PET CHRONICLES I love being in surgery with my husband. It's like a mini date of sorts. We always work well together and even when life gets hectic in the world around us, surgery always slows everything back down. We have to be there first of all and we have to be present. We can talk. about our day as we are doing surgery. We can chat one on one with our surgery tech and check in with them about their life and such. I know after more than 20 years of working beside him how to anticipate what he might need and I am able to understand what he is trying to do. He doesn't need to explain it to me and I often times if it is a particularly hard case I can offer up helpful suggestions from things we have done previously. He always already knows these things but I always feel like I am making a contribution instead of just being a prop in their holding instruments and cleaning up the messes. Anyway, this week we were back in surgery together again, I am also back to drinking coffee. Great for me, bad for my entire staff and especially my husband. I am like the energizer bunny normally and you add two full 16 oz cups of coffee (pumpkin spice to be exact) and well fet's just say that the world is moving at a normal pace and I am the concord jet flying into their world at Mach 2.04; which if you are an aviation buff or know what the speed of sound is, you will know that is more than double the speed of sound. Yep, that's me London to New York in about 3 hours. Lucky for me I do not get the jitters. Well that is not true. I do get them; only it's my mouth that will not stop moving and the comedic part of my brain that will not shut up. Not a problem, if you like my humor not so great if you are exhausted and not in the mood to be stuck in the room for two hours with my nonsense. Thankfully Dr. Head aka my husband is always a good sport. He laughed at my baggage joke. When I referred to the bags under my eyes as being so big as if I was taking a trip. I would have to check them as oversized checked luggage. He also thought I was pretty funny when I said directly to the saw cord, as we tried to untangle a small knot it had in it, that is was a very knotty (naughty) cord. He did not think I was funny when I said he needed to hurry up because well I had drank two cups of coffee and my bladder would appreciate it if he please hurried. You can't hurry surgery, it takes as long as it takes, bladder be damned I silently told myself and my bladder. I stood still retracting the skin as he sawed a bone, silently cursing myself for having a second cup of coffee. That will teach me I thought, it's not even Fall yet and here I am making myself two pumpkin spice lattes in one day. Regardless, of my personal predicament surgery went great. Dr. Head was of course brilliant. My bladder didn't as point of fact explode as I had predicted and announced in surgery with bold conviction. I reminded myself as I walked out of surgery to never... I mean ok maybe not never, but not on a surgery day drink two coffees before 10:00am. I was also more than excited once again I got to spend a couple of hours side by side with my ride or die. As crazy as our life is I have come to appreciate these moments together filled with laughter, ok at least one of us is laughing (usually me). I am not entirely sure he feels the same as I do about these moments. I can tell you with certainty I always make them memorable. Keauhou Veterinary Hospital, Experience your pet deserves, Experience you can trust. Best Pet Care FT PLACE BEST Hawaii 2020 West Handy AAHA ACCREDITED ber Keauhou Veterinary Hospital, LLC Jacob Head, DVM 808-322-2988/Fax 808-322-2303 78-6728 Walua Road . Kailua Kona www.keauhouvet.com 13 Years! FIRST PLACE BEST.. Hawaii 2021 West Hay 7:30-5:00 Monday-Friday 8-5pm on Saturday Emergency call 24/7 PET CHRONICLES I love being in surgery with my husband . It's like a mini date of sorts . We always work well together and even when life gets hectic in the world around us , surgery always slows everything back down . We have to be there first of all and we have to be present . We can talk . about our day as we are doing surgery . We can chat one on one with our surgery tech and check in with them about their life and such . I know after more than 20 years of working beside him how to anticipate what he might need and I am able to understand what he is trying to do . He doesn't need to explain it to me and I often times if it is a particularly hard case I can offer up helpful suggestions from things we have done previously . He always already knows these things but I always feel like I am making a contribution instead of just being a prop in their holding instruments and cleaning up the messes . Anyway , this week we were back in surgery together again , I am also back to drinking coffee . Great for me , bad for my entire staff and especially my husband . I am like the energizer bunny normally and you add two full 16 oz cups of coffee ( pumpkin spice to be exact ) and well fet's just say that the world is moving at a normal pace and I am the concord jet flying into their world at Mach 2.04 ; which if you are an aviation buff or know what the speed of sound is , you will know that is more than double the speed of sound . Yep , that's me London to New York in about 3 hours . Lucky for me I do not get the jitters . Well that is not true . I do get them ; only it's my mouth that will not stop moving and the comedic part of my brain that will not shut up . Not a problem , if you like my humor not so great if you are exhausted and not in the mood to be stuck in the room for two hours with my nonsense . Thankfully Dr. Head aka my husband is always a good sport . He laughed at my baggage joke . When I referred to the bags under my eyes as being so big as if I was taking a trip . I would have to check them as oversized checked luggage . He also thought I was pretty funny when I said directly to the saw cord , as we tried to untangle a small knot it had in it , that is was a very knotty ( naughty ) cord . He did not think I was funny when I said he needed to hurry up because well I had drank two cups of coffee and my bladder would appreciate it if he please hurried . You can't hurry surgery , it takes as long as it takes , bladder be damned I silently told myself and my bladder . I stood still retracting the skin as he sawed a bone , silently cursing myself for having a second cup of coffee . That will teach me I thought , it's not even Fall yet and here I am making myself two pumpkin spice lattes in one day . Regardless , of my personal predicament surgery went great . Dr. Head was of course brilliant . My bladder didn't as point of fact explode as I had predicted and announced in surgery with bold conviction . I reminded myself as I walked out of surgery to never ... I mean ok maybe not never , but not on a surgery day drink two coffees before 10:00 am . I was also more than excited once again I got to spend a couple of hours side by side with my ride or die . As crazy as our life is I have come to appreciate these moments together filled with laughter , ok at least one of us is laughing ( usually me ) . I am not entirely sure he feels the same as I do about these moments . I can tell you with certainty I always make them memorable . Keauhou Veterinary Hospital , Experience your pet deserves , Experience you can trust . Best Pet Care FT PLACE BEST Hawaii 2020 West Handy AAHA ACCREDITED ber Keauhou Veterinary Hospital , LLC Jacob Head , DVM 808-322-2988 / Fax 808-322-2303 78-6728 Walua Road . Kailua Kona www.keauhouvet.com 13 Years ! FIRST PLACE BEST .. Hawaii 2021 West Hay 7 : 30-5 : 00 Monday - Friday 8-5pm on Saturday Emergency call 24/7