I tired. I fall down go boom.

[cjsmith]

Recipe for a hectic day at the clinic:

1) Double the number of doctors on staff (and thus the number of appointments), but don't increase any of the support staff.

2) Have every single appointment booked.

3) Before any scheduled appointment can be seen, have the first emergency show up. I won't get too graphic here; I'll just reassure everyone that the dog will be fine, and I'll casually mention in an offhand tone that I have never had to clean WALLS before.

4) Have a panicked owner open a conversation by stridently making sure everyone knows she's a lawyer.

5) Make sure to have another emergency right around closing, one that looks an awful lot like respiratory arrest (and therefore takes a lot of people for about an hour). That dog will be fine too, but the owners were pretty worried.

I've listed about half the highlights of the day. Seriously. I'm also learning the finer points of clinic etiquette, like what to do with the collar worn by a dog who was DOA and whose owner has already left the building (answer: you'd better wash it, trust me on this).

Heck of a day.

Comments

Fun Day

[mnhwy11.livejournal.com]

That does sound like a fun day...Kind of sounds like us up here. Only we like to change it up a little. We have only one doctor up here so instead of doubling the doctors, we just double the appointments and then throw in some emergencies. :-) I love those days. NOT! We had one day last week where we had to ask the last 3 or 4 appointments for the day to reschedule for another day and gave them $5 credit on their account. And this is the carreer we are choosing to go into???

[jb98.livejournal.com]

That sounds incredibly stressful.

[wordripples.livejournal.com]

Woah. Well, good to get the total picture of the landscape just as you're starting your new journey!

Tangent--I think I remember that you have a diabetic cat. Mine is in remission for over 6 months. I still have a bunch of insulin syringes left...could you use them by any chance? I have two sizes:

U-40, 1/2cc, 29 gauge, 1/2"

3/10cc, 30 gauge, 1/2". I vaguely think these are the ones they don't use any more because they stopped making this kind of insulin.

Resisting putting them on Craigslist because I don't want some junkie coming over to pick them up! ;-)