Cleaning Teeth, Guinea Pig CPR and Puppy Hysterectomy

I actually started writing this on Tuesday the 29th of July....
I can't believe it myself!! I started a new part time job yesterday as a Veterinary Assistant in Training. I wanted a part time job to get me out of the house a few days a week...and this one just fell in my lap. For those of you who don't know...I love everything that has to do with medical helps....I would have loved to have been a nurse...BUT...I hate school!! So what did the Lord give me, but a part time job as a vet's assistant

Ok...so the first thing I had to "shadow" doing was the cleaning of a dog's teeth...yup...just like at the dentist's office...with finishing off polishing of the teeth...

The first day I started a woman and her 13 year old son brought in a sick (long-haired) guinea pig that honestly looked like a miniature alf

unfortunately "Calico" was too sick to survive and he had a heart attack and died right there on the table. I will NEVER get the mental "picture" of the vet using his two index fingers doing CPR on a guinea pig...unbelievable!! So this in NOT what we did..

Sorry...a little "vet" humor...
The next training day found me assisting in surgery...Yup..that's right...and I LOVED IT!! Watched and helped the vet do a spay on a puppy.

I promise to post real pictures (with discretion of course) next time..the vet gave me permission to take my camera in and take pics

What Have I been doing?

Has it REALLY been 4 months since I last posted? Sorry!! Was in Idahoe and Florida and then in "La-La Land" for about 2 months. Hit the wall big time when I returned to VA. in April and have kind of been in a sub-survival mode. I will let some pictures show you what I have been doing..how's that? I am now a full-fledged member of the Red Hat Society and in March I was able to go to the Broadway Musical "HATS!" in Tampa, FL....


One of the things that I have been enjoying mostly is my time with my precious Granddaughter, Lucy..
Check out her tatoo..

It thrills me to see her taste in fine jewelry...

Bought her a new car and she just forgets about her "old" toys in the background..

She is just FASCINATED with driving..can you tell?



Have you EVER seen anyone enjoy yogurt so much?

I am trying to follow the teachings of Mommy and Daddy with good dental hygiene

And I just love going walking with her...she leads me..

And WHO can resist this? Of course I'll pick you up my princess!