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Date: 27 September 2007 03:15:24
A few weeks ago we had a paediatrics tute where it occurred to me that paediatrics is a lot like being a vet. All about being sneaky and distracting the patient or asking family members to hold various limbs down when sneakiness and distraction doesn't work.
Pooka has been a bit poorly since yesterday afternoon. She doesn't feel like doing much. However apart from that she doesn't appear to have any signs of anything suspicious. She is eating and drinking, I've prodded and poked her all over and can't find any signs of tenderness, no discharge from anywhere, other bodily functions normal, I don't have trouble rousing her from sleep, I can't find any signs of ticks (and she doesn't have any weakness as far as I can tell. It's hard to do neuro exams on a dog), her chest sounds normal I think.... She just feels like sleeping a lot. The top two theories are a) she did a lot of running around on Tuesday and it was particularly hot. She is probably exhausted and has sore muscles. b) She might have caught a virus of some sort from a dog at the park. Or I suppose c) both.
So keeping a close eye on her... if she doesn't perk up I will have to take her to the vet...