by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 12, 2017 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
Dr. Wixsom believes in state of the art progressive medicine and surgery and typically goes to over 40 hours of continuing education a year. In the area, she is seen as a veterinarian who cares and where you take your pets when they are really sick. Before she was a...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 12, 2017 | Blog, Cats are not little dogs
In my first article of my first book, I talk about dogs in our language. When we think of the very strong human-animal bond, we often think of dogs. But it is not just dogs that comfort us, protect us and live for us. Seems we have quite a few cat metaphors throughout...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 12, 2017 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
We just finished our AAHA American Animal Hospital Association inspection and evaluation. Maybe it stems from my time in the Coast Guard, but we have always strived for excellent or perfect on the AAHA inspections. There are over 900 standards that the AAHA inspector...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
A single solitary moment in time. One hundred and two minutes overall, but focused on a single solitary moment. There are moments in time which change all of humankind. Sometimes, these are for the good, sometimes not. Sometimes we know that they are life changing at...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 4, 2017 | Animal Diseases, Blog
They say things come in threes and such was the case last week. Hydi, Molly, and Dixie were all in for Cushing’s tests. Cushing’s is a disease where too much cortisol is produced by the adrenal gland. Cortisol is a natural steroid produced by the adrenal glands, but...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Feb 19, 2017 | Animal Care, Blog
February is dental health month. Many clinics will try to do a whole bunch of dental cleanings this month, but we (and more and more veterinarians) have moved well beyond that. Dentistry is a year-round problem. Dental care is much more important than we thought...
