11/23/2023
Wishing everyone a day full of gratitude
โฆand being full of yummy food ๐ฝ๏ธ
Happy Thanksgiving ๐ฆ ๐
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Wishing everyone a day full of gratitude
โฆand being full of yummy food ๐ฝ๏ธ
Happy Thanksgiving ๐ฆ ๐
Cheers to finding a way to say, โyes.โ ๐ฅ
Wishing everyone a safe holiday season, no matter what holiday(s) you celebrate ๐
Thanks to our friends at the ASPCA, we can safely indulge (within moderation) with our pets ๐ฅฆ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐
Prevention is ๐ when avoiding a trip to the emergency room ๐๐จ
Hereโs what to avoid โ ๏ธ
โฆand what to do when the inevitable canโt be avoided
When in doubt, call it out ๐ฃ๏ธ to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center: (888) 426 4435 โ๏ธ
Learning with Dottie ๐ฉต
A brachycephalic breed is characterized as a breed with a short skull, causing the face and nose of the animal to have a โsquishedโ or pushed in appearance. As you may imagine, this makes everyday breathing extremely difficult for these animals.
Dottie came in to see one of our surgeons, Dr. Salinardi, to have a number of procedures done to make breathing a little easier for her. Here are Dottieโs pre and post op pictures, depicting the remarkable difference of her nares after Dr. Salinardi was able to work her magic. ๐ช
Duke bought himself a stay in our ICU over the weekend after ingesting some ๐ bait.
Once he was feeling better, his admitting veterinarian, Dr. Regan, decided to do some hands on learning with him about rat diets. Here they are practicing the โdo and donโtโ eats of rodent diets. Duke quickly learned that ๐ง is a โdo eatโ and rat bait is a โdonโt eat.โ ๐
Greta showering technician Brittany with love before she was discharged! ๐ซถ๐ผ
When one of our veterinary assistants needs an animal to practice their tech skills on for school, Jet is the guy for the job! ๐ช He may have made it too easy on her though ๐
Featuring a very confused, good boy!
Trick or treat ๐ฌ
Smell our feet (toe beans) ๐ป
Find us some Hill's Science Diet to eat ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
If you don't ๐ท
We don't care ๐งโโ๏ธ
We'll make dinner out of your underwear! ๐ค๐งก
๐ Happy Halloween from Tufts VETS! ๐
Niko looking โfetch,โ with his doppelgรคnger, after receiving some spa treatment from a couple of our veterinary assistants last night! ๐๐ป
Bet you canโt tell who the real Niko is! ๐
Tips & tricks for a safe Halloween! ๐
Halloween is one week away!
Keep your pets safe while the humans have fun celebrating with these tips. Keep candy and alcohol away from pets, think carefully before putting up decorations or dressing up your pet in a costume, and be sure furry friends are safe and secure during trick-or-treating hours.
"The Rainbow Bridge is the path to the world of mystery and peace." ๐
~Marcela Brant, Luminous Mountain
๐ธ: Deb, CVT, Radiology Technician
Weโd like to give a huge round of applause ๐๐ผ for our newest ECC veterinarian, Dr. Simons, for passing her critical care boards! ๐
Dr. Simons is now a board-certified specialist in veterinary emergency and critical care, making her a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC). ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐๐ฉบ
Dr. Simons is now our third criticalist on staff at Tufts VETS! We are thrilled to have her join our team and canโt wait to see all the amazing things she accomplishes! ๐
Dress as your favorite era day! ๐ผ๐ชฉ ๐พ ๐
Twasโ a good week to have a good week!
A BIG, HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors for their donations to our staff! Without you, technician week would not have been as successful as it was!
Another thank you to our management/leadership team for bringing this all together! The planning it takes to put on a successful veterinary technician week is strenuous and youโre efforts do not go unnoticed!
Elanco IDEXX Sound Movora CareCredit Royal Canin Ceva Animal Health USA Mixlab JLL Boehringer Ingelheim Zoetis Hillโs Pet Nutrition Practivet Final Gift Pet Memorial Centers Land-Tek Maintenance
As National Veterinary Technician Week comes to an end weโd like to thank all of our technician staff for their hard work and dedication. You all clock into every shift ready to take on whatever the day throws at you. It may not always be easy or fun, but without you we could not be us! ๐ฉต
This week was filled with fun, laughter, excitement, and camaraderie. This was a week to appreciate our technician staff, but weโd like to remind everyone we appreciate you all every single day!
Letโs keep the good times rolling into every week to come!
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Hey Kaycee, what keeps you inspired to stay in this profession? ๐คจโ๏ธ
Tropical Day! ๐บ๐ธ๐ด๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๏ธ ๐ฆฉ๐๏ธ
This is what Kayla loves most about being an anesthesia/surgery veterinary technician! ๐
Weโd like to introduce our newest urgent care doctor to you all, Dr. Snow!
