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k9doc95:
Shecky- Got it in one although I think human docs get a rough ride, too sometimes. I can not begin to imagine what it is like to deal with family members in an ER with a critically ill family member. Holy stress batman!!
On the positive side, vets enjoy food and are often rewarded with baked goods by their clients.
And we get to work on really wonderful creatures. I have a little dapple doxie in hospital today that I could spend all day snuggling with. And I have a super cool boxer who has the softest ears ever and he gives kisses but he likes my tech more than me. I got one little kiss and she got a whole face wash:) He is going home later today after some rather injudicious dietary choices that landed him in the OR.
k9doc95:
Chiro-
YUP!! Gross but not nearly as bad as a full maggot infestation. Nuf said.
Snowleopard:
--- Quote from: k9doc95 on September 19, 2011, 08:01:57 PM ---Snow-
Usually they get mad when you tell them something they don't want to hear. A lot of people come to the emergency room with their pets and they seem not to want the opinion of a vet but instead to hear that Dr. Google is right and their pet will be fine with xyz treatment. When you advise them that Dr. Google didn't go to vet school and is sadly incorrect they can get a little bent out of shape. Like I said, most of the time it is the stress talking.
I don't have a video of the kitten - wish I did. She was a stray and one of the other docs and I paid for her care and then we found an awesome home for her. Her new owner sent me a card with some great pics the other day. I keep it in my happy file. Most vets have a happy file. I keep every thank you note I have ever received and when I have a bad day I pull it out and read the cards and remember that I have helped people and their animals.
Actually, if I could have kept that kitten for myself I would have but the husband vetoed me. I did get to carry her around the hospital and snuggle for almost a full week before she was ready to go to her new home.
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Daaww. That's good to hear. Well, whatever your clients may think - you are a hero in my books K9.
By the by, googled Cuterebra - and all I have to say is -- EWWW, EWWWW, EWWWW, EWWWWWWWW!
Shecky:
--- Quote from: k9doc95 on September 19, 2011, 08:07:07 PM ---Shecky- Got it in one although I think human docs get a rough ride, too sometimes. I can not begin to imagine what it is like to deal with family members in an ER with a critically ill family member. Holy stress batman!!
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The difference is that, as a rule, human doctors have this "I don't have to tell you anything" thing going on and will too often stand behind it, with staff members running interference. Vets, on the other hand, I've never seen do less than full, honest disclosure. Which, of course, opens them up to that segment that translates worry and stress into aggressiveness and confrontation a lot more than the behind-the-wall human doctors.
This is, of course, not universal; there are plenty of exceptions to both. But that's the way I've learned to bet.
DominicJ:
A levels in Maths (I'm sure Differentiation of Complex Compound Double Angle forumla broke my brain), Physics, Computing (Database Normalisation really did break my brain) and Accounting are as far as I got academicaly, I also did about three weeks of the third year of an "accounting" degree, but sort of snapped as my lecturers were insisting that "sub prime was contained" and dropped out. Since weeks later, the worlds banking system blew up, I maintain I was the lecturer and they the student, alas, the University disagreed and refuses to pay me, or give me a degree.
So I'm an accounting technician by professional qualification, and really should get my arse in gear and do CIMA.
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