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
Perspective
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
7 Reasons I Chose Vet Med Over Human Medicine
I’ve been out of veterinary school for almost ten years now and just like back then, I occasionally get asked why I chose animal medicine over human medicine. Some of the reasons may have changed but the core remains the same. 7 – Veterinary Medicine… because humans are gross You may have seen the internet… Read More
How Do We Get Over Our Guilt About Money?
Veterinary medicine falls right in the middle of the Venn diagram conversion of emotions and money. Pets are increasingly considered part of the family, and we the parents of our furbabies. But medicine costs money, and unlike with our human family members, most pets are not covered by insurance. This can make for a pretty… Read More