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

It’s been a while, I know. Things have been busy, as for everyone around the holidays. It’s quiet around here right now though. The dogs are both sleeping on the couches nearby. The cat is sleeping in the guest room where she prefers to spend her time. Justin is upstairs working out. The only other… Continue reading Another year over, another one just getting started

It happened again. Someone came in with a cat that they either didn’t want to be or couldn’t be responsible for, and the cat definitely needed someone to be responsible for her. The backstory, of course, is different than Barnacle’s was, but similar idea with euthanasia being on the table. She technically belongs to the… Continue reading There’s a cat in the house

Halloween 2022. Two years ago, we set up a table at the bottom of our porch steps and laid out candy on the table for kids to grab. We sat back on the porch and restocked as needed. That was our COVID Halloween solution. Last year, things were pretty normal at Halloween. Justin and I… Continue reading Happy Halloween

Anyone that has been following along knows that I started this blog about a year and a half ago because, a year into the pandemic, I was feeling a little lost in my career. I was stressed, not entirely happy or sure how I ended up exactly where I had in terms of my relationship… Continue reading What’s next?

It’s been a while since I wrote a post focused on an individual animal, as I had started this whole blog thing off doing. On Saturday, my tech and I were talking about this cat. Next month is 3 years since he came into my life, and last month was 2 years since he left… Continue reading Barnacle

It’s here again: August 29th. It is one of the happiest dates and one of the saddest dates in my life. On August 29, 2008, Flint officially came to live with us. On August 29, 2017, I woke up to the cytology report from Penn saying that he had little sarcomas all over his abdomen,… Continue reading August 29th