ER Vet : Diary of an Animal Doctor

A doctor's life is chaotic, nerve-shattering, sometimes sorrowful, and fulfilling--even when the patients are of the four-legged kind. In this sequel to Pet ER, Dr. George A. "Tad" Porter recounts more compassionate and often humorous stories of treating animals in emergency situations. This book includes stories from the years 1970-1974, the period after Dr. Porter opened his own veterinary hospital while continuing to service eleven other veterinary hospitals as an emergency on-call veterinarian. During that time, he treated more than 125 emergencies each month. Armed with a gas anesthetic machine in the trunk of his mustang, Dr. Porter would set out to meet his patients all over the South Bay, California area--cats like Star who had covered herself with some green paint, and Pooch, who had a bad habit of chasing lawn mowers. Porter also found himself involved with public servants--police who called asking for help for two animal victims of heatstroke and firefighters who were having trouble hoisting an injured seventy-pound dog up the side of a cliff. Though a few of Porter's stories may cause a tear or two, most have happy endings. All will help the reader better understand veterinary medicine and will educate readers about how to better protect their pets from circumstances that can escalate into emergencies.