I shouldn’t care about what some guy says on Twitter, but sometimes I do care. Sometimes a tweet gets under your skin for some reason. There is this guy on Twitter and sometimes I follow him and sometimes I don’t. A recent tweet by @AndyRichter read: “In case you’re curious, the cost of euthanizing a… Read More
The Death of a Hamster
Why I Think Vet Med is So Hard
We have to care enough to put our heart and souls into treating a pet as if it were our own. We have to care enough to be able to have the conversation to open an owner’s eyes to their pet’s suffering. We have to care more than our clients sometimes in… Read More
Stress and Cheesecake, Two Things I Overdo
I once ate an entire cheesecake by myself. Not at one sitting……ok, yeah it was in one sitting other than the fact that I got up twice to get myself a slice and then said something REALLY unacceptable and then ate the rest right out of the pie tin. I was a freshman in college… Read More
There, I Said It: Nursing is Not a Special Accommodation
By Anonymous You do not want make the moms angry. Here is the reality of working in a majority female medical profession: 1 – A lot of us are mothers 2 – We are required to get continuing education So, a decent percentage of us at any time need to feed… Read More
What Jerry Rice and Football Taught Me About Vet Med
“But if I have one single regret about my career standing here today, it’s that I never took the time to enjoy it. I swear to God this is true because I was always working.” Jerry Rice, NFL wide receiver, in his Hall of Fame speech at Canton, Ohio, August 2010. For the… Read More
‘Tis the Season For…….Euthanasia?
We all know that there are people who don’t enjoy the holidays. But did you know that veterinary staff members often dread the holiday season? Why? Well, there’s an odd phenomenon that starts anywhere between Halloween and Thanksgiving and sometimes drags on through March or April – the euthanasia explosion. There are lots of reasons… Read More