20th January, 2018
My current exploration, Public Health that is currently focusing on learning about Rabies in Cambodia were down on a mission with Phnom Penh Animal Welfare Society (PPAWs) in Mundol Kiri to help spreading Rabies awareness as well as getting dogs and cats to give rabies vaccines as well as health check and doing castration. We were there and helped to gather people around the community to get their pets to the place. We also helped with some injections to the animals, washing up the materials, holding animals while they’re getting surgeries and giving them massage after the surgery. I really love the experience since I feel like I helped lots of dogs and cats afterward especially because I am a dog lover. The one time that I can’t forget helping a Golden Retriever because he’s such a big dog, but the doctors did help. His owner only planned to castrate his dog, but the dog ended getting another surgery because he can’t urinate. The doctors found out that the dog has cancer. The doctors couldn’t get the big ball out, but they did get the urine out hoping to save the dog’s life to live longer. After three hours of hard work, we helped the dog! I was there for the whole surgery and I somehow felt like I wanted to cry for a few times because I was sympathetic for the dog to go through this and when sometimes he was awake because the unconscious taste were gone, he moaned. I found it a really amazing experience and I am really looking forward for the future mission with Animal Rescue Cambodia on February 7th.
