Vet Tech Journals: Veterinary Cancer Group

So I've spent 3 days working for the Veterinary Cancer Group in Culver
City, CA and it is quite a place.

City of Angels is the TOP Veterinary specialty clinic in the Los
Angeles Area, consisting of Animal Surgical center, Southern
California Veterinary Imaging, Dermatology Clinic, Advanced Critical
Care and Veterinary Cancer Group.

In the section of Vet Cancer Group, VCG, there are a few teams. One
team deals with the daily consultations, preliminary lab tests for new
consults, chemotherapy etc. Another team deals with CT Scans and
MRIs. And then there's my team, which deals with Radiation Therapy.

Basically once the client and doctor have decided to pursue radiation
treatment for their pet's tumor, they come to us. We anesthetize
them, and I monitor them while the technician positions them under the
machine. We leave the room, and she zaps the tumor from various
angles. Once she's done, I remove the pet and wake him up, while my
coworkers bring in the next one.

Its kinda like an assembly line, one pet is being knocked out and
while it's getting treatment, I'm knocking out the next one, and then
we switch them out and recover them while the next patient is getting
ready.

Definitely here I'm getting a chance to work on my anesthesia inducing/
monitoring skills. It keeps me on my toes and I have to be on my game
the entire time. With our case load we can't get behind schedule and
are constantly moving from one patient to the next.

My body is totally exhausted today since I've been out of the game for
6 months and then thrown back in. My feet are killing me and I'm not
used to functioning on 6-7 hours of sleep again. Last night was
really bad for my feet were still throbbing after 600 mg of Ibuprofen
and despite being exhausted I couldn't sleep. The Three Troublemakers
were QUITE active during the night and after having the third set of
noisy zoomies through the bedroom, all three of them got shut out.
Then I had to spend two hours of periodic scratching at the door. The
only way I got the scratching to stop so I could go back to sleep was
to throw anything within reach at the door.

Later on, the BF got up and I finally fed them. Then while attempting
to go back to sleep, both Mischief and Mayhem came up and DEMANDED to
know why I shut them out.

This weekend the BF is going through a lot of personal family issue so
I'm going out with him tonight to be there for him. I'm going to try
to grab a nap before that.

While I'm glad to be working again, finances are still really really
tight and everything is due next week. The BF managed to get me money
to cover rent, but I can't SPEND ANYTHING until the check clears, and
I don't get paid until the 22nd.

Oh well....nothing to do, I'm too tired to worry about it at the
moment.

Going to take a nap now...

Kristi

Mischief kirjoitti:

While I'm glad to be working again, finances are still really really
tight and everything is due next week. The BF managed to get me money
to cover rent, but I can't SPEND ANYTHING until the check clears, and
I don't get paid until the 22nd.


Can you call your creditors and ask them for a coupla weeks more time to
pay, explain that you get your salary on the 22nd etc.?? At least here
it would work...

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

It's always hard to jump in like you're having to do! Purrs for your feet,
your tired body, and anything else we can offer purrs for, including
finances! Take care.
Christine
"Mischief" wrote in message
...
So I've spent 3 days working for the Veterinary Cancer Group in Culver
City, CA and it is quite a place.

City of Angels is the TOP Veterinary specialty clinic in the Los
Angeles Area, consisting of Animal Surgical center, Southern
California Veterinary Imaging, Dermatology Clinic, Advanced Critical
Care and Veterinary Cancer Group.

In the section of Vet Cancer Group, VCG, there are a few teams. One
team deals with the daily consultations, preliminary lab tests for new
consults, chemotherapy etc. Another team deals with CT Scans and
MRIs. And then there's my team, which deals with Radiation Therapy.

Basically once the client and doctor have decided to pursue radiation
treatment for their pet's tumor, they come to us. We anesthetize
them, and I monitor them while the technician positions them under the
machine. We leave the room, and she zaps the tumor from various
angles. Once she's done, I remove the pet and wake him up, while my
coworkers bring in the next one.

Its kinda like an assembly line, one pet is being knocked out and
while it's getting treatment, I'm knocking out the next one, and then
we switch them out and recover them while the next patient is getting
ready.

Definitely here I'm getting a chance to work on my anesthesia inducing/
monitoring skills. It keeps me on my toes and I have to be on my game
the entire time. With our case load we can't get behind schedule and
are constantly moving from one patient to the next.

My body is totally exhausted today since I've been out of the game for
6 months and then thrown back in. My feet are killing me and I'm not
used to functioning on 6-7 hours of sleep again. Last night was
really bad for my feet were still throbbing after 600 mg of Ibuprofen
and despite being exhausted I couldn't sleep. The Three Troublemakers
were QUITE active during the night and after having the third set of
noisy zoomies through the bedroom, all three of them got shut out.
Then I had to spend two hours of periodic scratching at the door. The
only way I got the scratching to stop so I could go back to sleep was
to throw anything within reach at the door.

Later on, the BF got up and I finally fed them. Then while attempting
to go back to sleep, both Mischief and Mayhem came up and DEMANDED to
know why I shut them out.

This weekend the BF is going through a lot of personal family issue so
I'm going out with him tonight to be there for him. I'm going to try
to grab a nap before that.

While I'm glad to be working again, finances are still really really
tight and everything is due next week. The BF managed to get me money
to cover rent, but I can't SPEND ANYTHING until the check clears, and
I don't get paid until the 22nd.

Oh well....nothing to do, I'm too tired to worry about it at the
moment.

Going to take a nap now...

Kristi

Mischief wrote:
So I've spent 3 days working for the Veterinary Cancer Group in Culver
City, CA and it is quite a place.

It sounds interesting but exhausting! Purrs that you soon develop more
stamina for being on your feet all day!

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Mischief wrote:
Its kinda like an assembly line, one pet is being knocked out and
while it's getting treatment, I'm knocking out the next one, and then
we switch them out and recover them while the next patient is getting
ready.

I'm glad that you found a great new job! It sounds similar to NEVOG,
the New England Veterinary Oncology Group, where I used to take Betty.
This was how Betty and I saw this experience:
http://home.comcast.net/~Takayuki9z/cancer.html

I got the impression that as specialists, they see less variety of
work, but get pretty intense work all day. I'm looking forward to
stories.