okay maybe I’m completely delusional but like I feel like Quinn might actually be really upset with Leah and has not forgiven her but he kinda can’t show it rn?? like it would be really stupid for him to show that he was mad and that he doesn’t trust Leah when she could very well win HOH next week. Quinn is at a pretty vulnerable position coming off the HOH after nominating half the house and he needs all the allies he can get. idk I could be 100% wrong and setting myself up for disappointment again but I’m hopeful lol
*says ‘I’m so fucking sick of this pandemic shit’ in a distinctly vaccinated, pro mask, pro lockdown, pro taking all the necessary safety measures way*
This is a very thoughtful discussion of some of the challenges we face in our field. I was sitting here starting the video with my heart rate at my resting 67 BPM. By the time she finished talking about her morning – full of dying patients, angry clients, squeezed-in appointments, missing lunch, decision fatigue, student loan debt – my heart rate increased to 84 BPM as if I was doing light cardio.
Just sitting there. Thinking about it.
There are so many things I love about my job:
Putting together the missing puzzle pieces in diagnosing illness
Improving the lives of my patients
Improving the lives of their families by keeping them healthy
Improving the human-animal bond
Camaraderie with my teammates
Learning new things like pathogenesis of new diseases or seeing a strange diagnosis for the first time
Helping a client “get” it and become a real partner in their pet’s care
Sweet clients who genuinely love their pets and like us too <3
Snuggling kittens and putting tiny puppies in my pocket
Gently thumping a happy big dog on the chest while petting them and having the dog just go wild wagging their tail
Getting a shy cat to poke its head out and take chin scritches
Developing enough intuition to be able to ping certain diseases from twenty feet across the room
Helping a beloved pet pass peacefully and in comfort, finally free from their frailties
Sharing silly pet stories with clients and team members
Seeing gross stuff explode
No two days are ever exactly alike
I am always learning more, whether it is medical or emotional, in this field
And there are things about my job that terrify me:
General PSA for veterinary care (if you have animals read this)
Most clinics are booking out over two weeks for appointments for established clients. Our new client appointments are booked out over two months. The emergency clinic routinely has a nine hour wait.
There is a shortage of veterinarians, techs/assistants, and Covid shut-ins meant everyone and their mom decided to get new puppies which increased the demand for medical care.
If you have a healthy pet, establish care at your local vet clinic BEFORE your pet gets sick. Update vaccines, get a general check-up. This increases the likelihood that they’ll be able to get you in sooner if your dog develops an ear infection, UTI, etc. because you are already established there. If you are planning on getting a new pet, book the appointment before you even have the pet. If you no longer need or can’t make it to an appointment PLEASE call the vet clinic to let them know because there are 20 other people waiting to take that spot. The amount of people who straight up just no-call no-show for appointments would astound you, and it’s extremely frustrating because there are so many pets on our waitlist that would have jumped at the chance to take that slot.
If you have an emergency that cannot wait such as severe respiratory distress, hit by car, sudden facial swelling, etc. - go directly to the emergency clinic. Call them to let them know you’re on your way and what is going on with your pet, and no matter how long they say the wait time is PHYSICALLY GO TO THE EMERGENCY CLINIC IMMEDIATELY. They will triage the pets and see the most critical cases first. I had someone the other day on the phone who did not listen to me when I stressed they needed to go to the emergency clinic immediately even though they told them it would be a nine hour wait because the ER would triage their pet and consequently the pet didn’t make it. If you have an emergency go to the emergency clinic. Also, DO NOT show up at your primary vet clinic as many primary clinics do not function as emergency clinics. Emergency clinics exist for a reason, they are more equipped with the resources to handle crisis.
And please please PLEASE be kind to your veterinary staff. Every morning at 7am I brace for the slew of angry phone calls from clients mad that we can’t see their pet that morning. The reason I can’t see your dog that started limping slightly last night isn’t because I don’t care that he’s in pain, it’s because I have five anesthesia patients, a dog that’s been vomiting for three days, and a fractious cat that needs x-rays plus 35 other pets. Each patient deserves to receive the highest quality of care, and I won’t be able to do that for your dog when my time and resources have already reached their max capabilities. The truth is almost every day we squeeze pets in and stay late, run ourselves ragged for 12 hours, and come home to our families that we can’t spend time with because we are too exhausted to do anything but collapse because we push ourselves beyond our max. So if I give you options of other vet clinics to try, give you an appointment two weeks out and put you on a waitlist, or send you to the emergency clinic, it’s not because I don’t care about your pet - it’s because I know I would not be able to give your pet the care it deserves and I want the best for your pet too.
The veterinary field has one of the highest suicide rates of any profession.
And this is why. Because every single day we are verbally abused, whether it’s because we can’t give out medications without seeing the pet or because someone had to wait an extra five minutes. Our bodies suffer a physical toll, our minds suffer an emotional toll. And yet we keep coming back because we love these animals, we love our jobs, we love helping people. We know what it’s like to worry about our pets, but please be kind. Your vet staff needs to be cared for too.
I work in an emergency hospital. We are all extremely busy, overworked, and tired. We are trying our absolute best to see and care for every single pet, but we just don’t have the capacity for everything that calls or walks in the doors.It is not our fault.It isn’t our fault that several emergency hospitals around us are no longer seeing emergencies and then defer to us, causing us to fill up faster than ever. It’s not our fault that we have seen a massive increase in cases in the past year. We would love to be able to hospitalize every single pet that needs it. To get every pet in and out. But we can’t. And I need you to understand that it’s killing us.
when you’re watching a movie and u recognize one of the actors in it from somewhere but u haven’t watched any of the movies or shows listed on their imdb
lukewarm take but i personally do not give a shit if poor people cheat a system that was designed to fail them anyways. i also coincidentally do not enjoy the taste of boot rubber
