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08/08/2026

Shoutout to my students and other wonderful people I met in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 ❤️ Beautiful country, good food and incredible wildlife. One for the books 🌍 Pura Vida

07/06/2026

I heard this quote recently and it resonated with me.

I think a lot of veterinarians will understand why. 👩🏼‍⚕️

Many of us entered this profession because we genuinely love animals, medicine, learning, and helping others. But somewhere along the way, some of us started believing that loving the profession meant we had to sacrifice ourselves for it.

That we should accept burnout.
Accept poor work-life balance.
Accept salaries that don’t reflect the responsibility we carry.

But loving veterinary medicine doesn’t mean you have to drown in it. 🏊

It’s okay to reduce your hours.
It’s okay to take a break.
It’s okay to explore other careers.
It’s okay to work part-time.
It’s okay to leave and come back later.
It’s okay to decide that your wellbeing matters too.
And it’s okay to take a better paying easier job and do it “for fun” on the side.

You don’t have to prove your passion by suffering. 🙅🏼‍♀️

05/06/2026

- Thanks for coming to my ted talk 😂 40+ h stressful weeks for this? Nothankyou

BTW no hate on waitressing - I have done it in the past and it can be stressful too, but it simply can’t compare to the pressure and stress for being responsible for someone’s life.

- And then they want us to study for several years, take exams for tens of thousands of dollars 🇦🇺- so that we can be paid as much as a waitress 😂😭🔫 And clients who complain we are greedy when we are literally being paid near minimum wage.. Why do you think big business buy up vet clinics? Like where do you think that money goes??

(Btw I actually pay over 800$ per month in student loans)

//Not all vet jobs pay this bad but it’s pretty much the norm 😅 across most European countries and apparently Australia. I can’t help myself, it’s so sad.

?What’s ur country and how’s the vet salary over there?

01/06/2026

“life goes by so fast”
good thing I’m chasing it ✈️

Don’t wait for “someday” to start living.

There will always be a reason to stay comfortable, scared, busy, or stuck.

There will never be a “right time”. And stop waiting for others to follow you; book the flight, solo. Take the photo. Change the direction. Do it alone. Do it scared. You’re not getting this time back.

To whoever needed to hear this today ✌🏻 Wanna guess what my next destination is? ✈️

- Most people go to cities for the cafés, nightlife, and the art. I personally end up in parks, botanical gardens, dinos...
31/05/2026

- Most people go to cities for the cafés, nightlife, and the art. I personally end up in parks, botanical gardens, dinosaur museums, and watching penguins. As usual. 😅

One of my favourite facts is that the dinosaurs never really disappeared. One branch survived - birds!

So while everyone else was admiring the penguins, I was standing there thinking “Look at all these tiny living dinosaurs waddling home from work.”

The closest living relatives of T. rex aren’t lizards or crocodiles. They’re birds!

Millions of years of evolution, mass extinctions, and natural selection eventually produced… a waterproof dinosaur stealing fish for dinner.

I may never become a normal tourist. 🐧🦖😂

Here are my top picks for Melbourne: Great ocean road, Melbourne museum (if you’re a nerd like me), st Kilda penguins, puffing Billy train (although my trip was cancelled 🥲) and other nice buildings & parks around the city 🏡

Pics:
1. The 12 apostles lookout
2. Hosier lane with dozens of Chinese tourist taking photos with the graffiti artist 😂
3. Shrine of remembrance
4. 🐧 ❤️
5. Wandin Riding Academy (where the Saddle Club was recorded 🥹)

29/05/2026

😂 What do you do for a living?

28/05/2026

- “Flesh-eating bacteria” is the nickname for a rare but severe soft tissue infection called necrotizing fasciitis 🦠

One of the bacteria associated with this is Vibrio vulnificus - a naturally occurring marine bacteria found especially in warm salty water. It can enter through small cuts, or coral wounds!

(You can also get vibrio through eating raw or undercooked shellfish 🦪)

Other bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis too, though they’re usually not linked to seawater.

Important: this is EXTREMELY uncommon. But the risk is higher in people with weakened immune systems, liver disease, diabetes, or poor circulation.

Symptoms can escalate fast:
pain, swelling, redness, fever, skin darkening.

Coral cuts are often underestimated 👀 They can push bacteria and debris deep into tissue and are notorious for becoming infected.

The ocean is amazing - just respect it 👀

12/05/2026

I just had the most magical snorkels in Samoa & Fiji, and figured to share some helpful information to fellow travelers/snorkellers ❤️

• If your mask fogs up and you don’t have anti-fog, spit inside your mask (much better for the environment too)

• If water gets into your snorkel, you can “blast clear” it by exhaling sharply through the mouthpiece 🤿

• Corals are living animals (colonies of tiny polyps), not plants 🌱

• Algae grows on corals which provide most of their energy and also gives them their colour 🌺

• Touching or stepping on coral can damage their delicate tissue and protective mucus layer, stress the colony, and increase disease risk. Scratches to you can also cause slow healing wounds/infections or worst case, vibrio infections (flesh eating bacteria) 🦠

• Coral bleaching is when corals get stressed and expel their colorful micro algae (making them white/pale), and they may slowly starve to death 😵

• Watch out for fire corals 🔥 as they are toxic and can cause severe pain/worse..

• If you feel small electrocutions on your body while swimming its probably just some nasty sea lice 🤡

Coral reefs are incredibly alive, fragile, and biologically complex - and seeing them up close honestly felt like entering another world😍💙🐠

29/04/2026

- I’ve been asked this quite a few times, and it’s a valid question 😂

🐶 Not him looking guilty as he just picked up some cat food spill 👀

No, it’s not toxic, but would not be ideal over time ❌

21/04/2026

- ** They were not dismissed by their vets, the root cause was just not addressed 😆 English is not my first language smh

Multiple cranial nerves are involved in the swallowing reflex in dogs, including glossopharyngeal and vagal nerve. Anything affecting the nerves can cause issues swallowing, and especially liquids may end up in the lungs and cause aspiration pneumonia.

Some possible causes for chronic swallowing issues:
* Myasthenia gravis
* Peripheral neuropathies
* Trauma
* Tumor
* Megaesophagus
* Masticatory muscle myositis

Treatment options:
* Treat underlying issue if possible
* Can try treating as megaesophagus to minimize aspiration (minimize excessive thirst, raised bowls/baileys chair etc)
* Acupuncture especially if just started happening

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