Dad of Lulu - sweet Lulu has crossed The Bridge

[goldengirl88]

That is so sweet that the child was worried about Stanley. I hope Stanley continues to love his new found home, and that he continues to heal your hearts. Blessings
Patti

[labblab]

Hi Bob, I've been thinking about you guys this week and wondering how you are doing. It's been far too long since we've gotten an update!

Sending my best wishes to you, Moo, and Stanley ~
Marianne

[LabDad]

Hi Marinanne,

I have been busy, I do see some updates, Tipper for example and the reticulocyte count. I remember doing those in Florida as a hematologist, so I hope well for her.

We are doing okay here. Stanley is such a joy. He has bonded with me, and my wife, though he had growled a bit when he was tired but not with me. Now this is different than a playful growl. So I called The Pet Show on Saturday and talked with Warren Eckstein. He suggested that Moo take Stanley for more walks and me be the doctor more, switch roles. Children like candy better than the doctor. Will try.

Tomorrow another interview, this one very promising. The good is medical, dental, vision, flex-pay, 401K and probably a very decent salary. But the bad, is the distance, which I had hoped would be remote. Well he changed his mind and maybe he would allow me remote once I have proved myself. In the meantime, I thought maybe a motel or apartment, it's 75 miles away. A decent motel I found at 55 dollars a night. Cheaper was available but reviews were not as good. Apartment, I found at 610 a month, and a very nice two story building I believe, in a nice area, not too far from work.

So will let you know more, and I promise to be here more. I have been like I said, keeping up a bit, with the email alerts.

[goldengirl88]

Glad I looked in at your post. Do you have any information about my posting of Tipper's dilemma since you worked with this? It would be helpful if you have any suggestions. I am glad Stanley has proven to be such a joy to you both, and I hope you are both well. Blessings
Patti

[LabDad]

Glad I looked in at your post. Do you have any information about my posting of Tipper's dilemma since you worked with this? It would be helpful if you have any suggestions. I am glad Stanley has proven to be such a joy to you both, and I hope you are both well. Blessings
Patti

I guess I would have to look at the first posts of this, I know it's been at least a couple weeks or more.

When we did Retic. Counts in the lab, this was 30 years ago, we did these manually. We made slides and then a purplish stain. Then two or more technologists would count 100 red blood cells and take the percentage. What I just read in humans normal is I think 1 or 2 percent. Now I am glad I worked at a teaching hospital, and I do remember using our automated Coulter Counter to run CBCs for red and white blood counts, hemoglobin and red blood cell volume measurements. But occasionally we would run an animals blood through the machine, of course followed by ample human blood so as to not skew the patient values.

One thing about dogs I remember is that they have more, what is called nucleated red blood cells than humans, who usually you don't see any. Dogs you always see them, I believe.

Well, I would have to refresh myself more so: Here are two articles I glanced at that I think are valuable and I will look at in more detail too.

http://www.2ndchance.info/dxme-ReticCount.htm

https://ahdc.vet.cornell.edu/clinpat...gram/retic.htm

So you can see they do look quite pretty under the scope, either that or I'm just a nutty former medical technologist.

Again, we didn't have any equipment

[goldengirl88]

thank you so much. I read the one article on my own but not the one from Cornell. Blessings
Patti

[LabDad]

I see to it was new methyline blue, so I guess they were blue, maybe it was purplish-blue. We used to set them on the counter, and then you just picked one up to count. So I would always make sure the test is repeated just in case. Maybe your vet uses an automated type of equipment, but wouldn't hurt to double check. Again, I haven't read all your posts.

[molly muffin]

Great to hear about the job possibility, but yea, wish it was closer to home. The benefits sound good though.

So the thought is that Stanley is growling at Moo because she is the one that does the not fun stuff?

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[doxiesrock912]

Congrats on the job!
Working away from home is hard, but I prefer that to the traveling back and forth once or twice a week.

Your absence will help Stanley become closer to your wife too.

[goldengirl88]

Also congrats from me on your job too!! Good Luck!
Blessings
Patti