by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
I was awakened today to one of the smells of veterinary medicine. Instantly, I knew two things. 1. Smells have been at the forefront this week and 2. Ryker needs a dental. It has been a week of smells! Smells are common in a veterinary hospital. Traditionally, there...
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...
