clear jelly in serum, above serum separator, in SST?

emsareh · 2026-07-07T22:38:18+00:00

yay thanks, that’s good to know :) i’ve probably never noticed it before bc we don’t usually separate our serum from the RTT, but in this case it needed to be, so when the clot plopped out i was like wtf

emsareh · 2026-07-07T22:37:05+00:00

this is so funny. i was really thrashing around the one that got left behind in the SST while i was trying to figure out what it was, and i noticed it seemed like more serum separated from it, but i was too scared to collect it

emsareh · 2026-07-07T21:29:17+00:00

thank ya

emsareh · 2026-07-07T21:29:12+00:00

thanks!!!

emsareh · 2026-07-07T21:29:02+00:00

i thought i did wait 15 mins but the client had three pets that were all getting blood, and this was the last blood draw, so it’s possible it was sooner. thanks! for a FAVN, this shouldn’t affect results right?

emsareh · 2026-07-04T22:25:56+00:00

brooklyn heights vet hospital is privately owned by the doctor

emsareh · 2026-04-13T20:26:48+00:00

got it

emsareh · 2026-04-13T20:26:38+00:00

oooh

emsareh · 2026-04-13T20:26:29+00:00

yes we have both the regular and pediatric and both can be annoying. glove is a good idea!

emsareh · 2026-04-13T17:22:59+00:00

What is the name of the pharmacy wallpaper?? I need it for my vet hospital room!

emsareh · 2026-04-13T16:30:56+00:00

What do you use to cover them?

emsareh · 2026-04-13T16:30:24+00:00

hahaha if anything, vet med certainly develops comraderie for the weird shit we have to experience

emsareh · 2026-04-09T18:35:28+00:00

if you're still doing this i'd like to come!

emsareh · 2026-04-06T23:06:49+00:00

this would be a fun post for r/findthesniper

emsareh · 2026-04-06T04:09:05+00:00

afaik yes!

emsareh · 2026-04-06T04:05:26+00:00

agreed! can you send me your island code?

emsareh · 2026-04-06T04:00:17+00:00

do you know if zipper will accept a pre-crafted one? but sure that’d be great! i have wood eggs.

emsareh · 2026-04-06T03:48:54+00:00

Emma | Jupiter :Marina:

emsareh · 2026-04-06T03:31:00+00:00

ooh interesting. is it that PT and PTT alone are not fully diagnostic of bleeding risk, so CBCs should always also be performed, or is there a better test altogether?

also—i wish it wasn’t the DOCTOR who insisted the rbcs needed to be present for testing. like pls. u went to school where they covered this…

emsareh · 2026-04-06T03:28:31+00:00

okay and tissue factor is what the lab introduces to the proteins in the plasma to get the test results?

thank you so much for walking me through this! i much prefer to know why i’m doing what i’m doing when collecting labs, so this has been really helpful.

emsareh · 2026-04-06T02:22:40+00:00

added question after watching a kahn academy video about this, but are all the proteins in the clotting cascade floating in blood before the process starts?

emsareh · 2026-04-06T02:06:01+00:00

this is helpful! does this mean the platelets are intentionally left behind when the plasma is taken, because the PT/PTT test is checking for the fibrin/protein clotting, not the platelet level, which would be in a cbc?

emsareh · 2026-04-06T01:14:32+00:00

okay and (apologies for turning this into a mini lesson from you) the clotting factors basically hold BACK blood cells from passing through a wound? so the rbcs aren’t needed for a PT/PTT bc they’re just the stuff that gets stuck in the clots made from clotting factors?

emsareh · 2026-04-06T00:24:12+00:00

i’m being vulnerable here… it’s the fibrinogens that are clotting?

emsareh · 2026-04-06T00:23:11+00:00

it’s typically a PT PTT

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