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How can such a cute dog do something so badMy dog just ate the handles off of my scissors...
How can such a cute dog do something so badMy dog just ate the handles off of my scissors...
Very easily. I love how guilty he looks after he eats my things. like he knows he wasn't supposed to, but for some reason it's just all too alluring.How can such a cute dog do something so bad
oh my godVery easily. I love how guilty he looks after he eats my things. like he knows he wasn't supposed to, but for some reason it's just all too alluring.
Last month, he chewed up my debit card and student ID, and punched canine tooth sized holes in my drivers license. I was marked absent for a whole day of school because of it, and I still haven't replaced my DL.
Saw her respond to this person. 10/10 would recommend for salty responses.Oh good, now this new Macklemore song is bringing out more people on my FB feed saying doctors are monsters for prescribing meds and that doctors are killing people and forcing people to get hooked on drugs. My friend with cancer is even bitching about how many pills they make him take.
Make? I don't think they make you take anything. What happened to personal responsibility? I get addiction is a disease, but you have to start somewhere.
I literally had to roast a guy who was slamming the use of anti-depressants on one of my posts. He didn't even know how they worked, yet he was telling me that doctors only prescribe them for the kickbacks they get and that our bodies can self-heal and drugs aren't necessary. Ugh.
Lol, I was impressed with myself.Saw her respond to this person. 10/10 would recommend for salty responses.
blergh. I hate that for you. Hopefully Ivy will adjust. hugs.Lost my Chevy dog a week ago.
Since then, my pup (13 months) has gone from 100% housebroken to having 2-3 accidents a day. She'll hold it all day while I'm gone but no matter how many times I let her out in the evening she's having urine and stool accidents in the house. She'll spend an hour outside then come in and almost immediately go to the bathroom. She also looks for Chevy every time she goes outside so I'm hoping that once we figure out a new "normal" things will be better. I've even been going outside with her and still having accidents
Said cancer patient friend told me I deserved to get cancer since I will never understand until I do (all I said was that if he was uncomfortable with his meds that he should discuss other options with his doctor and remember that he does in fact have a choice in the matter), then preceded to tell my boyfriend he needs to have better control of me. So yeah. PP9 is probably going to start laying off the FB for her own sanity.
Yeah, he was not the best person to begin with, but he was my boyfriend's friend so I tolerated him.
All of this is the worst
Yeah, he was not the best person to begin with, but he was my boyfriend's friend so I tolerated him.
Just trying to forget it all happened, I don't need to deal with that kind of stuff. 2nd year has been doing me wrong without the added drama
Edit: "I don't see how a vet tech student who studies kitty litter could possibly understand my meds or why doctors are at fault for all of this."
Agreed. He unfriended my boyfriend and I even though my boyfriend had nothing to do with it. So I do feel bad about that, but cancer doesn't give you an excuse to treat people like crap.Wow. What a spectacular garbage specimen of a person. That sort of crap is not worth responding to. He's just trying to make you even angrier.
Agreed. He unfriended my boyfriend and I even though my boyfriend had nothing to do with it. So I do feel bad about that, but cancer doesn't give you an excuse to treat people like crap.
Yeah, he really was not the ideal person to be around before he got sick, but of course I would lend my ear when he needed to vent about his treatment. I just don't think he has heard the word "no" ever since he got sick. I don't know why I'm letting it get to me, probably because he hit all of my trigger points in one argument. Whatever, we're both better off without that type of person as a 'friend.' Thanks for letting me rant, everyoneUhmmm....no you don't get to be a dick just because you have cancer. Maybe a little leeway but uh no, not that much wow. Talk about sexist too, 'control your little lady'. Pretty sure cancer didn't give him that particular though so he's probs just a horrible person in general.
Earned a bottle of wine I would say.What an exhausting morning.
Saturday morning. Appointments scheduled every 15 minutes for 4 hours. Most of them sick. That's not supposed to happen on a Saturday. Supposed to be mostly well visits with a few 30min urgent care slots. So that was a great start.
Then there was the walk in recheck - no biggie except see above. Then there were the drop off urine samples- yeah, that can wait. And my "rabies only" appointment turned into two dogs for wellness exams and skin issues. New patient showed up 25 minutes late, and then complained when I did a brief exam and told her to make an appointment next week for the abdominal imaging/contrast study that her dog might need. Yeah, definitely not happening on a saturday even if you had been on time. The "check anal glands" turned into check everything and aspirate all the lumps. EVERYBODY wanted a nail trim while they were there.
