The Best $50 I Ever Spent

I have been thinking about starting up a blog for a long time now. I had visions of it being a place where I would give insight about being an emergency veterinarian and provide information on pet loss and grief counseling. And while this is still my intention, I realized that I want to do …

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Everything You Need To Know About Veterinary Internships

Internal Medicine rotation at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital 2016 Before I was accepted to veterinary school, I had no idea that internships or residencies even existed. My first exposure to specialty practice was just before my senior year of undergrad, when I had the opportunity to spend several months in a pre-veterinary summer program at …

Breed Specific Legislation is not a substitute for being a responsible pet owner

Do you feel personally victimized by breed-specific legislation? Yeah, me too. I love my city, but unfortunately Denver is one of 937 cities in the United States to ban Pit Bulls. While I do not have a Pit Bull myself, I have had difficulty finding housing complexes that allow my two German Shepherds, as they …

What I love most about emergency medicine

The other day, someone asked me what I love most about emergency medicine. And I realized that it was completely impossible to provide a concise answer to that question. I could talk about how much I love ER all day. Every day. But I decided to challenge myself and see if I could adequately summarize …

Moving forward with your grief.

Two years have passed since the death of my childhood horse, Kramer. And I still cry about him on a weekly basis. Some people might think this sounds crazy. Some people might tell me to “move on,” which might be one of the worst phrases in the English language when it comes to grief.  In …

Finding the light.

I love my job. I love my job a LOT. So when I tell people that there was a point in my career when I thought I no longer wanted to be a veterinarian, it comes as a surprise. I am fortunate enough to have found my way back from a deep and dark place. …