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| Preparing to cut the red ribbon |
I was fortunate enough to be invited to the grand opening red ribbon cutting of a state of the art Veterinarian hospital. My invite was through a friend of mine, Diane. She was in charge of getting the new clinic up and running. The 'old' Poulsbo clinic was around 1200 sq ft, and the new clinic is around 5K sq ft (if memory serves me correctly). It must have been fun (and apparently UBER stressful) plotting every square foot of the new facility, from what pee-proof flooring, to overhead light fixtures. Now after months and months of planning, the new digs were up & ready to run. After the ribbon cutting, Diane treated friends Sue & Nick, Barbara and myself to a personal tour of this state of the art pet hospital.
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| The spacious Receptionist area |
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Exam Room where even the table drawers were special ordered
(having no slits where dirt can accumulate & clean-up is a snap) |
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| Where the 'real work' happens! |
I thought this was nifty - a very comfy tiny bedroom at the clinic, where resident and/or visiting veterinarians can catch some shut eye after long shifts at this 24/7 hospital.
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| Memorable Mugs in the Staff lunch room |
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| Truly a work of art - a Cat Scan for Cats... and dogs... and ferrets... |
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| Tee Hee... |
Unique to this hospital is a totally separate room where the ailing kitties are kept. That keeps them from having to be kennel neighbors with barking dogs which stresses the heck out of cats.
Separate kitty quarters for the hospital was the idea of Diane, and she is understandably proud. To the right is a cute little salute to Diane, that is sort of hidden, on the outside of the cat ward. Someday it will truly be the Diane Memorial Feline Ward. Here's hoping that particular honor is decades away.
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| Teeny IV & IV regulator on a kennel |
I thought the most innovative thing at the hospital were the high-up monitors that held info on furry patients at each step of the way. Even I could see them and know what pup was getting what med, and when, and where the critter was in each stage of its hospital visit. I haven't seen that level of care at human hospitals. Catch up human hospitals, catch up!
[UPDATE: So late one Saturday night I woke at 1:30 AM to a phone call from my neighbor Barbara. Next thing I knew, I was dressed and driving her and her black kitty Bug the hour and a half drive to Poulsbo for an emergency pet clinic visit. Bug had woken Barb up with 'an awful noise!' and she was terrified Bug was dying and would be dead before we got to the clinic. Uh... thanks heavens, that would be a 'nope'. Bug had possibly inhaled something that got his lungs stressed out, so with prescribed antibiotics, a series of x-rays and several hundreds of dollars later, I was dropping sleepy Bug n' even sleepier Barb, back home around 5AM. Whew! What a night. Who knew we'd be back at the hospital so soon after its grand opening. With a little luck, it'll be the last visit... at least for a while.]
