by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
January 31st is the last day that it is legal to capture a bird for falconry in Kentucky. Mike and I had decided that it would be cool to have birds that could hunt together. Jim, my red tail hawk had recently finished her rehabilitation and had been successfully...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
We need to talk. Nobody ever likes to hear an conversation that starts with that phrase, but sometimes we really do need to talk. Veterinary medicine is changing. It started several years ago. Sophia Yin was a brilliant veterinarian. She spoke at many conferences...
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 | 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...
