Hannover

The second week in Hannover was mainly visits to the veterinary school and medical hospitals. The anatomy institute at the vet school was similar to the one we saw at the Cologne medical school, except with fewer specimens. We then made our way back to the cattle clinic, except this time we just took a tour of the facilities and didn't participate in any hands on activities. Afterwards we made our way to the nephrology department at the MHH. Our day ended early which was nice because it gave me some time to catch up on sleep from the past weekend in Paris.

On Tuesday we went to the Heart and Diabetes Center, which was about an hour outside of Hannover. Once we got there I got to see an open heart surgery, which was amazing. It was so cool that I was pretty much right next to the surgeons as they worked and at the the head of the patient with a perfect view of everything that was going on. It was a really great experience and it lived up to all of the pre-trip hype. We had a quick lunch and listened to a short lecture on artificial hearts and some of the history behind them. Then we had the chance to visit patients and actually see the artificial hearts we just talked about in the patient. The MRI lecture, although we had heard a similar lecture before, was pretty interesting.

I am not looking forward to waking up at 4 in the morning tomorrow to make it to the airport for our flight. However, I am excited that we are going to Vienna and wrapping up the program.