Wow. The morning routine here is intense. There is the initial hustle to get all the animals looked at before they get picked up so any weirdness can be checked by a vet before going home. Then it’s the critter shuffle, transferring cats to crates to be ready to go and then cleaning cages to be ready for the new arrivals.
At 7:30 the doors open and there is a group review session of the post operative instructions, which saves tons of time in the discharge process. Then individual animals are checked out. I loved the army of staff ready behind the counter to tackle the crowd and get animals dispersed as quickly as possible.
Then as the last animals are leaving, the new arrivals begin pouring in the doors. We checked in 64 animals across the front counter within ONE hour this morning. Wow. These folks certainly have this down to an art.
Then we pick the day up where we began yesterday’s schedule… vet exams in the back to begin the surgery day, and dealing with the mountain of paperwork we just finished generating from check in.
Right now our surgery team is on their last of eight dog surgeries for the day, then we’ll break for lunch. After that Jenny and I will continue working with the software developer to finish configuring our database and continue our training while our surgery team will finish the day with their 11 cat surgeries.
It was a light surgery day today since the weather here wasn’t very cooperative. It is still way below freezing and it was barely snowy here, but outlying areas weren’t as lucky. Today’s transport only had seven animals, so everyone should be getting done early today.