Semester three began a whole nine weeks ago and so much has happened since then. I passed second semester and so did all my friends so that's a good place to start. Third semester is a hard semester to pass as we only basically have a midterm and a final in all four classes. We have Virology (the study of viruses), Bacteriology and Mycology (the study of bacteria and fungi), Pharmacology (the study of drugs), and Pathology (the study of disease).
About three weeks into the semester, I adopted a seven-week old black cat that I named Alfie. He's gained a whole kg the first month I had him and is a crazy monster.
A few weeks ago, the Friday before midterms, I had my necropsy for Pathology. We had Spike, a fourteen year old neutered male that was euthanized due to suspected pneumonia. It was really cool when we found out he had malignant mammary gland tumor that had metastasized to his descending aorta. Four out of 100,000 male dogs are diagnosed with mammary gland carcinomas. Here are pictures from that:
Above is the mammary gland tumor upon sectioning.
Above is the tumor on the descending aorta. So cool!
I had four midterms in about 5 days, each covering about eight weeks of material. I was very happy with the results and hopefully I can continue into finals. After midterms, my family came down to visit for about 6 days and we had an amazing time. It was a nice break after working so hard.
I have about five weeks until finals and six weeks until I come home. I'll be home August 19 until September 3 and then hopefully, it's back to the island for fourth semester. Vet school is harder than I could have ever imagined. I'm learning more information each day than I ever thought I could comprehend in a lifetime. I look forward to the weekends because I can spend four hours on campus catching up on studying without new information being thrown at me. Life is good. We'll see how life is in six weeks.
