I was a sophomore in college when I decided I wanted to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. My first paying job in the animal world was a barn hand at a small horse barn that taught English dressage riding. I sought this position because, at the time, I wanted to be an equine veterinarian. […]
About Bill
What It’s Like
I often have trouble describing my time in Grenada to people who have not lived or at least visited abroad, and for a long time I struggled to figure out why that was the case. I thought myself a reasonably observant person and I have some modest skill with language, but I could not articulate […]
Water and Mineral Oil
It wasn’t my first day at work, but it was close. I was standing in one of the treatment areas of the veterinary hospital. After a morning of surgery, I was asked by my boss to observe the treatment of an obstipated cat. She went over the history and treatment plan and let me examine […]
