scottie that swallowed some burrs when she was trying to pull them out of her coat. She was hacking and coughing. We sedated her and took a good look down her throat but were unable to see anything. We also removed the rest of the burrs from her with clippers.

Tuesday

We were busier and I got to do three dentals in the morning, which was fun. We also looked at a 17 year old Border Collie with chronic kidney disease. In the afternoon we went to look at a new horse that someone had bought the day before from an auction in Billings. It looked like they had been lied to because the large, handsome Clydesdale was clearly recently castrated when they had been told he was castrated two months ago. Dr. Saam confirmed the recent castration and we gave the nervous boy a look over. He was a little nervous but the owners seemed to be winning him over with apple treats. I came back and ate dinner before heading out to pick up dad from the airport in Cody. His flight got in on time and we headed back to Greybull.