Well just tigers...i know i already posted this picture on facebook, but it's so exciting to me, it's like all my dreams as a little girl are coming true...
That day was insane..A couple days before we had a staff meeting and my boss goes "Chanda, we want you to be there for the immobilization too, so be ready" okay...so i was thinking i'd be the one to take pictures or something like that...then he hangs up the 'duties' for everyone...i'm reading down the list...[Dr. Eric- initial exam, immobilization, etc....Travis- Lights, medical supplies...etc... Chanda- IV catheter, vaccinations, bloodwork...] Woah...what?!! I was freaking out! I haven't put an iv catheter in for almost a year! I was freaking....but sooooo excited!
So the next day, it was freeeeezing, and i didn't wear my long johns because i didn't want to pass out...when i get nervous, i get hot and then i pass out...it never fails, people can vouch. That, or i have to poop...i'm a nervous pooper, but that's a whole other story...
Anyway things weren't going as planned, they didn't have the right dart gun and were trying to use a blow gun, which wasn't working, and definitely pissing the tiger off....
They finally got him down and opened the doors...Dr Eric asked for me to go in first and start drawing blood...I poked, and poked and poked...and alas...could feel the jugular like a garden hose, but because of the position of his head, and that i'm right handed, it was alot easier for the dr to draw...stealing all my glory, but i gave him his vaccines and was getting ready to check his teeth for tartar when all of a sudden, his huuuuge tail goes "Thump" and we all look at eachother and Dr E yells "Everybody out!!" haha...biiiig kitty waking up, and pissed.
Everyone was fine, and it was kickassness in the making. I'm exhausted. thats my story for the day.
-Chanda
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