And then there's the client who's been coming to the clinic for 40 years who has a dog that needs to be euthanized. Okay, told him to come about a half hour before closing and I'd squeeze him in, may end up waiting a bit, but if the dog needed to be seen sooner or they wanted to pursue treatment, they should go to the emergency clinic like we had already discussed. Well, the euthanasia turned into an hour long consult first, even though the dog had been seen the day before and nothing had changed.
And then my other euthanasia appointment brought two dogs in to be euthanized instead of one.
Good news though, the "nail trim only" appointment no showed. And I still managed to get done within an hour of closing time.
Missed the phone call from my doctor's office to go over my echo report. Now I have to wait until Monday, but of course I'm working Sun-Tuesday, so realistically, probably won't get a chance to call until Wednesday. I also have no idea if they typically would just say "all is good" on a voicemail or if they would need to actually tell me that directly, so I don't know if I should freak out or not in the meantime.
What an exhausting morning.
Saturday morning. Appointments scheduled every 15 minutes for 4 hours. Most of them sick. That's not supposed to happen on a Saturday. Supposed to be mostly well visits with a few 30min urgent care slots. So that was a great start.
Then there was the walk in recheck - no biggie except see above. Then there were the drop off urine samples- yeah, that can wait. And my "rabies only" appointment turned into two dogs for wellness exams and skin issues. New patient showed up 25 minutes late, and then complained when I did a brief exam and told her to make an appointment next week for the abdominal imaging/contrast study that her dog might need. Yeah, definitely not happening on a saturday even if you had been on time. The "check anal glands" turned into check everything and aspirate all the lumps. EVERYBODY wanted a nail trim while they were there.
And then there's the client who's been coming to the clinic for 40 years who has a dog that needs to be euthanized. Okay, told him to come about a half hour before closing and I'd squeeze him in, may end up waiting a bit, but if the dog needed to be seen sooner or they wanted to pursue treatment, they should go to the emergency clinic like we had already discussed. Well, the euthanasia turned into an hour long consult first, even though the dog had been seen the day before and nothing had changed.
And then my other euthanasia appointment brought two dogs in to be euthanized instead of one.
Good news though, the "nail trim only" appointment no showed. And I still managed to get done within an hour of closing time.
Rockstar statusWhat an exhausting morning.
Saturday morning. Appointments scheduled every 15 minutes for 4 hours. Most of them sick. That's not supposed to happen on a Saturday. Supposed to be mostly well visits with a few 30min urgent care slots. So that was a great start.
Then there was the walk in recheck - no biggie except see above. Then there were the drop off urine samples- yeah, that can wait. And my "rabies only" appointment turned into two dogs for wellness exams and skin issues. New patient showed up 25 minutes late, and then complained when I did a brief exam and told her to make an appointment next week for the abdominal imaging/contrast study that her dog might need. Yeah, definitely not happening on a saturday even if you had been on time. The "check anal glands" turned into check everything and aspirate all the lumps. EVERYBODY wanted a nail trim while they were there.
And then there's the client who's been coming to the clinic for 40 years who has a dog that needs to be euthanized. Okay, told him to come about a half hour before closing and I'd squeeze him in, may end up waiting a bit, but if the dog needed to be seen sooner or they wanted to pursue treatment, they should go to the emergency clinic like we had already discussed. Well, the euthanasia turned into an hour long consult first, even though the dog had been seen the day before and nothing had changed.
And then my other euthanasia appointment brought two dogs in to be euthanized instead of one.
Good news though, the "nail trim only" appointment no showed. And I still managed to get done within an hour of closing time.
I don't think can leave a message per privacy laws, because what if you weren't the one to get the message (even if it's you personal line blah blah blah)Missed the phone call from my doctor's office to go over my echo report. Now I have to wait until Monday, but of course I'm working Sun-Tuesday, so realistically, probably won't get a chance to call until Wednesday. I also have no idea if they typically would just say "all is good" on a voicemail or if they would need to actually tell me that directly, so I don't know if I should freak out or not in the meantime.
