Veterinary Medicine is about commitment, respect and the desire to be able to treat sick animals. My desire for animals began at a young age when I adopted an endangered giant panda through the WWF. Knowing I was making a difference to an animal's life I've never met brought me pride and contentment. This affection developed in my childhood having spent time around family pets and being involved in horse riding in local stables for years. When I started volunteering every Saturday in a Veterinary Clinic in 2016 I was able to see what it was like to be a Vet, the difficulties the job would entail from the rewarding feeling once a patient became well enough to return home, to the heart break of families as they make the difficult decision of …show more content…
I gained an insight into how vets handle emergencies, standard checkups and the occasional patient that required lots of care and testing to figure out the root of their problem. Being able to get hands on with some patients is something I thoroughly enjoyed while on work experience, having learnt how to raise a vein to take blood samples and how to operate a centrifuge in order to measure the PCV of patients. The most illuminating experience I had during my time was due to the overflow of animals in local shelters. Due to mass number of cats in a local shelter, a young cat came into the clinic for a spay that became pregnant while in the care of the rescue. This led to the embryos being removed and euthanized during the procedure to remove the uterus. This made me realise further, how big of a problem the need for proper care and homing of animals really is. I'm a dedicated and keen swimmer as I have been attending for the past two years in the local sports centre in order to maintain physical fitness while also taking time to de-stress. I've carried out work with the IOSAS centre in their Christmas Trail event when I was a tour guide showing families with children of all ages around. This experience has shown that I'm capable of dealing with a wide range of people of all ages and I'm able to remain professional in any tough scenario that