Two Steps Away from Death

I am now on anesthesia rotation -- that dreaded rotation for which I have been mentally preparing for a long time. Now it is here. Though I retain a healthy sense of respect for small animal anesthesia and the dangers it entails, it is not nearly as bad as I could have imagined. Dr. Gunkel is nicely calm, demonstrating that potential problems can be addressed appropriately without the anesthesia people flying into a frenzy.
The anesthesia tech is a nice and humorous person who occasionally breaks into various theme songs -- eg. singing "rollin', rollin', rollin -- git them doggies rollin, rawhide" as we are rolling an animal to the radiology room. Theme songs were an important part of my formative years, and I have an appreciation for them. :)
Tomorrow I have my first horse case. The learning continues.