Mi pasantía

My internship is at a house half-transformed into a vet clinic. It is the most laid-back operation I have ever worked at. There is one exam room/waiting room/supply room and one surgery room. If a soccer game is on, we drop everything and go upstairs to watch. The main vet is a man named Leo who is just goofy and super nice and there is a kid, Diego, who just graduated from vet school in Ecuador. There´s always random family members around too. I have learned an incredible amount in just 3 days.

Day 1, a little dog was in for surgery on a fist-sized tumor on its stomach. Leo performed the surgery and then after doing a couple sutures looked at me and goes "tu". So I got to do the rest of the sutures. It was amazing- they would never let me do that in the States!

Tuesday, we did surgery on 2 frogs that had swallowed stones. Again, I got to scrub in and assist (which consists of putting gloves on and holdig the pincers haha).
Also, a baby golden retriever that got his paw mauled by a car came in and I realized my weak spot in this job. Looking at that sad little Sadie/Juno face just killed me.

Wednesday, we went to Leo´s conservation center which is in the Amazon, 3 hours away. When we got there, Leo´s son started showing us the snakes when he realized one was missing. It has yet to be found... He also has cows, rabbits, rats, frogs, fish, and birds there.


Me, Donna, and Katie with a boa constrictor in Amazonia

Then we went driving up Volcán Cotopaxi to help a guy with sick deer. It was freeeezing up there, but we got to hang out with an alpaca named Santiago so that made it ok..

This weekend I think Donna, Ravit, and I are going to the hot springs. Maybe horseback riding in el parque carolina. We´ll see.