{"id":31,"date":"2013-07-19T11:57:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T11:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2021-02-26T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:28:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0737.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-25 alignright\" alt=\"IMG_0737\" src=\"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0737-225x300.jpg\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0737-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0737.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a>I am a veterinary technician, although in the past, I have been many other things. I have worked at the same veterinary clinic since January of 2001. I love my job. Every day is different; some days are a serious challenge, some days remind you why you do this in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>My problem is that I forget things. Huge chunks of my life have gone missing from my mental data banks. (Are they in there still, available through hypnosis? I like to think so.) I am writing this primarily as a diary, so I can remember what the heck I did last week, last month, or last year.<\/p>\n<p>My husband has encouraged me to think more broadly, and address some of the medical, ethical, and social issues that are omnipresent in veterinary medicine. So that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to do here. If this blog makes even one person think differently about veterinary medicine in general and the job of veterinary technician in particular, I will have succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I should mention is that this site is my opinion, and only my opinion. I have some strong opinions, but that does not make them facts. Listen to your veterinary professionals when it comes to advice for your pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a veterinary technician, although in the past, I have been many other things. I have worked at the same veterinary clinic since January of 2001. I love my job. Every day is different; some days are a serious challenge, some days remind you why you do this in the first place. My problem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterinarydiary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}