Luckily, I am an OLD RN and learned early on that we need to participate actively in our, our family or pets' health care. I mean, we each have a 1 on 1 situation and we can search and research for that one interest. Our vets have many different breeds, animals, species and so on and rarely can they be up to date on ALL issues. That is why we have to educate ourselves. I remember when READERS DIGEST first started printing medical articles. The medical world had fits cause people were mis-diagnosing THEMSELVES. We screeched, begged, pleaded and did everythig we could to tel;l people we, namely medical people, are the ones to rely on. Of course, that was just insecurity on our parts and now we see the need for each person to assume responsibility for part of their OWN health care.
It makes me wonder what a vet's problems are with you knowing about the care of your baby.. Guess maybe some of them have assumed the role of "God" that the humans had to give up.. |