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How To Avoid the Bends

March 31, 2016 by Dr. V

When I was in college, I decided to conquer my fear of drowning by getting certified in scuba diving. In retrospect, I really had no business being there, but I guess that's what your twenties is for. At one point during the training, you have to take your mask entirely off and then get it back on. No biggie, right? I was not a water person and had no idea what was going to happen. When I removed it from my face, my nose filled with water and I found I couldn't inhale through my regulator. My ... Read more »

Filed Under: Daily Life, Featured Posts, Musings Tagged With: death, healing

Why You are More Powerful Than Any Counselor

March 12, 2016 by Dr. V

The phone rings, and I answer it with an admittedly impatient voice since someone sold my phone number to a marketer and I've been getting deluged with spam calls all week. I have the phone in one hand and Brody's tail in the other, as he chewed up his bandage when I wasn't looking and now I have to re-wrap the whole thing. It's Chaplain Gary this time, calling as he does, every few months, to see how I am doing. I met him once, when he came to the house to talk to the kids when my mom was ... Read more »

Filed Under: Be The Change, Daily Life, Featured Posts, Musings Tagged With: grief, healing

Cancer Is Fun

February 13, 2016 by Dr. V

That's sarcasm, by the way. Cancer sucks, I hate cancer, cancer can go suck it. Anyway. When you have a dog, but especially when you have a dog who is a breed with a 50% occurrence of cancer in their lifetime, you learn to be vigilant. And by vigilant I mean you pick over your dog like a chimpanzee searching out ticks, and with good reason. So far, as you know, I've lost one dog to lymphoma, one to probable melanoma, and Brody's had the following removed: low grade melanoma on his lip ... Read more »

Filed Under: Cancer sucks, Daily Life, Health Tagged With: Brody, cancer sucks, vet, why wait aspirate

Top 5 Ways Being a Vet Prepared Me for Parenthood

February 1, 2016 by Dr. V

It took me a good decade, but I can finally say I think I’m getting this motherhood thing figured out. It was not intuitive for me, not easy or instantly amazing the way it was when I brought home my first pet. With my animals, I knew no matter how challenging things were, we would figure it out and it would be ok. I don’t know why I lacked that confidence with the kiddos. Maybe I’m just part dog. But no matter! We all have our strengths in life, but the one thing I wish I knew a lot earlier ... Read more »

Filed Under: Mother of the Year Tagged With: parenting, vet clinic

How To Spot an Animal Social Justice Warrior

January 19, 2016 by Dr. V

There's something happening in the animal world, something sticky and kind of ugly, and we need to talk about it. You learn to spot patterns when you've been around long enough, trends that start in one area but quickly pick up steam in your own neck of the woods. And that, my friends, is what I'm bringing up today: the emerging trend of the Social Justice Warrior, and how that relates to people in pet care. I think it's pretty clear that I am a big proponent of animal advocacy, from ... Read more »

Filed Under: Be The Change, Musings Tagged With: activism, advocates, social justice warriors

I Think SoCal is Pretty Much Screwed This Winter

January 6, 2016 by Dr. V

If you haven't heard the news, we here in Southern California are finally starting to see the effects of the massive, gargantuan El Nino the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes. And I think it's going to be ugly. Every time we deal with a natural disaster, everyone runs out and gives people tips for preparing and being ready and most people do one or two things but the reality is, there's only so much time in the day and so many disasters one can prepare for without going ... Read more »

Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: disaster preparedness, el nino, weather

Life is a macaron

December 15, 2015 by Dr. V

My mother was not a great cook. I think she would happily cop to that. She made spaghetti, burnt steak, and stuck underseasoned chicken breasts in the oven until they turned rubbery. Her mother was not a great cook either. She was Irish, so I guess that was part of her legacy to boil everything until it fell apart and all the taste seeped out, or so she claimed. However, her father was French, so she inherited a different type of culinary genius: boy could she bake. If I had to choose one of ... Read more »

Filed Under: Cooking, Daily Life, Musings, Picks of the Litter Tagged With: holidays, macarons

Thankful

November 29, 2015 by Dr. V

I've spent a lot of time the past few weeks thinking about gratitude, and what it means to me. I was worried that this, the first holiday season without the person who defines it for me, would be horrible and that I would have no interest in celebrating anything. Which is a valid response for sure, but I was hoping I could dredge up enough energy to participate for my kids' sake. And then a funny thing happened. I totally was into the whole gratitude thing. Although my life has had its ups ... Read more »

Filed Under: Be The Change, Daily Life Tagged With: gratitude, Thanksgiving

Five Things You Need to Know About the Delta Pet Policy

November 24, 2015 by Dr. V

The internet was abuzz this week with word about the changes to Delta's pet flying policy. And as tends to happen, people got about 75% of the way there before they took a sharp left turn and read it incorrectly. Here is what you need to know: 1. Headlines saying "Delta no longer allowing pets as cargo" are wrong. As of March 1, 2016 pets will no longer be allowed as checked baggage. This does not mean pets over 30 pounds will be allowed in the cabin. It means they must fly as cargo, ... Read more »

Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: delta, travel

CucumberGate, Terror, Abuse, and You

November 21, 2015 by Dr. V

So by now you've all seen the videos, right? A person places a cucumber behind a cat who's blissfully chomping away on some food. The cat turns around, spots the sinister gourd, and jumps about five feet in the air. The first thing that happened was that a bunch of people thought it was funny and shared it all over the internet. The second thing that happened was a bunch of experts chimed in warning about how this wasn't a benign thing, that cats could be permanently scarred, and that ... Read more »

Filed Under: Mother of the Year, Musings Tagged With: animal abuse, cucumbers

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