One of my techs and I had a conversation last week about the amazement we sometimes have over the things that seem like they should be common knowledge that apparently aren’t. I can’t remember what triggered the conversation at this time, but today, I’m back on the same thought train. Why do people say or… Continue reading How do people think the things that they do?

Two weeks ago, I was back in Florida for the on site portion of an advanced acupuncture course. Although I still have about four hours of online lectures to listen to and a quiz to take at the end of them, I received my veterinary acupuncture certification while in person at Chi. It’s nice to… Continue reading Certified

A year in to the acupuncture journey, and we’re FINALLY getting ready to open it up to clients of the hospital. This past year at work has been one with lots of transitions, relief vets, new doctors and new techs on staff. There’s a lot of adjusting and integrating different ideas about veterinary medicine and… Continue reading It’s finally happening!

It really is overwhelming trying to figure out what exactly to do with life. I’m sure a lot of people, probably the majority of people, can relate to that feeling. My brain sometimes seems to be going a mile a minute (in circles, of course) with all of the never-ending possibilities zipping by; I can’t… Continue reading Pondering the future

OK. Not EVERYTHING. But it can seem like it. They say that negative experiences stick with you more than positive ones, and you need something like 100 good experiences to negate one bad one. Today could use a few really good things to give me some balance back. You have a rational mind that tells… Continue reading Some days, everything dies

I didn’t realize it’s been 3 months since I created a post. It’s been a somewhat busy summer, and although I’ve thought about writing several times, I knew I just didn’t have the time right then to start and finish, meaning I never started. Busyness aside, I don’t know that my head space has been… Continue reading Integrating

Ten years ago, on May 13, 2013, I graduated from vet school. Ten. Years. In all honesty, I only went to graduation for my Babcia. I knew it was important to her to see me walk across that stage, and she will always be one of the most important and influential people in my life.… Continue reading A decade of doctoring

I was told a while back that I needed to give an update on Jack. Life has been busy, so here is how it all turned for him: When I decided to share Jack’s story, everything was going pretty well. I thought he was out of the woods by then, and there wouldn’t really be… Continue reading Cat updates

This is the story of a serious misadventure and the amazing resilience of a cat named Jack, the companion of one my receptionists. Jack was living in a doggie daycare owned by my receptionist’s boyfriend. She isn’t really supposed to have cats in her apartment due her landlord’s allergy. At the daycare, Jack lived in… Continue reading Jack

I had an appointment the other week scheduled as “Quality of Life.” I assumed that the family was likely ready to euthanize their cat, as I had exchanged a couple of emails with the female owner a few weeks prior to this appointment asking what we could do to be sure that their cat was… Continue reading Quality of Life