Doc Tales

May 2, 2018 — 

Peggy Anne Hawkins shared this week's Doc Tales from a 2007 article in the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association newsletter.

Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require hip replacement.

The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day, and has a booked surgery for the following week. The second sees his family doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist. Then he gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month...And finally he has his surgery scheduled for a year from then.

Why the two different treatment for the two patients? The first is a Golden Retriever; the second is a Senior Citizen.