Saturday, April 18, 2020

Covid 19 A Veterinary Journal (2)


It’s a rainy Saturday morning and I’m at the office.  Usually, my Saturday routine would not include working, but difficult times call for new routines.  The teams are on a rotating weekly schedule, Monday, Wednesday, Friday on week one; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday on week two.  So, to paraphrase, if this is Saturday, this must be week two.

Saturdays for my team are a little different than for the other team.  As, many of our clients know, Dr. Robin Sturtz joined the Crawford Team about a year ago when the feline only practice that she was working at closed.  She came over and filled our vacant Sunday schedule with cat only office hours.  A triple win situation.  She filled a vacancy in our schedule, allowing us to stay open 7 days a week; she had a place to continue her clinical practice; her patients now had a full-service animal hospital supporting their doctor and their pets’ needs.  Of, course, Covid changed all of this.  We adapted by closing on Sundays but putting Dr. Sturtz on my team.  Now every other Saturday, she is seeing her feline patients in the exam room and we are seeing dogs in the treatment area of the hospital.  All of our precautions as still in place.  Curbside check in, no clients in the hospital, extensive PPE for all staff members, and now in compliance with Governor Cuomo’s executive order, clients are also wearing face masks when the hand their pets off to us. She is seeing her patients for all of their essential needs: illness, injuries, chronic health problems and essential vaccines (Rabies).


So, that’s what’s going on here during the NY Pause initiative.  Hopefully the rain today will not be too dreary and will help people to stay in and away from one another for one more day.


A Puppy always brightens a dreary day, especially a corgi.


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