As I read the news of the President’s recent budget proposal, my heart was in my throat. There were many devastating cuts to things that I cared about, but far and away the one that brought me to tears was the cut to the National Institutes of Health, which provides the vast majority of grants… Read More
Perspective
Top 10 Things I Learned in Year One of Vet School
On my last day of classes of my first year of veterinary school, I bounded out of bed with only a few minutes to get ready. I had gotten about seven hours of sleep in the previous two days. I was physically and emotionally exhausted. As I pulled the door shut to my room, I… Read More
How a Family Tragedy Changed My Vet School Experience
Recently I experienced a family tragedy. My 22-year-old little sister was killed in a freak accident while I was away at school in the Caribbean. I cannot tell you how profound this event has been for me in all aspects of my life, but especially my new outlook on life and vet school. After my… Read More
How My ER Visits Made Me a Better Vet
In this article we are going to get a little bit personal. Not telling you the color of my underwear personal, but close. In the past month or so I have had two run-ins with the hospital (human hospitals.) One was a scheduled elbow replacement that just took place, the other was a very unscheduled… Read More
Happy Mother’s Day, You Rock Star
Whether you are a receptionist, technician, or veterinarian; whether you work full-time, part-time, or do relief work; whether your children are babies, in school, or graduated and on their own, being a mom in the veterinary field is especially challenging. Being a mom is a full-time, all-consuming job, but you also have a career that… Read More
Please Tell Me There’s Nothing I Could Have Done Different
I’m sitting in the oncology pod, fruitlessly attempting to cram more medical minutiae into my brain, which feels full to bursting. All of my downtime during fourth-year clinical rotations in veterinary school is spent studying. Well, that was true for the other years too, but…you know. Vet school and post-graduate training are organized much like human… Read More