It gets a meh…

“No news is good news”. I hate that practice. Medical offices across the country use this mantra when you come in for a test. This saying doesn’t apply to all tests, but it’s said enough that some clients just come to expect it. When I was in the veterinary field, this was a common saying when clients came in with fecal and tick borne parasite tests. Now both of these samples are messy, sometimes hard to get and down right gross. Our clients had the pleasure of picking up after their dog and putting it in Tupperware. Some would refrigerate it, put it in the microwave and sometimes in their purse. People are really dumb.

Even though most of the times the dog’s were fine, you’d want to know if your dog had worms or lyme disease. Of course we would call the clients if the test results came back positive, but not a word if it was negative. I don’t know about you, but I’m an inquisitive person and would like to know the answers sometimes.

If the fecal test was negative, TELL ME! Just call, leave a message, e-mail, smoke signal, pigeon, etc… it doesn’t matter. In my mind, if I don’t hear anything back from the dr’s I assume the worst. Maybe I was on the other line when they called, did I give them my cell or work number? I hope I was getting a full signal. What if the staff died? What if the sample was so potent it killed everyone and they couldn’t call to tell me that my dog has apocalyptic shit!!!

You know, the worst.

All I’m saying is, please just call. I would want to know good or bad.