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So Many Changes

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
During my last post I was still doing my externship at a veterinary clinic near me. Since then, I have been hired as a veterinary technician! I have been loving this job. It's been stressful but has been so rewarding.  My goals lately have been some smaller ones such as getting better at blood draws (I have hit 100% of my veins in the last 3 weeks!), triple checking invoices, and getting all my charts completed by the end of the day. When I feel that I have improved enough I will start training in surgery. That's my goal anyway. Then, once I start training in surgery and become a surgery tech I can start working towards my goal of becoming a critical care technician.  I have progressed in my career but I have also progressed in my personal life as well.  I have finally hit my goal weight since getting off my birth control and getting the Paragard. Now my next goal is to build more muscle, gain endurance, and become more flexible again. I have also started canning,
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Externship Update

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
It has been a little over a month since I started my externship! I have learned so much in the last 5 weeks and I'm excited to learn so much more. I really hope I get hired at my externship site. They have been hinting at hiring me and a few things have been said but nothing official has been said yet. If I don't get hired there I'm still thankful for the opportunity and am sure I'll get hired somewhere in the area. Since the externship started I have progressed more than I thought I would. Things I didn't think I'd be doing right now but am: *sending out samples for results *doing some callbacks to see how patients are doing *taking a client and patient to a room and then getting a history and TPR on my own *drawing blood *monitoring in patients and patients coming out of surgery I still have more ways to go but I am really proud of all my accomplishments so far. I will be publishing an official post once I'm done with my results but I just wanted
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Securing My Veterinary Assistant Externship Within 3 Days

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
Yay! I secured my externship! I'm so excited to have been able to secure one so soon and so thankful. In this post I'm going to be talking about what I did during the process, including the externship packets I made for the veterinary clinics. First: Make a list of the veterinary clinics you would like to work at in your area. Find out their credentials and what services they offer. Find out who the medical director is at every site and make sure to double and triple check . I checked on the clinic's website, with what is listed on the BBB, and I even checked facebook! At one site I still had the wrong doctor's name even after triple checking.  Prepare your cover letter. Make sure to address the letter to the doctor you will be talking to . Also, triple check your spelling and grammatical errors and make sure to have at least two other people check them as well! I had two people check mine after I triple checked it and I still found a mistake.  Updat
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Finishing School, Yard Work, and Getting Back Into Running

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
I'm hoping to get back into the weekly recaps now that I have finished the academic portion of my schooling. Yes, that's right! I've finished the academic portion of my studies and now it's just time for my clinical studies! Last week I finished my last exam and this past week I've been updating my resume, making cover letters, getting paperwork together, and going into the veterinary hospitals and clinics in my area. So I figured what great way to celebrate this achievement by sitting down with a cup of coffee and writing a little blog post. Let's take this post back to last Monday, the 14th of August. Monday was a pretty great day considering it is when I took my final exam! I got a 96%. Even though I got one question wrong and could prove that I answered correctly with my textbook I'm still pretty happy with my grade. I also uploaded a new vlog on my youtube channel of my previous week while eating breakfast outside with the kitti
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Paragard: 1 Month Review

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
Let me start this post off by saying that I thought it was going to be a negative one up until a week ago. The first three weeks were extremely painful but I finally found a remedy for it (amazing, by the way) but we'll get to that later. What is the Paragard? For those who don't know the Paragard is a non-hormonal intrauterine device (IUD). It is a piece of T-shaped plastic medical device wrapped in copper. It is placed in your uterus and the copper acts as a natural spermicide. Whatever sperm manages to survive (very few and not often do they survive) cannot fertilize an egg because of how the device is placed in your uterus. There are not any harmful side effects like hormonal birth control options except for the very rare chance of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) or the device expelling or perforating the uterus. The amazing benefits of it is no hormones! Because of my anti-epileptic medications hormonal birth control does not work as effectively for me so I needed s
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August Fitness Challenge

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
During this fitness challenge I'm going to be focusing on cardio, getting back into running, and focusing on my cardiovascular health. The yoga sessions I will be getting from  Yoga with Adriene's Youtube channel  and I will be getting the circuits from one's I have already made and posted here on the blog. 1 August: Walking Walk 3.1 miles at a fast pace (write down your time for later date) Short yoga session 2 August: Elliptical Elliptical for 30 minutes Yoga for 30 minutes 3 August: Circuit Training Core and leg Circuit 4 August: Active Rest Day Walk, hike, swim, etc for 40 minutes Yoga for 30 minutes 5 August: Swimming and Walking Walk 3.5 miles at fast pace Swim for 40 minutes 6 August: Active Rest Day Yoga session for 60 minutes 7 August: Walking Walk 3.75 miles at fast pace Short yoga session 8 August:  Run/Jogging Run/jog for 2 miles Short yoga session 9 August: Active Rest Day
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July Fitness Challenge: Week 2!

By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
Welcome to week two of the July Fitness Challenge!! Day 8: Legs 50 seconds on/ 10 seconds rest repeat circuit four times Switch Lunges Side Lunges Sumo Squats Wall Sit Yoga Video (30 minute) Day 9: Cardio 30 second run/ 1 minute jog or walk 3.25 miles Short Yoga Video (10-20 minutes) Day 10: Core 50 seconds on/ 10 seconds rest repeat circuit four times Crunches Russian Twists Plank Heel Touches Day 11: Active Rest Day Go for a walk, hike, swimming, etc for 40 minutes Yoga for 30 minutes Day 12: Upper Body Push ups Wall Walks Superman Arm Circles (Clockwise and counter-clockwise) Day 13: Cardio 30 second run/ 1 minute  3.25 miles Day 14: Active Rest Day Go for a walk, hike, swimming, zumba video, etc for 40 minutes Yoga for 30 minutes
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