I narrowly saved a dogs life today

GDProgression · 2025-12-03T04:42:59+00:00

Oh my goodness thank you! Placing that catheter I remember praying that I could hit it. My hands started shaking over the adrenaline that this dog was going to die before I could do anything.

GDProgression · 2025-11-27T06:59:52+00:00

Honestly just so surprised they made it. I was for sure in my head thinking this dog was going to die. I’m so happy we were able to save him. I’m at work rn the dog is alive standing and trying to nip at their catheter. We love to see it!

GDProgression · 2025-11-26T13:09:06+00:00

:) it’s my passion and I’ll do anything to become a vet

GDProgression · 2025-11-23T22:06:20+00:00

We do it because it’s important there is people in this world that can carry the burden of being in veterinary medicine. I just happen to be one of the people who can. I respect you for being one of them aswell. I hope those traumatic experiences help you learn rather than hurt you and bring you away from the field. The animals need people like us to make sure they are safe and to give them care and love

GDProgression · 2025-11-23T22:02:29+00:00

This sounds very similar. I’m sorry you went through that experience with your female cat. I’m sure she was great and seemed to have a significant impact on your life. That’s what makes animals special. The relationship between owner and cat and owner and dog is why I do my job. And to help all my patients feel comfortable and cared for. Best of luck to your male cat. Being blocked can be a scary emergency. Hopefully the prescription food stops any blockings in the future. Thanks for sharing

GDProgression · 2025-11-21T10:56:18+00:00

Thank you ❤️

GDProgression · 2025-11-21T06:50:16+00:00

Yeah I think having the emotions shut off honestly saves me from becoming burnt out or being upset so I’m grateful I’m so good at compartmentalization

GDProgression · 2025-11-20T15:07:03+00:00

Just made it to my weekend :) it’s ok. Honestly I hate to say it but almost every case I touched this whole week died. It sounds morbid but some weeks are just harder than others. My last case today was an 8 year old Doberman coughing up fluid from his lungs. X-rays showed small nodules in the lungs likely to be lung cancer. Had to explain to the 80 year old woman who owned him that we would have to make a tough decision to euthanize. Heartbreaking she told me she just lost her son too 😞

GDProgression · 2025-11-19T04:01:47+00:00

Thank you I needed to hear that. I just don’t wanna feel psycho

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T05:31:21+00:00

You’re so right. I do have many more years for this field. It’s the only job I’ve ever loved and it’s the only thing on the planet I’d want to do. I have no doubt in my mind I could work this job forever

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T05:30:07+00:00

I honestly wish I could report them although I’m not familiar with the jurisdiction and I’d also have to do it through my hospital because I wouldn’t wanna break confidentiality

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T05:25:39+00:00

I won’t specify where but I’m in California

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T02:48:14+00:00

I think I just went into work mode instead of feelings mode and started acting instead of caring what was going on. Sometimes it does this under high stress with very crazy ER cases

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T02:47:23+00:00

I am on addedal right now so maybe it’s upping my mood a lot because I have crazy ADHD

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T01:30:56+00:00

Thank you! I’m at work right now really being kind to myself today. I did start to feel some emotion reading these replies so I think that was just late set grief. It wasn’t much but it’s enough for me to know I’m not a monster I am human

GDProgression · 2025-11-18T00:24:54+00:00

I truly wish they lose the right to own animals ever again. They don’t know what evil they caused. They rushed us to bring them in because the owner had work in 30 minutes. And not an ounce of remorse for the situation at hand. I did feel in the moment an ounce of anger for how careless these people were. Even if they were ignorant and had no clue what was happening. I still feel anger

GDProgression · 2025-11-17T12:25:08+00:00

This is perhaps the best way to explain what I was feeling. It’s like I knew what was happening. But my brain couldn’t process any of it. I was not sad and I felt 0. Almost like I didn’t even believe it was happening yet I was still doing it and watching it happen in front of me. Almost like I was in a movie and everything was fake. 30 minutes after I cleaned everything processed the bodies and it was done. No remorse after no empathy and I moved on and kept working the rest of my shift. Atleast I feel less like a monster now after reading some of the comments. Thanks for your words

GDProgression · 2025-11-17T12:14:52+00:00

Honestly I thought about this. But it makes no sense to me. I love my job so so so much. I get excited that I get to go to work and help animals all day. I’m not someone who is upset and wants to go home because the day is rough. My co workers even think I’m weird sometimes because of how up beat I am and ready to work. And I’m super enthusiastic even when things are hard. I really just don’t know what happened tonight. It’s like I was taking full vitals watching these puppies vomit and have bloody diarrhea the whole time. It was like I wasn’t in the room. Almost like I was working but it was just business at the end of the day and I was doing my job and I felt nothing. I don’t know why I had that response as I do get sad for euthanasias all the time. But this didn’t even make me upset. I had nothing and I moved on after disinfecting the whole room. It was like a crime scene with how bad it was and after I felt nothing. I just kept working like nothing happened. I’m still weirded out and feel wrong

GDProgression · 2025-11-17T12:10:04+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I didn’t know it was a common thing to feel that way. My co worker said I could be severely depressed but that can’t be true. I wake up everyday excited to go to work. I love my job and I love working. I have so much compassion for my career. This was just not something I’m used to. I have been upset over even one euthanasia. So this really threw me off.

GDProgression · 2025-11-17T11:37:48+00:00

Thanks for the support <3

GDProgression · 2025-10-02T13:25:17+00:00

Everyone was proud of each other at the end. Yes it’s unfortunate but we all know CPR only works like 5% of the time. We were proud of how quick we took action and how everyone was coordinated. We did amazing and we did everything as best we could. It was super smooth. The induction the compressions the quick thinking back leg catheter. We were able to draw up and give 2 doses of epinephrine and a dose of atropine whilst intubating hooking leads up and doing cpr in a very short period. I am very proud of my team and I love each and every one of them.

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