My first rabbit spay/castration

So this past Monday was my group's rabbit neutering rotation. We had two spays and one castration to perform. So since there is an odd number of students in my group and only 3 neuters that were available, we had to share each one. So, for the first spay, I was on first with another group member. I opened the abdominal cavity and ligated the first ovarian artery. However, the right uterine horn was DEFINITELY not normal in this rabbit! Everyone thought the rabbit was pregnant until I opened it and pulled out what appeared to be several fist-sized uterine masses. One was grayish in appearance and looked like an abscess. The other masses did not look good. We examined the rest of the abdominal cavity and there were nodules throughout the coelomic cavity. We ended up euthanizing the rabbit while it was still under anesthesia. Sadly, my very first rabbit spay died...but it wasn't my fault, as it was the clinician who administered the euthasol! I did half of the castration as well and that rabbit is doing great, as I checked on him this morning! The clinician on duty said that it was the best post-op incision from a student castration that she's seen in years! Ha! It's quite scary that they give us rabbit neutering for our first surgery, as everything inside of a rabbit seems to fall apart! The fat just crumbles when you touch it and the cecum is as thin as a chewing gum bubble! So I finished the rabbit neutering Monday and am now currently on Professional Skills rotation. We had to role play the other day for difficult situations that we may encounter when in practice. Today I sat at the finance desk in the hospital for small animals for two hours and discussed finances with the lady that works there. I have to prepare a presentation for Friday on what I found. That's about all for now. Nothing too exciting at the moment. Oh, I have begun studying for the NAVLE...do I really have to take this 7 hour exam??? Not looking forward to sitting at a computer in December for 7 hours. However, I would just like to get it out of the way! I am looking forward to starting my career! Finally! Well, I should get back to studying NAVLE material. I will try and post more as the rotations progress. Hope everyone back home is doing well and I will post again soon!