by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Sep 3, 2018 | Animal Care, Blog
Duncan is a diabetic. His owners brought him in because he had lost a lot of weight and was drinking and peeing lots. We did some blood work and a urinalysis to confirm that Duncan was a diabetic, but I was certain before we got the results. Diabetes mellitus is...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 27, 2018 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
It is Saturday afternoon. We stopped seeing appointments a while ago. Various rechecks had come and gone. Blossom and Storm were doing fine after their surgeries. Eight boarders were tucked into their run beds for the weekend. Bella’s pancreatitis was calmed down...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 20, 2018 | Animal Care, Blog
Sage came in on Monday afternoon. This two-year-old yellow lab had been hit by a car earlier in the day, but dad had to get home to help get her in the car. On first glance, she looked okay, but on closer inspection, she was a little shocky. Her gums were dry (a sign...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog, Creepy Crawly Parasites
Last week, Matt drove me to Charleston to get a yellow fever vaccination. I need a booster vaccine, because this fall, I am going to northern Uganda in Africa to vaccinate and neuter village dogs, and yellow fever is one of the vaccines that I needed to get updated....
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 6, 2018 | Animal Diseases, Blog
I had a talk with a couple in the exam room. Their dog has a chronic disease and they were asking if they had caused it. My honesty made that a hard answer. Every time we do something we have a choice. We can choose to do something that is good for us or our pets or...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jul 30, 2018 | Blog, Speaking of pets
I woke up in Denver this week. Actually, I woke up Sunday morning at 6:18 a.m. to a series of texts from a client asking when I would be in the office that day. Even when I mentioned that it was six AM where I was, there were a couple more texts. Normally, I do not...
