by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
This week, there were reports of three veterinarians who have taken their own lives by their own hands. I didn’t know them. They are not personal friends. This week they were not classmates or close colleagues. But when I told my best friend, she commented that it was...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Mar 11, 2019 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
Spring is coming! I don’t know who couldn’t love spring. The plants start to pop up through the snow, blooms are on trees and everything starts to green up. I love to garden, but spring does bring some pet hazards. Tulips have allergenic lactones. Unrelated hyacinths...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
I saw an advertisement for the perfect bed. It was twelve feet wide! It would be awesome for a couple and all the animals. We have had as many as seven dogs and two cats sleeping with us. Of course, even with a twelve-foot wide bed, I still might not get that much of...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
It is Saturday afternoon and it has been an eventful week. Six weeks ago, when I said that I would do a presentation on Bee Parasites and Diseases, I thought I would take the state apiarist’s slides and present as she did. Speaking is an easy thing for me to do and I...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
Learn, Teach, Accomplish. Every day. It is written on the top of the whiteboard in treatment and is one of the things that I brought with me from my time in the Coast Guard. I recently worked on a new whiteboard video for another clinic on Lyme disease prevention. In...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
When I arrived at The Big Fix Animal Hospital in Gulu, Uganda, Dr. Arnold was abnormally pleased with my arrival. Although we became friends and are keeping in touch about medical cases, Dr. Arnold was beyond pleased because I was bringing a pressure cooker autoclave....
