I know this post is extremely belated but I’ve just been so busy lately with catching up from spring break and taking tests that I never had time to write my last post about the VIDA trip, so here it is. The trip was amazing, I learned things I didn’t think I would learn until vet school. I got to work with so many wonderful people, and got experience working with lots of dogs, which was great. All the people I met on the trip, and while in Nicaragua were kind and generous.
    Clinic Day three was much the same as 1 and 2 except we were in a different village. We ended up working on a lady's front porch for the surgeries, and our intake tables were out under an overhang from her house. I got to witness a neuter performed on a dog who had cryptorchidism: a condition in which the testes of the dog never drop into the scrotum but remain in the abdominal cavity. It was extremely interesting because the neuter had to be performed much in the same way that a spay in normally performed. Clinic day 4 consisted of de-worming and giving vitamins to cows, a few horses, and some pigs. This was the large animal day, and while I didn't mind the pigs, I was still scared of the cows. Clinic day 4 was also our last clinic day, so we also did case discussions with the other members of the pre-vet team.
  Our final day in Nicaragua was spent at the beach, and it was another nice change to relax and enjoy the sun. This trip was a wonderful experience, and I am thankful for all I was able to learn. I know I will miss the heat, the long days in the sun, and I hope to one day return as a vet. I want to thank everyone again who made this trip possible, I cannot even begin to express how amazing this trip was. I am completely confident that my passion lies in veterinary medicine.