Month: April 2017

Basic Nursing Care

There are a few things that you can do at home to prepare the environment for your  elderly, ill or disabled pet. A few goals to keep in mind: To maintain a safe, secure, and comfortable environment. This can be done by providing good traction for your pet to safely get around without  slipping on smooth flooring. Some non-skid…

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The Story of Monty and His Bone Cancer

I want to share with our Nurse Your Pet visitors this story of a patient of mine, Monty, who had bone cancer. Monty had his leg amputated to reduce the painfulness of this type of cancer. Osteosarcoma, known commonly as bone cancer is very aggressive and most animals do not live very long once they are diagnosed. Amputation doesn’t slow…

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HOW TO SELECT A MEDICAL MUSHROOM PRODUCT THAT WORKS

In my two earlier blogs I explained what medical mushrooms are, and how they differ from poisonous mushrooms, or psychedelic mushrooms, and how many medical mushrooms are also highly prized edible mushrooms. Briefly, mushrooms are a fungus, which is related to yeast, mold, and mildew. They live off of dead or dying materials by secreting digestive enzymes that break…

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