This Barbie is not for sale, but you can come see him Sunday from 8am-6pm, or Monday and Tuesday from 3pm-11pm. ๐ฉบ
Momo, pictured with Dr. Snow, says, โyouโll be in good hands.โ Literally ๐
Zach, on why he chose to pursue a career as a veterinary technician! ๐
Who are you choosing as your character? ๐ฎ
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Today we had the pleasure of having the Frisky Fries food truck visit us! ๐
Hereโs what keeps Maegan inspired to be a veterinary technician! ๐พ
Hereโs why Chowan decided to pursue a career as a veterinary technician! Weโre glad she did ๐ซถ๐ผ
๐ฉท๐๐งก๐ฉตโค๏ธ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐พ ๐ฉบ
Goose, one of our oncology patients, sporting his tye dye for his appointment today! ๐๐ค๐ฉต๐ฉทโค๏ธ๐๐๐
Lucianna, whatโs your favorite part about veterinary medicine? ๐ฉบ
Hereโs what the โBrittany/neyโsโ love most about working in our emergency department! ๐จ
โจ Ghost photoshoot โจ Veterinary medicine edition ๐ป ๐ธ
Hiii Barbie! ๐๐ฝ
We spy, with our little eye, some of our Tufts VETS technicians ๐
โค๐พ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐พโค
๐ข GIVEAWAY! React to this post AND tag your favorite veterinary technicians in the comments for a chance to receive a FREE 2024 NEVTC admission!
A winner will be chosen at random on Sunday October 22nd!
Here is your yearly reminder...
1. You matter. Even on days you feel like you don't, just remember that we see you and what you do matters.
2. Without you, the veterinarians, clients, and most importantly, the animals would be lost.
3. You are worthy. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
4. Take care of yourselves and each other.
5. Continue to change the world, one patient at a time.
Thank you for all that you do. Take this week to be proud of where you are, how far you've come, and where you are going next.
We asked our ECC supervisor, Morgan, why she chose to become a veterinary technician. Hereโs what she had to say!
Thank you to our sponsors for their kind and generous donations this week!
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Thank you to our veterinary technicians for always keeping up with our "Full House" of patients and clients๐ We couldn't do it without you!
Veterinary technicans at work vs. Veterinarians at work...๐๐
(We'd like to note this video is an exaggeration of the truth and we value all of our team members!๐ซถ๐ผ)
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When one of our veterinary assistants needs an animal to practice their tech skills on for school, Jet is the guy for the job! ๐ช He may have made it too easy on her though ๐ Featuring a very confused, good boy!
Trick or treat ๐ฌ Smell our feet (toe beans) ๐ป Find us some Hill's Science Diet to eat ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ If you don't ๐ท We don't care ๐งโโ๏ธ We'll make dinner out of your underwear! ๐ค๐งก ๐ Happy Halloween from Tufts VETS! ๐
Thank you to our veterinary technicians for always keeping up with our "Full House" of patients and clients๐ We couldn't do it without you! #VeterinaryTechnicianWeek2023
Veterinary technicans at work vs. Veterinarians at work...๐๐ #VeterinaryTechnicianWeek2023 (We'd like to note this video is an exaggeration of the truth and we value all of our team members!๐ซถ๐ผ)
โ ๏ธโ ๏ธโ ๏ธโ ๏ธ Trigger Warning: if you donโt like bugs ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ชฒ๐ชณ๐ท๏ธ or viewing medical procedures, this is not the video for you, said with love! ๐ซถ๐ผ However, if you do not mind creepy crawlers and tend to find yourself indulging in Dr. Pimple Popper videos, then this video is right up your alley! ๐ What Dr. Regan is extracting from our canine friend goes by the scientific name, Cuterebra. Cuterebra are the larvae of botflies. These fly larvae use other animals as hosts during this stage of their life cycle. ๐ชฐ๐ชฐ๐ชฐ๐ชฐ Cuterebra are typically harmless to their host. They just need somewhere to live rent free until their grown enough to spread their wings ๐ชฝHowever, we do not like free loaders around here๐ ๐ปโโ๏ธ, so Dr. Regan had to evict this one ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ The word Cuterebra, is derived from a blend of Latin words, which translates to โskin borer.โ We will let you decide if the word โcuteโ accurately describes this creature ๐
Louie had A LOT to say during his last night of his stay with us! ๐ As you can imagine, his ward mates were not very appreciative of this ๐ To assure Louieโs ward mates could get some rest๐ค, Louie was put in our hospital stroller for the remainder of the night, which he loved! ๐ซถ๐ผ He was a great help checking on the other inpatients in the ICU and took his assistant job VERY seriously! ๐ซก This stroller was donated by some of our amazing clients and has come in VERY handy at times like this! Disclaimer: in contrary to what Florida Georgia Line says in their lyrics, there was very much other things to do ๐ , but many laps were done around our ICU this night ๐ซถ๐ผ
๐ช Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?! ๐ช Well....not Calvin, although he did try his best to! How impressive is this cool cat?! ๐ Calvin gave our receptionists a good chuckle while waiting for his ophthalmology appointment with Dr. Maggio! ๐น๐คญ Looks like he wanted to prove he has 20/20 vision ๐
Pandemic restrictions have changed many of the ways we connect owners with their pets in the ICU. Visits have been put on hold, and we keep worried pet parents up to date with pictures and videos. Toffee was one of our most critical patients recently, suffering multi-organ failure following severe anaphylaxis. She received several blood transfusions and other interventions during her 9 day stay. Our entire team was involved in her care and we wanted to find a social distancing-friendly way to show her mom and dad how happy we were to see her go home. You can see how happy Toffee was to see them, too! Best wishes, Toffee! (Video credit Kelsey Pickering)
High Tech Tuesday! (Trigger warning-bugs!) Poor Lana has had a hard time with her itchy ears. Her other allergies have improved with the help of Dr. Stephanie Abrams, DVM, DACVD and her team, but those pesky ears kept bothering her. Today, she had video otoscopy performed (without sedation, because Lana is a *very* good girl!) and was diagnosed with Otodectes mites! This is a somewhat uncommon issue in dogs but thankfully is easily treated with topical medications. Feel better, Lana!
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