Three from the Hospital Trenches

[Shangri-laschild]

Yeah...but I'd resort to duct tape before I'd use animal sedatives...

(no I wouldn't do either one, just saying...)

[sportsmom]

Personally, I was hoping someone called CPS on her. I can't even think of the words to explain how completely idiotic that was of the "mother".

[Geek King]

Poor man's ritalin?

Rapscallion

Probably. It wouldn't be the first intelligent, imaginative child to be riegned in because parents and teachers misdiagnose boredom as ADD. Not that I have any experience there, or anything.

[AriRashkae]

Yeah...but I'd resort to duct tape before I'd use animal sedatives...

(no I wouldn't do either one, just saying...)

I'd go with toe-touches or jumping jacks, personally. Either wear the kid out so she doesn't case trouble, or (in the words of my father) "If you can't build brains, build brawn." (Any idea why I got straight A's in school? )

[bainsidhe]

Yeah...but I'd resort to duct tape before I'd use animal sedatives...

(no I wouldn't do either one, just saying...)

A year or two ago, there was a daycare in the news about this topic. Seems one of the workers duct taped a kid or three to the wall. I'm trying to remember, but I think the kids encouraged them to do it?? Not that it should ever happen, but I did chuckle a bit.

[Skandranon]

Hey, I know a Kat who's getting her degree in Vet Sciences or something like that! ::shifty eyes:: You're not her, are you?

Nope, I spell mine with a C. But there's actually a Kat also working for our hospital, so if your Kat lives in Georgia....

[Andara Bledin]

A year or two ago, there was a daycare in the news about this topic. Seems one of the workers duct taped a kid or three to the wall. I'm trying to remember, but I think the kids encouraged them to do it?? Not that it should ever happen, but I did chuckle a bit.

Actually, it was just last November.

^-.-^

[Difdi]

The vet hangs up, rubs his forehead. and turns back to the manager. "She was giving them to her son!"

Um...I'm pretty sure that's a felony. Perhaps someone in authority ought to be notified...?

[Primer]

....She was giving the kid dog sedatives? What on earth made her think that was an ok thing to do?

Some kids I've known...yeah, I'd want to do it, too. I still have some Ace from when I worked at the animal hospital in '99, and I still use it on my animals from time to time. Right now, the littlest Pom is getting a quarter a day to keep him from being too rambunctious while healing from a muscle strain.

Um...I'm pretty sure that's a felony. Perhaps someone in authority ought to be notified...?

I know it's a felony to share human prescription drugs, but I don't know about animal prescriptions, even though it's often the same medications.

BTW, I'm sure everyone already knows this, but do not ever give your dogs any OTC's that contain any pain reliever besides aspirin, and even that only with a vet's approval. And do not ever give your cats any OTC.

[Emmeileia]

A similar thing to story 2 happened to me the other day at the kennels where I work. It was just me and one of our german interns, F.
I had cut my hand on something, I don't recall what, so I pulled out the tube of polysporin we use for doggy injuries and put some on my cut.
I didn't realize that F, being from germany, had never seen poly before. His eyes got really wide and he stammered out somthing like "Is...is that safe for PEOPLE?"
Luckily I was able to reassure him that it was people medicine that we just happen to use on the doggies too.

[wolfie]

You need a refill why?

".......You did what?!"
"...Ma'am, I strongly urge you not to do that again. These pills are for SPOT. They are meant for dogs, not humans."

Okay, now I'm intrigued.


Yep, that's right, the lady decided her grade school son could benefit from the elderly dog's sedatives. *shudders*

She's giving her son a prescription medication that was not only not prescribed for him, but for a different species? This would be an appropriate situation for administering veterenary medication to humans - give the lady a shot of Euthanil.

[Ree]

So the cat climbed into the safe?

Forget the racism and over-medicating of children and other FRATCHING comments.

That's the best part of the whole post right there.

Too funny. I was picturing it in my head and laughing.

[unclejampuff]

Kitty bwuahaha. My landlord/downstairs neighbor's cats like to come up to my apartment and find new and exciting places to hide. I have to pull them out of the dryer and/or washer every single time I do laundry. One time I wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I hear this "Mmmrurrrrrrr?" and look up to see a pair of eyes peeking over the tub. It was very awkward. But kinda cute. Kiiiiitty <3!