My youngest kid performed her first full surgery this week. She made it through and the patient didn't die, so she's really on her way. Dr. Romain Pizzi is a renowned wildlife veterinary surgeon. He's the expert they called to fly around the world to do brain surgery on a bear. That type of surgery had never been done on a bear before, and he'd be working in Laos, a country that doesn't even have an MRI. It takes infinite planning, confidence, and a skilled hand to even try such a thing. This video tells the story of the bear surgery, plus the time that Pizzi removed an eye from a seal and the time he did an appendectomy on an orangutan. Each surgery presents unique challenges that you wouldn't encounter with a human, but Pizzi works them out. (via Digg)
Congrats to your dotter!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter the surgeon, how warm and fuzzy is that.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you both!!
And how well I remember the girls in my high school biology class screaming the day we had to dissect a frog. I wasn't squeamish, but the smell of formaldehyde was overwhelming to my then-sensitive nose.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Miss C!
So into what branch of veterinary does she intend to go? House pets or farms and ranches?
A Dane surgeon, if you will.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, she's open to anything besides equine and livestock. She's got a couple of years to go, but that will be mostly practice under supervision.
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