I was scribbling away on my patient's chart during the initial part of her annual exam. As I wrote her latest information, she began to pant.
My first doctorly thoughts before I looked up: "Good heavens, she's in metabolic acidosis," "She has a sucking chest wound," and finally "She's lost her mind!"
As I turned my gaze towards my patient, I noted that she looked neither distressed nor hypoxic. And...the panting was coming from near her feet!
"What on earth is that noise?" I asked.
She leaned down sheepishly and unzipped her large bag. A small silky-haired dog popped out and made my day by sitting in my lap for the remainder of the interview.
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My doc has a sign about turning off cell phones in the office - now she'll have to have one that says leave your dogs at home!!
A good thing that you like lap dogs! Overall, pets are so good for people. We have regular pet visitors at the hospital and they are more popular than the people visitors.
Thank you for the wonderful laugh to start my day, Judy!
Oh, that is great. Thanks.
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