Monday, April 19, 2010

Monday in the Veterinary World

Monday is the day of the week that usually presents the greatest challenges. There is a natural tendency for pet owners to take a "wait and see" approach to their pet's medical problems during the weekend. If the problems don't resolve with home therapy, a phone call to our hospital is the first order of business come Monday morning. Naturally, we try to accommodate all of our clients' and patients' medical needs as quickly as possible which can present some real scheduling challenges if our Monday appointment book is already full.
Today was one of those Mondays with all appointments filled before close of business Friday. Therefore, I came to work this morning prepared for a scheduling challenge. However, good fortune smiled on us, and we had no Monday morning emergencies. This made for one very pleasant Monday with a good steady work flow and little stress.
We saw lots of healthy happy pets for their annual exams, several patients for post-operative rechecks and a couple of new patients with some troublesome skin and ear problems. We also scheduled another patient for reconstructive knee surgery with our surgical specialist Dr. Berger.
We want to congratulate our patients Kalua & Mandy on their recovery and healing following their orthopedic surgeries.
All in all, a very satisfying day.

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