Mikah Wareham – Outlaw Equine Hospital (Week 5 and 6)
My last five days at Outlaw have officially come and gone. This has been an amazing experience for me, and I opened more doors with it than I realized were possible when I first started. I have been offered a guaranteed, paying job next summer with Outlaw if I wish to take it and I […]
Mikah Wareham – Outlaw Equine Hospital (Week 4)
My fourth week at Outlaw was hectic and fast-paced. There were a limited number of technicians and students this week, so I was covering the ICU more often than not while they helped with other emergencies. The days were much longer than they had been, too, and I was working 13-14 hour shifts. Despite the […]
Mikah Wareham – Outlaw Equine Hospital (Week 3)
My third week at Outlaw Equine consisted of working the night shifts, which I had never experienced at a job before. Since I was on the night shift for five days and was joined by only one other technician instead of the usual six during the day, I received much more practice giving treatments and […]
Mikah Wareham – Outlaw Equine Hospital (Week 2)
My second week at Outlaw Equine was filled with more great experiences! This week consisted of extracting mucus stones from a horse with the strangles disease, changing bandages on abrasions, inserting a catheter into a horse with colic, and much more. This week also helped me realize how much more confident I have become in […]
Mikah Wareham – Outlaw Equine Hospital (Week 1 Blog)
I am Mikah Wareham and my internship this summer is taking place at Outlaw Equine, which is a medical and rehabilitation facility for high-end horse athletes. Outlaw is located in Decatur, TX, just outside of the Fort Worth and Dallas area. I have been put on the ICU team and will work in this department […]
About Me – Mikah Wareham
Hello, my name is Mikah Wareham. I am a junior at Norwood High School, which is where I have been attending after moving to Colorado last summer. I am very interested in the field of equine medicine and rehabilitation. I am passionate about horses and have been around them for many years now, so I […]