u/shrekrepublic

I think one of the more exhausting parts of being a scrub student is not keep up with doctors it's keeping up with different preceptors. I go to different facilities every 3 weeks and wow, when they say everyone is different they mean it. I have trouble keeping up with preceptors, I never know what they want. when I do it one way it's wrong, if I do it this way, it's wrong. some preseptors have different ideas on what's sterile, what's correct, what's incorrect. I've learned how to drape a robot like 6 different ways and each time I'm wrong. it's like starting new every single day. little things get to me, I was double enforcing my mayo and my preceptor was confused on what I was doing.

"why are you doing that it's already protected" then the next day another preceptor "why didn't you double enforce it?"

another day I was gowning the PA and my preceptor asked why I stopped draping and throwing off cord to tend to her. "you focus on what the surgeon needs". okay next time I try to finish draping and throwing off cords and this preceptor yells at me to gown and glove the student. then after they laugh at me.

I'm so frustrated. it's like doing something wrong every time.

So we got my old girl almost 25 years ago from an owner who could no longer handle her. Shes been the oldest part of our family and the most loved in the house. Shes around 32 years now but in December during a cold night her night heating lamp burnt out and I hadn't notice (were in lousiana so we vary rarely get below 50° in the winter. this day went to 30°!). She caught a respiratory infection and immedietly brought her to the vet. She got antibiotics and some for her nostrils for a week. She got better and went back to normal.

Suddenly we heard her sneezing again... brought her back to vet. We got her the same shots and the nostril drops. Still yawning... gave her more antibiotics the next week. Still yawning..

the doctor recommended a blood panel and respiratory test. I only had enough for the blood panel at the time but now the doctor thinks shes immunosupressent. Im worried and bringing her back this wednesday for the respiratory panel. However my savings are going dry and im currently in school with no income. Im willing to completely use my savings or max credit cards but if someone with this experience can give me some of what you went through?