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A Game of Whodunit? The TeamTakes aWell-Deserved Break
Happy New Year, everyone!
2020 was a busy year for everyone at Petersen Pet Hospital. Being busy is great, but when you couple that with a pandemic, exhaustion can take hold. That’s why our wonderful team of supervisors — Jessika Grace, Bree Clark, and Sarah Brown — recently decided to make one of our weekly team meetings a little more lighthearted than usual. They created our very own veterinary medicine game of Clue!
If you’ve ever been to see a physical therapist or a chiropractor, you might be familiar with laser therapy treatments and how they can help you recover from medical procedures and aches and pains of all sorts. But did you know your pets can benefit from laser therapy, too? Petersen Pet Hospital offers therapy with a type of tool called a multiwave locked system laser. The science behind it is pretty cool: It’s an FDA-approved machine that emits wavelengths of light aimed onto a specific part of a pet’s body. These lightwaves can actually help speed up natural healing processes after things like surgery and can help decrease pain, inflammation, and edema. Our doctors have been using this laser therapy for years to help decrease inflammation around incisions of their surgery patients, and they also use it after teeth cleanings for cats and dogs to decrease painful gum inflammation, too. It’s a handy tool that makes us pets feel much better much faster!
Our Friday afternoon meeting started out like any other — until it was announced that a cat had gone missing from the clinic! Our staff had to complete a series of obstacles and challenges in order to gather clues that would lead them to discover which cat had been taken, what room it was sneaked into, and who did the sneaking.
Four stations were set up around the hospital: The first was an obstacle course of puppy and kitty “accidents” (made of plates of whipped cream on the floor) that had to be navigated blindfolded to reach the clue. The second was something we like to call “Guess what the doctor drew?” because veterinarians are known for drawing some wacky diagrams that they might understand but are hard for others to decipher. Once players passed that level, it was on to some tough veterinary trivia. The very last challenge was a
riddle scavenger hunt to search out various objects around the clinic.
In the end, the scenario at hand was successfully sleuthed out. We all gathered together for the big reveal: The cat had been taken from an appointment, was sneaked into the fish tank room, and the culprit was none other than Dr. McGinty!
Of course, the event was all in good fun, and no cats were harmed in the making of it, nor did Dr. McGinty actually do any sneaking around. But our team had such a wonderful time together taking a short break from the craziness we all felt last year. It was much needed, so thank you to Jessika, Bree, and Sarah for their collaboration, creativity, and plenty of laughter.
Carrot and Spinach Dog Treats Does your dog have a vet-mandated New Year’s resolution to lose some weight? If so, these grain-free, veggie-packed treats will be its favorite snack this month.
We all hope you and your pets find a way to take a break and have some fun this month, too!
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