The Tails of Truth Podcast:

Our Confessions: Overdoses, Shame & Chaos

This week, Dr. Angie and JoJo step away from clinical topics to talk about something harder: the mistakes, emergencies, and moments of shame that happened with their own pets. Dr. Angie walks through a medication dosing error that had her calling ASPCA Animal Poison Control from the side of the road, plus a cat dental emergency that came with a bigger bill than she expected. JoJo shares what happened when her dog Sage ate a pot cookie while in someone else's care and ended up in the ER twice in one week. It's an unusually vulnerable episode about what it's really like to work in veterinary medicine, or love a pet, and still be human. No judgment here, just the truth.

Key Takeaways

  • Even experienced veterinarians and vet techs can make dosing errors, and ASPCA Animal Poison Control is a resource available to any pet parent, not just veterinary professionals
  • Full mouth dental x-rays under anesthesia can catch problems like tooth resorption that aren't visible without them
  • Dog THC toxicity is rarely fatal but can cause serious discomfort, including body temperature swings, vomiting, and disorientation
  • CBD may help counteract THC toxicity in dogs by displacing it from cannabinoid receptors
  • Pet insurance (the hosts both use Lemonade) can reimburse emergency costs quickly
  • Veterinary professionals can feel shame asking their own colleagues questions, the same way pet parents sometimes do
  • Veterinary medicine is expensive even for veterinarians
  • Medical errors happen to even the best veterinarians and vet staff 
  • Mistakes happen with pet parents.  This is a judgement free zone for all of it

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  • "This is a scary episode." — JoJo

  • "I immediately felt sheepish and small."  — Dr. Angie

  • "She's hella uncomfortable." — JoJo

  • "You've gotta let yourself be human."  — Dr. Angie

  • "I think it makes us less judgmental, 'cause how can we judge?" — JoJo

  • "I'm in metronidazole jail." 

  •  — Dr. Angie

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