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Cows: serving up humble pie since the beginning of time. At my first call of the morning, the full pressurized contents of a bartholin gland cyst exploded in my face (wikipedia that on your personal phone in private for anatomy lesson – TYPE COW, please type COW, ladies get these too, a cow photo isContinue reading “Humble Pie”

It looks like a bitter cold start in the morning. My first scheduled appointment sent a message today to confirm and to let me know that she’ll have hot coffee ready. When you’re accustomed to digging through an inbox of problems and to-dos, little acts of kindness sure make a difference! Offering up a bitContinue reading “Coffee”

These words are from my journal entry a few years ago, following a tragedy. They still ring true for me in these uncertain times, as hard as they can be to put into action. “Words matter. Your presence matters. Listening can be life saving. We were designed with talents and personalities meant for goodness andContinue reading “Words Matter”

Getting to share clean pathology results to a worried owner never gets old. I love seeing that anxiety melt away, the happy tears, or even just hearing a huge sigh of relief on the phone. Got to savor those little wins, some weeks they are few and far between!

Passing a NG tube on a horse this morning, I got lube on my mouthpiece, here’s the conversation with the owner, near 70 years old: Me: Blech, that tastes god-awful Her: I bet! You know, you ought to get that flavored stuff at the exotic store. Me: 😳….You think they have strawberry? Her: Or chocolate!

These words are mounted above my piano and are always a powerful, personal reminder when I take the time to pause and read them. Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. WeContinue reading “The Slow Work”

I was parked outside Animal Hospital today treating a goat from out of town and a guy walks up and genuinely asks, “what are you guys making out here?”. He legitimately thought my work rig was a food truck. 🤣 Oh the things I could serve him.

Perfect calving weather. Nice barn. Yea, she’s definitely not in that barn. God has a sense of humor. After 2 failed rope throws in the creek during a monsoon, water covering all of my anatomy, that heifer waddle-ran to the barn. AND the old rusty head gate held long enough to deliver a live one.Continue reading “Rain”

It’s the simple parts of my job that are the most rewarding. That’s probably true about life in general, the simple things. My bike ride got cut short for a call, so I was a little bummed. I was running IV fluids on a down cow that gave birth this morning and realized her calfContinue reading “The Simple Things”

1200 lbs of snortin’ mad, fearless brangus heifer charging at you through the fence will test the cardio, climbing skills, and religion in a hurry. Megan spider-monkeyed up 7 feet of fence to dodge her. Hero of the day was a pole syringe with a mad-momma cocktail, cause momma wasn’t going in no chute. Burger. Continue reading “Cow Cocktail”