I don't think can leave a message per privacy laws, because what if you weren't the one to get the message (even if it's you personal line blah blah blah)
What an exhausting morning.
Saturday morning. Appointments scheduled every 15 minutes for 4 hours. Most of them sick. That's not supposed to happen on a Saturday. Supposed to be mostly well visits with a few 30min urgent care slots. So that was a great start.
Then there was the walk in recheck - no biggie except see above. Then there were the drop off urine samples- yeah, that can wait. And my "rabies only" appointment turned into two dogs for wellness exams and skin issues. New patient showed up 25 minutes late, and then complained when I did a brief exam and told her to make an appointment next week for the abdominal imaging/contrast study that her dog might need. Yeah, definitely not happening on a saturday even if you had been on time. The "check anal glands" turned into check everything and aspirate all the lumps. EVERYBODY wanted a nail trim while they were there.
And then there's the client who's been coming to the clinic for 40 years who has a dog that needs to be euthanized. Okay, told him to come about a half hour before closing and I'd squeeze him in, may end up waiting a bit, but if the dog needed to be seen sooner or they wanted to pursue treatment, they should go to the emergency clinic like we had already discussed. Well, the euthanasia turned into an hour long consult first, even though the dog had been seen the day before and nothing had changed.
And then my other euthanasia appointment brought two dogs in to be euthanized instead of one.
Good news though, the "nail trim only" appointment no showed. And I still managed to get done within an hour of closing time.
Hate this. Usually the only time I can call doctors is during my lunch hour, which is usually also when they've gone to lunch. Plus, no matter how many times I tell (and sign appropriate paperwork) all of these doctor's offices they absolutely can tell my mom any test results etc., they almost never call her. When they do call, they say, "Sorry, we can't leave the message with you, have her call us."Missed the phone call from my doctor's office to go over my echo report. Now I have to wait until Monday, but of course I'm working Sun-Tuesday, so realistically, probably won't get a chance to call until Wednesday. I also have no idea if they typically would just say "all is good" on a voicemail or if they would need to actually tell me that directly, so I don't know if I should freak out or not in the meantime.
My day began with 4 DOAs (one of which was a corgi ), a chinchilla euthanasia and continued with another euthanasia and then a bunch of outpatient as my first time as a daytime receiving doctor. And I think I'm receiving again tomorrow instead of doing in patients.
And I some how always manage to overcook my chicken.
Also not much paperwork typicallyOn the positive side, pretty tough to screw up a DOA.
I don't know what happened this weekend but it's been crazy. we had days with only 2 appointments all day before this weekend.Oh good I'm glad other people had **** days too yesterday. 11PM Friday night - 16 year old cat with dyspnea and abdominal distension, no money for emergency fee, owner says she'll bring cat in the morning if it's still alive. Fifteen minutes before opening, very sweet old client calls cause his 18 year old cat has gone rigix and can't walk. Admit cat for observation during the day, unfortunately no money for diagnostics. Every appointment was sick and needed a work up except for a pair of newly adopted kittens and a Pittie puppy vaccine ( and the puppy appointment was squished in between some seriously sick stuff so I didn't even have time to enjoy it). And of course, most of the **** happened after 4PM. Dog that came in for suspected allergic reaction on Friday now comes in a half hour before closing completely non responsive, covered in crusting oozing skin, laterally recumbent and dyspneic. Get bloodwork started, discuss prognosis, referral (owners want to refer but unable to transport the dog). Extremely difficult adolscent chronic puker Great Dane needed recheck rads (takes three of us to hold him on the table). Owner of rigid cat comes back, no improvement, so opted to euthanise. Owners of recumbent dog want us to do what we can to treat in house while they try to find transportation. Get her on fluids, meds. Send Dane home, rads are normal. 4:45 - emergency euthanasia on the way. It arrives 5:30, has no money, have to call manager for authorization of payment plan. By the time everything's taken care of, my tech and I get to leave at 6:45. Unfortunately didn't get to tbe cosplay Halloween event until almost 8 by the time hair and make up were done, and only got to stay until 10:30 so I had time to change before being back on call at 11PM.
And at some point, I have to write up all those damn records....
