SOAP Notes

<p><strong>Dishing the dirt on what it's really like to work in a vet clinic.</strong> Dr. Philipp Schott DVM author <em>The Accidental Veterinarian</em></p><p>With years of experience as a Registered Veterinary Technician Frannie O'Callaghan offers an unapologetic window into the daily encounters of the humans who take care of pets. This whip-smart but darkly humorous confessional spans from the Patients who bite claw urinate or defecate in scrub pockets. Are the few and farther in-between moments of wagging tails and slobbering tongues worth it?</p><p>Then come the outlandish Clients including the heinous antics of a local man of the cloth or the conspiracy theorists convinced of veterinary schemes to grab 'em and stab 'em. All the way to Coworkers along for the bloody vomit-filled daily grind. For a job that demands a high skill level and stress-tolerance for relatively little monetary compensation Vet Techs need a reason to stay. Moments of levity healing patients colleagues helping to push through this absurd profession or cuddling beloved animal companions-somewhere amid the chaos is beauty that brings them to work every day.</p><p>Between heavy doses of swearing snark licking wounds and an occasional jab at the heartstrings <em>SOAP Notes: Irreverent Confessions of a Veterinary Technician</em> dishes up the roaring goring and never boring chronicles of veterinary life.</p>