I got these flowers today at the lab. They were sent by a veterinarian out in the wilds of southwestern Arkansas whom I've never even met. She called the lab yesterday, almost in tears, worried that she had screwed up a case, second-guessing all of her decisions, and needing to talk to someone about necropsies. Receiving sent her to me.
I spent over 30 minutes on the phone with her. The clients were being difficult, accusing her of killing their dog. She did an in-clinic necropsy and found many dozens of heartworms in its heart and vessels of its lungs. She was worried that she did something wrong. I assured her that she did everything right. I told her that the outcome would have been the same if she had sent the dog to the lab for necropsy. I thanked her for trying to find the best answers for her patient and the owners.
Today she sent me flowers and a short note.
It is these small acts of kindness that we give each other that get us through.
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