I've been on the Large Animal Medicine service for a couple of weeks now. We've had colicky horses, septic foals, some horses with cancer, and the occasional neonatal calf. It's been a party!
Our resident decided to start making a daily to-do list on the white board with all of our patients and their plan for the day. The plan can include tasks we need to do to the patient, or milestones we hope they accomplish. The list says things like,
"Buttercup - draw blood, take thoracic radiographs, collect fecal"
or:
"Daisy - start eating again"
Here's the Thursday plan from a very pregnant goat that has evidently decided not to give birth, ever:
Another day spent waiting fruitlessly for tiny goatlings. Sigh. Perhaps tomorrow.