https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/7277/sadness This is about life in practice, but if someone wants to move it that is fine. Today has been truely awful. Short-staffed, massive numbers of ops - meaning my in-patient, a possible Parvo puppy, did not get the care I wanted for it. I had to be inen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/72108?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:30:50 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b7c4af16-8676-427c-8833-ac36bfd4b9fbA Little TLC<p><img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Ashamed_smiley.png" alt="Embarrassed" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71936?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:33:23 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7dd693ec-6bf7-4748-894e-5537bf2e88f5Emma Purnell<p>Yep, noone else in our practice has much interest in wildlife so I end up taking it on to avoid it being euthanased with no need.</p> <p>TLC is the biggest star! <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Big Smile" /></p> <p>P.S. Heather the Hedgehog says hello!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71781?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:34:08 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6df92569-9ac8-4002-806f-cf60739c8873A Little TLC<p>Yep</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71454?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:55:59 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a544a6f5-c424-4a88-8c3d-7f6cc0881653Caro Laithwaite VN<p>Emma are you the one that seems to acquire wildlife and TLC has helped out with suggestions or is that some one else. I get so muddled up. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71281?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:18:21 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5ad1f109-a8fd-4694-a750-782182ab2999Emma Purnell<p>[quote user=&quot;sal the 1st&quot;]</p> <p>There are some vets that appear to wash their hands of a case when there is nothing else that can be done to save a life - for some of these it isnt because they dont care it is because they do care (sometimes too much) and dont want to be there at the end. Some of them see it as a failure on their part. they have the luxury sometimes of getting somebody else to do the deed for them - we dont have that luxury&nbsp; sadly</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I think this was more the case than anything else, she was upset and didn&#39;t want to - however I had nursed it and felt exactly the same. So frustrating.</p> <p>And Caro - no need to apologise <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71275?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:01:49 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b31f19b7-f7e3-4d47-8720-d4b99ef2c7f3Caro Laithwaite VN<p>Sorry loose track didn&#39;t realise you were qualified, hence my ? I think it is wrong you should have had to discuss pts with the owners though no matter what. And agree it should be taken further.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71272?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:07:24 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:21950f1d-12b7-4820-97e3-88fa9d10da86Sal the 1st<p>did the vet not want to do it because they didnt want contact with an infectious animal where they may have to go do a clinic afterwards and potentially put other animals at risk (ie puppies coming in for first vac) or was it genuinely that they couldnt be bothered? (have to admit from what is written it does seem this way). If they genuinely couldnt be bothered as horrible as the job is you were probably the best person to do it. At least you would have offered a few friendly words at the end&nbsp;- if the vet couldnt be bothered this probably wouldnt have happened. Its really hard when you have nursed a case sometimes to carry out that last &#39;treatment&#39; - I know i have been there myself. I used to refuse to pts strays that I had been looking after often for a long time, and then I got round to thinking I would rather it was me doing it because at least I cared rather than let a vet who wasnt really bothered do it .</p> <p>however saying that ...</p> <p>There are some vets that appear to wash their hands of a case when there is nothing else that can be done to save a life - for some of these it isnt because they dont care it is because they do care (sometimes too much) and dont want to be there at the end. Some of them see it as a failure on their part. they have the luxury sometimes of getting somebody else to do the deed for them - we dont have that luxury&nbsp; sadly</p> <p>dont take it to heart - you did the best you could by the pup and I would imagine most of us at one time or another have had cases like this we can relate to</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71268?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:47:39 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:1c8834c6-d84d-4117-9e50-a8e8eef7905aVicky RVN<p>Sorry you&#39;ve had such an upsetting day <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Right_hug.png" alt="Right Hug" />&nbsp; I agree, you should not have been made to carry out the euth.&nbsp; You&nbsp;did everything you could for the poor wee pup x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71258?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:58:36 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5a700670-b586-4e65-8448-80add66543cfEmma Purnell<p>[quote user=&quot;Caro Laithwaite&quot;]</p> <p>Yes been in that situation many times. You do the best you can and have to let it be at that. By sound of things it was better he was pts today because he would probably have passed tonight alone. </p> <p>I am not sure what you feel he did not get. When you are very ill you do not want/need to have something over you all the time. His meds were given, fluids changed and l assume bed. What did you want to do sit cuddling him? that is not doing him any favours nor any other patients who risk having the parvo if not vaccinated.</p> <p>It is not the length of life but the quality and he had no quality. </p> <p>The only shocking thing is the vet&#39;s attitude and leaving a job like that for someone who is not (unless l am wrong) even in training. And the fact that the owners asked you to do the job and it appears it was not even the vet who asked you as he/she was &quot;to distraught&quot;.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I agree with the quality, but he was a very friendly puppy who loved company and was shut alone in a room all day.</p> <p>I am a qualified RVN, I had to speak to the owners as the vet was in a consult, I MADE her phone them back and she then asked me to do it. I am pretty furious and am going to take that up with the powers that be as I don&#39;t feel I should have been made to do that.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71256?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:54:00 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:55b4c71b-9906-419f-a17d-36d01e15a5b5Caro Laithwaite VN<p>Yes been in that situation many times. You do the best you can and have to let it be at that. By sound of things it was better he was pts today because he would probably have passed tonight alone. </p> <p>I am not sure what you feel he did not get. When you are very ill you do not want/need to have something over you all the time. His meds were given, fluids changed and l assume bed. What did you want to do sit cuddling him? that is not doing him any favours nor any other patients who risk having the parvo if not vaccinated.</p> <p>It is not the length of life but the quality and he had no quality. </p> <p>The only shocking thing is the vet&#39;s attitude and leaving a job like that for someone who is not (unless l am wrong) even in training. And the fact that the owners asked you to do the job and it appears it was not even the vet who asked you as he/she was &quot;to distraught&quot;.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>