The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell

In his delightful second memoir, Bruce Coston shares rich stories about the patients and clients who make his veterinary practice so fulfilling. Among these engaging characters, you'll meet Mr. Johnston, the linguist, and his bullmastiff, Mountain of Love: Rachel, the office prankster; Coston's "girlfriend," Megan; and Mischief, his only patient ever to help pay for her own surgery. You'll marvel at the courage of Lisa, Coston's first veterinary technician. And you'll learn how a love for animals helps us all to be more fully human.

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The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell

In his delightful second memoir, Bruce Coston shares rich stories about the patients and clients who make his veterinary practice so fulfilling. Among these engaging characters, you'll meet Mr. Johnston, the linguist, and his bullmastiff, Mountain of Love: Rachel, the office prankster; Coston's "girlfriend," Megan; and Mischief, his only patient ever to help pay for her own surgery. You'll marvel at the courage of Lisa, Coston's first veterinary technician. And you'll learn how a love for animals helps us all to be more fully human.

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The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell

The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell

The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell

The Gift of Pets: Stories Only a Vet Could Tell

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In his delightful second memoir, Bruce Coston shares rich stories about the patients and clients who make his veterinary practice so fulfilling. Among these engaging characters, you'll meet Mr. Johnston, the linguist, and his bullmastiff, Mountain of Love: Rachel, the office prankster; Coston's "girlfriend," Megan; and Mischief, his only patient ever to help pay for her own surgery. You'll marvel at the courage of Lisa, Coston's first veterinary technician. And you'll learn how a love for animals helps us all to be more fully human.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781410452672
Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning
Publication date: 11/22/2012
Edition description: Large Print
Pages: 449
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Prologue: The Harveys 13

Mountain of Love 31

The Contract 45

Milk Fever 54

My Day with the Horse Vets 81

Lisa 105

A Tick in Time 125

Sialadenitis 137

My First Veterinary Technician 146

Unwelcome Appointment 163

The Coronation of the Queen 175

The Bee's Knees 192

My Run-in with the Law 211

Branson Misery 225

The Complacency of Routine 237

Bunny Demise 253

William 272

Playing Keno 285

My Girlfriend Megan 300

Seventy-six Cents 313

Snakebite 327

Shortness of Breath 335

Max's Crisis 360

Fighting the Good Fight 382

The Nutty Case of Gumbo 399

The Sugar Glider 413

Denouement 424

A New Home 435

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