Also not much paperwork typically
automatic feeders are awesome for this reasonMy mancat never used to meow, but I guess after I brought Loud Annoying Texas Cat home, she taught him to speak up. Now Mancat, who is perpetually hungry, will meow his big fat head off for food until I finally feed him. I stick to my normal feeding schedule so as not to reward him, but he keeps going. I once ignored him for over 30 minutes, and he would. not. stop. It's getting to be pretty freaking annoying.
I think you should look into being hired as a representative for one of the companies, you do a heck of a good job promoting themautomatic feeders are awesome for this reason
automatic feeders are awesome for this reason
My roommate had an automatic feeder for her cat and my greedy kitty broke the darn thing.automatic feeders are awesome for this reason
I actually just got the new fancy RFID ones. Expensive but worth it to keep the monsters from eating each other's foodI think you should look into being hired as a representative for one of the companies, you do a heck of a good job promoting them
Ha, I really don't know. I haven't had a problem, but my kitties are not destructive (unless I leave a piece of paper out somewhere). I suppose you could look for reviews to see if they make ones that are particularly hard to break into?Do they make any that are indestructible? He has chewed up all sorts of containers, tearing big holes in things. Last victim was a little Tupperware container that I had washed but which apparently still had a dozen molecules of bacon on it, so of course it had to be destroyed because OMGFOOD. He's clever and determined about it all, too. Last week, I threw a new bag of dog food into the closet, which has a door that doesn't stay shut all the way. We throw the living room garbage bin in front of it to keep it closed, so I did that to keep it shut until I was ready to transfer the food to the big, thick plastic bin I have. This little monster shoved the garbage bin out of the way, pried the door open, and chewed a giant hole in the bag all in the time it took me to go into the bathroom to pee and wash my hands.
He's lucky I love him.
Thankful every day that my kitties are generally well behavedMy roommate had an automatic feeder for her cat and my greedy kitty broke the darn thing.
From my understanding, that isn't too uncommon and mostly just means you check on it every now and again, unless you get something else, like blood pressure changes or a clotting problem, to make it a little more of a problem.And I apparently have mild mitral valve prolapse with regurg. I'm likely fine but just something to keep an eye on.
From my understanding, that isn't too uncommon and mostly just means you check on it every now and again, unless you get something else, like blood pressure changes or a clotting problem, to make it a little more of a problem.
That's on the nice side of the spectrum of what you were worried about.
I have been told I have this as well. From my understanding, it's relatively common in women actually. Feels kind of like a butterfly is fluttering in your chest, right? I tend to feel it after several flights of stairs. I don't think any of my doctors have ever said I need to be careful with certain activities or anything, for what it's worth.And I apparently have mild mitral valve prolapse with regurg. I'm likely fine but just something to keep an eye on.
I was diagnosed with that when I was young, but my last echo didn't show it. I've also read intermittent MVP is sometimes seen with ehlers danlos syndrome, so that could be my issue. I really should get a full cardiac work up again.And I apparently have mild mitral valve prolapse with regurg. I'm likely fine but just something to keep an eye on.
I have been told I have this as well. From my understanding, it's relatively common in women actually. Feels kind of like a butterfly is fluttering in your chest, right? I tend to feel it after several flights of stairs. I don't think any of my doctors have ever said I need to be careful with certain activities or anything, for what it's worth.
I was diagnosed with that when I was young, but my last echo didn't show it. I've also read intermittent MVP is sometimes seen with ehlers danlos syndrome, so that could be my issue. I really should get a full cardiac work up again.
My younger sister has it as well, much more severe than I do. She was given the thumbs up for competitive swimming, at least.I never really noticed it before. Maybe occasionally felt like I felt a weird sensation every now and then when I'm either super over caffeinated or something, but only recently have I noticed it more frequently (like past two months since I went to the ER for left chest pain which prompted all of this). But now that I'm thinking about it, it's probably genetic. My mom has always mentioned how she feels like she has occasional palpitations, so she likely has it as well. My main worry was that I didn't want to be told that I couldn't lift/CrossFit/exercise the way I like to anymore.
I think it is high pressure stuff like deep diving, deep spelunking, astronauts, and competitive weight/strong man stuff you have to watch out for. Regular cardio is all good.My main worry was that I didn't want to be told that I couldn't lift/CrossFit/exercise the way I like to anymore.
My younger sister has it as well, much more severe than I do. She was given the thumbs up for competitive swimming, at least.