Valeria Hernandez- VRCC Emergency + Critical Care Internship Week 5
Hello everyone, this week was my last week at VRCC and I got to spend it with the Emergency and Critical Care Department. They are there 24/7 with many people so I got to meet new people everyday. There was no appointments but they did do priorities first. In this department, they also explained that […]
Valeria Hernandez- VRCC Surgery Internship Week 4
Hello everyone, this week, I got to be with surgery again. It was not a very busy week but I got to see a few good cases. The most popular surgery this week was a TPLO which is where they added metal plates to the bone of the dog to help with their torn ligaments […]
Valeria Hernandez – Surgery at VRCC Internship Week 2
Hello everyone. This week for my internship, I was in the surgery department following Dr. Graville and Dr. Nye. They started surgeries by 8 a.m. so I showed up near 7:30. The drive to the clinic and back takes between 30 minutes to an hour because of the traffic. The first surgery I got to […]
Valeria Hernandez- VRCC Internship Week 2
Hello everyone, on week 2 of my internship, I was in the oncology department following Dr. Pyuen, Dr. Benner, and their vet techs. First day started off slow because there were only a few clients. They started off by teaching me how they did blood draws and what they were looking for in it to […]
Valeria Hernandez- VRCC Internship Week 1
Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog for week 1 of my internship. I headed out to Denver on the 29th to start working on the 30th. On Monday, I got a tour of the building seeing the different departments, cardiology, oncology, surgery, and emergency and critical care. This week, I started in cardiology […]
Valeria Hernandez-Gonzalez- Norwood High School
Hello! My name is Valeria Hernandez, and I am a junior at Norwood Public High School. I enjoy taking care of animals, which drives my interest in veterinary medicine. I have been interested in biology ever since I took a class my sophomore year, and I am currently gaining hands-on experience at the local vet […]