Blog 22: Three Column Chart

Link to Three Column Chart

Blog 19: Senior Project & ESLR's

1.  Effective Learner
2.  Effective Learner: I have gone out of my way to incorporate what I have learned about Insulinoma in dogs to my own dogs diagnosis and treatment.
3. This a picture of the medication that my dog now takes. I actually found out about this medication through my research for senior project. 

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

 

Essential Question: What medical treatment gives senior dogs diagnosed with stage two Insulinoma the best quality of life before their passing?

My next answer to my essential question is Glucocorticoids. Glucocorticoids help balance out the glucose levels in the dogs body because the high amount of insulin makes the glucose drop sending the dog into hypoglycemic shock. There wasn't one specific source that helped me come to this conclusion. The many case reports and lab studies that I have read gave me this answer. I plan to study the exact effect that these medications have on the dogs whole body, not just on the cancer tumor. 

Blog 16: 2 Hour Meeting Answer #2

Essential Question: What treatment gives senior dogs diagnosed with stage two Insulinoma the best quality of life before their passing?

My second answer to my essential question is surgical removal of the pancreatic tumor. The reason why surgical removal is another one of my answers is due to the fact that dogs who under go surgical treatment usually live longer. Surgical treatment allows the veterinarian to preform an exploratory search for more tumors and remove as many as possible. Many case reports that I have read have supported the fact that surgery is the best treatment for a dog diagnosed with Insulinoma. 
In order to better understand how the surgical removal of an Insulinoma is done, I am going to research more about the pancreas and the surrounding organs because sometimes the veterinarian will also have to remove tumors from other organs. 

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

I volunteered/observed for a day at a veterinarian hospital near my house. They are still trying to get through some liability issues so that I can permanently volunteer there. I am volunteering at the cattery at PetCo. While I was volunteering at the vet clinic, I was able to interview the vet there and she was able to give me a lot of contacts at Western University in Pomona.  
See photo from previous blog... 

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

Essential Question:

When performing a rescue, is it best to remove the victim from where the incident occurred or leave them there and continue care?

I haven't decided to revise my EQ yet, but I am currently working on some other  questions. 

Possible Answers:

During a rescue, it is best to leave the victim at the scene of the incident because moving them could cause more injury and also spread blood and other bodily fluids around the facility.

A victim should be moved from the scene of the incident only if the surroundings prove to be a threat to both the lifeguard and victim. 

Blog 2: Topic Choice

Originally, I wanted to do my senior project on veterinarian medicine, but I couldn't find a vet clinic that would let me volunteer because I'm under the age of 18. That was the initial reason I decided to train a therapy dog instead. Another deciding factor that pushed me to chose therapy dogs as a topic is the fact that I've always aspired to train my dog to become one. This just seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally get the ball rolling. 
By the end of this, I hope to have gotten certified to be a therapy dog handler and to also have Jasper become a certified therapy dog. 
Becoming certified relates to me improving as an i-Poly citizen because I would be helping to better other peoples lives and be exploring a whole new path in life. Once I'm certified, I will be able to go to various hospitals, convalescent homes, and even to libraries so that the patients and children will be able to interact with Jasper. By doing this, I think I will become a better communicator because I will be exposing myself to a series of different people who have come from different paths of life. Initially, I'll be going on the outings with other groups of people and also with my mentor. Being able to just stand back and observe how my mentor interacts with the patients will help me to become a more effective learner due to the fact that I will have to grasp a different way of learning. Instead of jumping straight into hospital visits, I'll have to slow down and take things one by one. In all honesty, my topic doesn't have a whole to teach me about technology. Although, having to make spreadsheets for the mentorship log and bibliography will most likely in the end help me to become more organized.