| February 15, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth. I’m having some health issues –> nothing extremely serious but enough to keep me barely functional in school and it’s unfathomable for me to even think about trying to do anything like blogging. Dizzy, nauseous, +/- vertigo. I managed to free lunge Farley at the beginning […] more
Mel’s Literature cheat sheet
| February 9, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
We are continuing on the topic of how to evaluate a study –> the scenario is this: you have an issue, you have sought the best advice you can from friends, mentors, and vets, and you want to see what the most current literature has to say on a particular subject. How do evaluate studies? […] more
Testing the Test
| January 29, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Since we last talked I have finished the Onco block, started the Infectious Dz block, taken up snowboarding (shared activity with the boyfriend) and have watched Farley become almost 99.99% sound again. It was almost certainly not an abscess, “just” a softening of that old wire scar which caused some pain/discomfort. I say “just” because […] more
Welcome to my life
| January 23, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I couldn’t have said it better myself: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Regardinghorses/~3/3Dxv3S6cg4A/ Posted with Blogsy more
Studies, lameness, and other opportunities for critical thinking
| January 23, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Farley is lame. At first I thought it was a hoof abscess. It was a reasonable conclusion – there is a ton of mud right now, combined with a relatively small pen, and not much riding or turn out, coupled with a sudden onset, acute, toe touching lameness. However, now I think it’s related to […] more
Things more interesting than studying for the onco test tomorrow
| January 18, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Proving that I don’t make this sh*t up Playing with the cat Doing house work. The house is by no means clean, but the dishwasher is at least running. And it distracted me from looking at onco for a whole 20 minutes. Deciding to demonstrate how big Jonah actually is. You can see the […] more