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You're not crazy, just experiencing your gift. I have had this happen to me, I work with animals and there is definitely a smell associated with their demise. I've learned to recognize it but not over react, just acknowledge it's there. I have a story about a particularly eerie one. My boyfriend and I went up to Vermont on a mountain biking excursion. We stayed at a lovely inn that had an animal sanctuary on the property. There were a few horses in the fields and I went to visit them one evening. Although they were in separate fields, the alert, healthy looking horse was standing very close to the fence leading to the field that the other horse was in. The other horse was nearby and I could tell immediately that he didn't look well. The alert horse seemed to be keeping a very watchful eye on his old friend. This concerned me, animals do know and the healthy horse seemed to be telling me to help him. At that point the older horse began to sway as if weak and wobbly on his feet, very unusual behavior for a healthy animal. I knew something was wrong. I went to the innkeeper and politely suggested a vet come take a look. I didn't want to overreact but I didn't want to ignore it either, I would never forgive myself if I didn't (patient advocate She said the vet had already been out but gave no real diagnosis and just treated him for pain associated with a colic he may have been experiencing. The next morning I went to check him and he was down. I couldn't help myself and hopped through the fence to see if I could rise him. As I got closer, it hit me, the smell was horrendous. I attempted to get him to stand and he would not, a further sign of a very sick animal. I went back to the inn and told the keeper once again. She called the vet and they talked over the phone about it. When she hung up, we checked him again and he was up. They treated him conservatively (did nothing really) that night. I also noticed while I was in his field that there was uneaten grain in the grass, horses live to eat. We left that night and I took the innkeeper's email address to check up on the old guy. He died on his own the night we left. I just knew in my heart when we left that it wouldn't be long until he passed. I just hope he wasn't in a great deal of pain which I was assuming he was. I'm no Dr. but I can just imagine that he was obstructed and perforated his gut. The smell was so bad it just had to be something like that. So no, you're not crazy...it happens.

Ceiling Cat, where do you live and/or where do you go to school? Yikes!

I'm not even in NS yet but just finished up my last A & P class. I hate whiners and overheard this one day, "We'll never need this stuff, my mom is an ER nurse and said she never uses what she learned in A & P." I thought to myself, is he kidding? This is the foundation we will build the rest of our knowledge in NS on! And I also hope to never need an emergency treated by his mother. This is BASIC stuff dude! Needless to say he dropped the class. I think NS should be hard and I'll welcome the challenge. I don't expect to be put in charge of others lives by sailing through an easy program for 2 years. You just can't enter this profession if you don't take it seriously.

How did you get in to SB??? Tell me your secret! Congratulations! How is the program, I've been trying, in vain, to speak to SB students about their experiences...how do you like it so far? Any pointers on applying?

Thanks for sharing, sorry about your situation. I didn't think SB had a program that started in the Spring, what program is that? I think Molloy may be too pricey for me anyway.

Can anyone give me information about either of these schools? I'd like to hear your experiences with these schools or even any others on Long Island.

I will be applying to both and would love to hear anything good, bad, or indifferent on either one. I am truly torn between the two at this point. I'll give you a little background. I am a licensed veterinary technician changing careers and have over 120 credits between two associates degrees already. I am aiming for a BA, I don't want nor need another associates. I plan to keep going into a masters program in the future, I have a weird love for school. I can apply to Molloy for Spring 2010, Stony Brook doesn't start until Fall 2010. Molloy will take me 3 yrs, but I can start sooner and it's a private school. Stony Brook is further away but cheaper and I can be out in 2 yrs. Please share your experience so I can come to a decision!