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Tails from the ER: A collection of short stories from a Veterinary Professional
Paperback
Series: Vet Med Stories, Book 4
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 18 2025
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind every wag, hiss, growl, and screech lies a story - and in the veterinary emergency room, those stories are anything but ordinary.
In Tails from the E.R., veterinary technician Michael Lavoie takes readers past the sliding clinic doors and into the heart of animal medicine, where compassion meets chaos under fluorescent lights. From a diaper-clad chicken with a vendetta to a love-struck tortoise injured in a battle with a bird feeder, to the quiet dignity of a wild bobcat's release back into the woods, these true stories reveal the heartbreak, humor, and humanity that pulse through every late-night emergency.
Told with sharp wit and deep empathy, Tails from the E.R. captures the raw, unfiltered reality of life on the front lines of veterinary care - the triumphs, the losses, and the absurdity that binds a team together through blood, fur, feathers, and tears.
Because in this ER, no patient is too small, too strange, or too scaly for a second chance.
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