by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
I got caught by a stoplight so I was parking as my shift began Sunday morning. I was in the building by 8:02AM. The doctor I was relieving seemed happy to seem me. She quickly went through the cases. She had done two enterotomies (for a gunshot and a eaten towel), had...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
COVID 19 has certainly changed our world. Things that we used to take for granted are now different. Simple things, like moving animals through the hospital or communicating with clients are now more difficult. But through all of this, I have had the knowledge that...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
Sometimes it feels like it still should be May. Sometimes it feels like it should be 2021 or maybe 2022. Even practiced introverts like me are starting to feel the stress of social distancing, uncomfortable masks and this parking lot thing we have called curbside...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 10, 2020 | Animal Care, Blog
COVID 19 has probably changed the rest of our lives. Everyone who is alive now will change in some way. While I am quick to point out the ways these changes have not been ideal (just ask my best friend), not everything that is COVID 19 related has been bad. I must...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jul 27, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
It had been a rough week! In addition to the COVID inefficiencies and the rising temperatures of the weather and clients, I had to put two of my favorite patients to sleep. While I love all animals, I don’t think there is any question that Labrador Retrievers are near...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jul 20, 2020 | Animal Care, Blog
I’m getting a late start to my article writing this Saturday afternoon because we had an emergency come in after we closed. While some of us finished up the end of the day procedures, four staff members and I stayed and worked with the emergency patient for almost two...
