I'm waiting for a radio talk show - Jacek will be interviewed for the second time already about his practice. He has actually become pretty famous here in Poland as a vet. ophthalmologist. I'm so proud of him! The last time he was on there was some political news on (I don't know if you guys know this, but here is a whole lot of political unrest here in Poland lately) and they cut his interview by and hour. He was supposed to be on for two. But a whole bunch of people kept calling in with questions, so they asked him to come back. Last time he was on right after our last president (Kwasniewski), and it looks like the situation is repeating itself; once again Kwasniewski's voice is on 10 minutes into Jacek's scheduled time.
As for me, I'm still going to work, but I've cut down to about 3-5 hours a day. I just can't seem to not work all together like everyone says I should. I have some hard and interesting cases, and they just won't let me be. Friday there was a dog that was sent in for a cardio exam before exploratory surgery. I was listening to the heart and I could barely hear anything. Strange, I though. So this is how a basic day works (and why one just can't go home on time). Just a basic exam, should have taken 20 minutes, 30 if I found heart disease and had some explaining to do to the owner. I decided to do an echo (ultrasound of the heart) and there it is - soft tissue in the area where the lungs should be; like the liver, maybe some intestines. So now I need to do an X-ray with contrast to make sure my suspicions are correct - a diaphragmatic hernia (basically a hole between the abdominal cavity and the chest cavity). 45 minutes have gone by. Jacek calls, when will I be home. Xray will begin in 15 minutes and will take a couple of hours because we need to see the contrast in the small intestine. So what are you gonna do? Leave this dog and go home? Two hours later the small intestine is full of contrast but not in the abdominal cavity; the intestines are beautifully curled around the heart. I guess the dog was going into surgery anyways, but this way the surgeon won't have a surprise when he opens him up on Monday.
I also have four unexplained mystery cases that I'm trying to solve. It seems we have a new parasite in dogs in Poland; we've found it in the blood and fluid from the chest or abdominal cavity. So far four labs haven't been able to tell me what it is (two of them in Germany).
Just a whole lot of puzzles to solve.
But back to this weekend just for a moment. With my extra free time I found some pictures of the girls from when Agi was here that I didn't even know I had. They are really cute! Zofia decided she had to try on some bras, a little early but hey, she was able to wrap one around herself twice.
Check out the rest of the pictures through the flickr linka above.Tuesday we're off to Dahab, Egipt. Jacek will be windsurfing and I'll be reading. :) JOY!!
