Jen, Congratulations on your new job! It's such a blessing to find a job you love!
:) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All! > > I'm so sorry I haven't been able to keep up with the > list very well > these past several weeks...as always, you guys > aren't far from my > thoughts...I consider ya'll a little piece of family > and always try to > check subject headers in what little time I've had > to get on the > computer! My thoughts are with those who have lost > a little one > recently and I'm pulling for those who are aren't > feeling up to par! :( > > Recent happenings on this end: Our FIV guy, Chatty, > was diagnosed with > lymphoma somewhere around his sinuses...he's > currently on Leukeran which > has given him the ability to smell his food...but > the cancer is far from > remission. We'll probably give Elspar a shot here > in the near future to > see if that helps...the next step would be radiation > treatments, but I > hear they can be pretty pricey. :( Despite it all, > Chatty's still a > pretty upbeat little guy...I hope he'll be around > for a little while!! > > And the last guy from the litter of kittens who were > born with FeLV > (Chinney, Pips, Charlie, Fuss-fuss), Sleepypants, > just turned 4 years > old on the 22nd!! He's doing well, demanding his > Fancy Feast twice a > day! :) > > Also, I just started my NEW job! I'm now a vet > assistant at a local > clinic and will be taking online classes in the fall > with my old school > to become a certified vet tech! I love the job! SO > much to learn! And > the discount is nice... ;) I was able to assist on > our cat's (Marvin's, > FeLV+) surgery! He had an aural hematoma (what I > just referred to as a > "balloon ear") as the result of a bacterial > infection in his ear. > Marvin's not too happy about the "cone" he has to > wear for the next 3 > weeks...but his ear looks much better! > > Anyhoo! To the point of my email! Can anyone > direct me to a good > support group for dogs with diabetes? My mom-in-law > just found out that > her dog has diabetes! She used to be a nurse, so > she's familiar with > the treatment for humans...but she's a little lost > when it comes to > Sammie (the dog) as the hospital/doctor care just > isn't on the same > level as it is for people w/ diabetes! Any help > would be greatly > appreciated!! > > Oh! And as an aside, the vet clinic I work at just > started implementing > VetJet...it's a transdermal vaccine method that > kinda "shoots" the > vaccine under the skin as opposed to using a needle > to inject it...it's > very cool to use and is supposed to prevent the > sarcomas associated with > traditional "needle" vaccine sites! The only reason > I mention it is > because the only vaccine that you can use with > VetJet is the FeLV > vaccine...I'm sure many of you have heard of this > method to give > vaccines, you only use a fraction of the actual > vaccine that you would > normally give with a needle. It's really neat to > watch if you have the > opportunity! :) > > Take care! > > Jen > > **************************************************** > "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. > To me, you will be > unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique > in all the world; You > become responsible, forever, for what you have > tamed..." --Antoine de > Saint-Exupéry > > "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you > and you will know > each other. If you do not talk to them you will not > know them, and what > you do not know you will fear. What one fears one > destroys." --Chief Dan > George > > "The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as > long..." --Blade Runner > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
