Wednesday, March 19, 2008

It's a toss-up.

I was talking to my cat's vet this morning as I paid her 74 bucks to look in his ears with an otoscope and then put 2 drops in each ear. I told her about what 'Cat said about Vets vs. ER Docs, and how sometimes I wished I dealt with animals instead of people.

Then the phone rang. I listened to her try to explain to the woman on the other end why her puppy's regular puppy shots won't cure the horrible case of mange that it has. I was laughing in my head as I pictured explaining to this same lady why the Wellbutrin and Lortab that she takes for her "fibromyalgia" won't take care of her hypertension and diabetes.

Then I listened to her explaining to someone why they had to use anesthesia, an IV and a pain shot when they spayed her dog. I imagined asking our next cholecystitis patient if they wanted to skip the anesthesia, IV and pain meds.

At the same time, the receptionist was talking to the bank about a patient's check that had bounced.

And I realized that vets really don't have it any better. Because every pet has an owner.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Im so happy my cat has never had any problems.

Jeff B said...

Unless those pets happen to be strays that are picked up by the Humane Society. ;)

I've been contemplating a career change as well. Even blogged it.

The Ethical Miss said...

Damn right!

Anonymous said...

but the animals can't talk back....

Anonymous said...

Thank you for realizing this.... so few do....

A Vet in Illinois

Anonymous said...

Why I didn't go into peds. Love the creatures, but they come with talking, annoying owners.