All In A Day's Work

I'm still trying to wind down after work yesterday. It was a particularly difficult day. One of our dog patients decided he was NOT going to let us near him. He was at the back of his kennel growling, showing us his full mouth of teeth and lunging when we approached. Did I mention he was around 100 pounds? We couldn't even get close enough to give him a sedative. Last resort... rabies pole. The rabies pole is never a fun thing to have to use. We also had the pleasure of repairing a cat declaw gone wrong. PEOPLE PLEASE DO NOT GET YOUR CAT DECLAWED!!!! Poor little kitty had been declawed at another hospital and wasn't healing properly. Her little paws were bloody and very, very painful. After 11 hours with only pizza on the go for lunch, we had 2 after hours emergency surgeries. We did an exploratory laparotomy and removed a piece of rubber ball from a dogs intestines and we amputated the toe of a baby chicken who had gotten it stuck on something and ripped part of it off. Not only was it a physically exhausting day (13 hours, no real break), but a very emotional one as well. I found out that one of my most favorite clients is moving to the east coast this summer :( On top of everything going on yesterday, one of my friends from work had to say goodbye to his best friend, the most handsome and sweet pit bull, Trevor. There were lots of tears. It really brought back some of the sadness I felt when we lost our little buddy Frick almost 2 years ago. He was the most spirited cat I have ever known. He had a special way of making everyone like him, including those who didn't like cats! I still think about him every day...

So, another work week behind me. Although my job can be very physically and emotionally draining at times, I can't imagine doing anything else! I feel proud to say that we definitely

helped out some suffering animals yesterday... all in a day's work.