I'm always getting my sayings mixed up.
Anyway, here is a quick run down of the surgeries I've helped with recently...
TPLO: Cut the tibia into to pieces, move them, drill a plate into the bone pieces to stabilize them.
Hemilaminectomy: Remove part of the spine to access the spinal canal and scoop out herniated disc material.
Arthrocentesis: less exciting. Put needles into a joint, then lavage.
Tumor removal with axial pattern skin flap (skin graft): Short story, the dog now has nipples on his leg. Seriously.
And on tomorrow's schedule... a thoracotomy to explore and treat a pyothorax. Basically, we're cutting open the chest to remove pus from between the lung lobes and going searching for a foreign body. Yippee!
I'm also going to leave you with the most awesome "pick-up" line from my friend Megan.
Person 1: "How much a polar bear weighs?"
Person 2: "Uhhh... how much?"
Person 1: "Enough to break the ice..."
Yep. Enjoy.
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