Doppler

At my new job I get to monitor patients under anesthesia.
hook them up to oxygen, get the fluids started,
prep the surgery site,
make sure they are warm and breathing

and make sure their heart is still beating.

It rather ironic that I remember to hook up everything else
but I can never remember to put the gel and the doppler on their paw.
I dont know if its because I dont want to hear the heartbeat
or I'm scared that I'm not going to find it.

But no matter if I go through the steps in my head
or read through the steps written down in my little note book
I never remember to put that on...

Its also really weird that it somewhat painful to do pregnancy rads.
In animals the heads/bone structures are counted to see how many puppies are in the litter.
There was a lab that came in earlier this week that we did them on
and I walked by radiology and saw the photos up.

Its weird that I know puppies and kittens can be stillborn
there have been many times I've seen them born so,
but you don't stop to think that babies could be.
And especially yours.