My name is Meg. I am a small animal general practitioner, and it has been something of a year. I think most of the world feels similarly. At this time last year, I was one week away from a trip to Ireland. During that week, everything seemed to change. Shut downs began happening over there.… Continue reading Who am I, and why am I here?
Current Least Favorite Thing
Aural hematomas. Anyone I interact with in real life (and some people I don’t see that often these days) are already very much aware of my sentiment here. Normally, I forget all about them. Most days, my least favorite appointment to see on the schedule is cat diarrhea. (Sorry to anyone reading with an adult… Continue reading Current Least Favorite Thing
The Vet Med Journey Thus Far
Since childhood, when I set my career path, the plan was: go to Penn, enter into general practice, own a practice, keep practicing until I physically can’t do it anymore. I have always been a planner. Ideally, I like to stick to the plan once I have made it because, by the time I reach… Continue reading The Vet Med Journey Thus Far
Looking for the silver linings
Last week was a rough one. Tuesday morning, it felt like half of the patients that I saw passed away by the end of the day. Wednesday, I had to take a patient back to surgery from the week prior. Thursday afternoon, an appliance delivery went off script. Thursday night, a deer that I didn’t… Continue reading Looking for the silver linings
These girls are keeping me on my toes
Thankfully, they seem to be settling back down, for now, at least. Up first: Elliott. She did end up having a CT scan. They gave contrast. Great. We should have some good information to go on here! Too bad that her renal portal system and not her general circulation decided to pick up said contrast.… Continue reading These girls are keeping me on my toes
Sadness
My work week started off with terrible news from my last practice. One of my techs there very unexpectedly and tragically lost their young cat on Monday. Obviously, I wasn’t there, but from what I understand, the cat was in for routine labwork. One of my other techs collected blood and urine, and the cat… Continue reading Sadness
January again
Another year in the books, and as usual, I have no idea where the last one went. It’s not news at this point the unanticipated changes in my little world in 2024. It’s been a busy last 6 months or so. I don’t know if the busyness makes time feel faster than it otherwise would… Continue reading January again
Settling back into a regular life routine
The old house is sold. We closed on it on October 4th. A woman about my age with her little dog bought it, and I hope they’re very happy there for a long time. I teared up as we prepared to drive away from it the last time we went there as the owners, but… Continue reading Settling back into a regular life routine
I hope this works
I haven’t been able to add a new post in a couple of months now. I don’t know why, nor do I know how I navigated to wherever I got to to create this one. (I am a digital moron like you have never seen before.) I don’t know if anyone will be able to… Continue reading I hope this works
Life today
Today, April 11, 2024, would have been my dad’s 63rd birthday. How old, but how young, comparatively, he would be, if he was still here. I don’t think of myself as being all that old, but come November, Justin will be the age my dad was when he died. In another couple of years, I… Continue reading Life today
Updates in adventures in acupuncture
Yesterday I officially saw my 4th client-owned dog for acupuncture. This owner was actually the first to schedule an appointment, but she had to push it back due to other things going on in her life. In addition to his initial consult, I also had two follow-up visits scheduled in the morning. I’m glad to… Continue reading Updates in adventures in acupuncture