you know what really sucks about my job?
When a patient dies in the middle of a consult and you don't even notice.
We don't have a conventional office. No metal table, no x-ray machines or hot bright lights. Dr.'s and my offices are more like living-rooms in your home with comfy couches and rugs on the floor with and the MartiniInTheMorning.com on the radio (Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble are sooo soothing for the beastie breast) I have lovely plants all over the office and the outdoor setting is a wildlife sanctuary with birds at the feeders outside my windows and squirrels and chipmunks scurrying about. Not your typical vet office. Rarely do I have more than 1 animal in here at a time, so we keep it calm, quiet and Zen-like.
Dogs and cats go into the Dr.'s office and have toys and treats and usually settle on the rug fall asleep after investigating. Well, initial appointments are 2 hours and dogs usually sleep through it all. Who knew he came all the way down here from New Hampshire to die in my office?! 10 year old, 80 pound German Shepherd, came for allergies and hot spots and died quietly while his owner and Dr were talking.
Gotta just love days like today. NOT!
We don't have a conventional office. No metal table, no x-ray machines or hot bright lights. Dr.'s and my offices are more like living-rooms in your home with comfy couches and rugs on the floor with and the MartiniInTheMorning.com on the radio (Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble are sooo soothing for the beastie breast) I have lovely plants all over the office and the outdoor setting is a wildlife sanctuary with birds at the feeders outside my windows and squirrels and chipmunks scurrying about. Not your typical vet office. Rarely do I have more than 1 animal in here at a time, so we keep it calm, quiet and Zen-like.
Dogs and cats go into the Dr.'s office and have toys and treats and usually settle on the rug fall asleep after investigating. Well, initial appointments are 2 hours and dogs usually sleep through it all. Who knew he came all the way down here from New Hampshire to die in my office?! 10 year old, 80 pound German Shepherd, came for allergies and hot spots and died quietly while his owner and Dr were talking.
Gotta just love days like today. NOT!