Book Review and Other Things

Hello All!
I've got lots of things to cover.
First-literature review.
I only have two books-one of which, I'm not even done with yet. After this, I have 5 books that I bought at a book sale (for $6!). I'm super lazy about reading apparently. I'm sadly much faster on electronic devices.
The first book is A Dublin Student Doctor which is one of the Irish Country Doctor series by Patrick Taylor. This takes good Dr. O'Reilly back to his student days. He's very much his impulsive, patient first self. I like this series and have a few more to read.
The next book is Compulsion by Keith Ablow. I recognized the name but didn't know who it was till I googled it-he's a TV personality, doctor, etc. Anyway, this book is the first of my books in an effort to read one book from each shelf. This book is about a psychiatrist working with the police in a murder investigation. It has a lot of fictional name dropping like Kathy Reichs books but is still good. It makes a good beach read and would be great for a man that likes to read. I was beyond page 50-the first reevaluation point-before I realized it!

Other news-
Joe went to St. Joseph for a visit and because his son was having some major surgery-open heart surgery. It was scheduled for Wednesday but got pushed back. Joe pushed back his departure date and I miss him terribly. Alex is doing well and probably will be sent home from the hospital tomorrow morning. Actually, I'm going to call him right now. Joe is coming home on Thursday. I can't wait.
While he was gone, I slipped in the shower. While I've slipped in the shower before, this was particularly gruesome. I fell OUT of the shower! I hit my head (on the floor) and my shoulder on the bathroom cabinet. I immediately got up and back into the shower. Later in the morning, the only thing that hurt was my foot. See how black and blue it is?

Is it broken?

I wondered if it was broken and seeing as that there isn't much that can be done, I taped its too its neighbor. Today we x-rayed it-no fracture seen but now its hurting pretty bad. Rough terrain on farm calls doesn't do it any good. It was scary. What if I had really hurt myself?

Work things-I gave a blood transfusion to a goat. It went well. Goats like when their PCVs are above 6%.

Getting RBCs, Eating Hay

I sewed up a kangaroo. I learned alot about kangaroos. Like how to sedate them (equal mg/kg ketamine and xylazine IM), like where their penises are, that males don't have pouches, that joey's are really soft and where their testicles are. Oh, their skin is also really thin.

I did two PU surgeries recently. The first one was scary but today I removed the sutures and it looked great! See the present his owner brought be below! The second one was less scary but didn't seem to go quite as well. 

A little present from one of my favorite cat's owners.

Finally, in the TMI section, I took clomid last month and I really think that it worked. Normally, I have some bleeding in the middle of my cycle (my google search indicates that it has something has to do LH insufficiency) but with the clomid I didn't! I see that as a really positive sign. I did some bloodwork two Saturdays in a row and need to call my doctor tomorrow. I'm feeling really good about this. I might be pregnant right now!