Our veterinary hospital has a client who is a neonatologist: he is a physician who works exclusively with newborn babies, especially those who are premature. He once told me that his friends and family ask him questions all the time such as, “Can you look at this lump?” or, “Can you tell me why my [...]
A funny thing happens in the Examination Rooms in our veterinary hospital every day. As I listen to hearts and lungs (and sometimes other sounds in pets’ chests) a pattern emerges. I call it the “rate of the day”. For reasons I can’t begin to explain a run of pets all in a row will [...]
There is a special relationship between a mother and a son. Ask me. I know. I have a wonderfully loving mother. But today’s story isn’t about me, or my Mom, or people at all. Today’s biggest headline is about Chile and Husky, the mother and son duo who set out in New York City on [...]
Who are the support staff members who work in veterinary clinics? Let me tell you about the ones who work for me, in chronological order, as they come to work each day.. Kristi arrives early, sometimes before I’m even awake. Her first duties are to feed, water and exercise the pets that are boarded or [...]
What is daily life in our veterinary hospital really like? On a typical day we start out taking in our surgery patients and preparing for surgery that will be performed after we see a few outpatients. Modern surgery is pretty time-intense, so we try to schedule no more than two or three procedures each morning. [...]
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