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In the sterile, fluorescent-lit world of veterinary surgery, the line between routine and life-altering shifts in the blink of an eye. Tails from the Surgical Suite takes readers behind the closed doors of an animal hospital, where the air is thick with the scent of isopropyl alcohol and the rhythmic hum of life-support machinery. In this semiautobiographical collection, the author navigates the high-velocity chaos of a specialty clinic, from the high-stakes ""Tech Olympics"" of professional efficiency to the quiet, heartbreaking weight of the ""Comfort Room"". Whether it is a 2:00 AM emergency involving a ""fine"" Labrador who has actually swallowed a corn cob or the agonizing tension of a falling scalpel teetering on a sterile drape, the author captures the raw, visceral reality of a profession that demands both clinical precision and profound empathy. The narrative explores the ""Tech Tax""-the physical and emotional toll paid in exchange for the sacred silence of a heart kept beating through sheer, synchronized willpower. Readers follow the author as he mentors green pre-vet students through their first ""trial by fire,"" defuses ""ticking time bombs"" like life-threatening uterine infections, and hunts for ""digital ghosts"" hidden in faulty equipment. From the macabre ""Junk Drawer"" of swallowed objects-including a three-pound cast-iron doorstop-to the localized bone-deep frost of a rumored surgical ghost, these stories reveal a world that is messier, louder, and more wonderful than any textbook could describe. Tails from the Surgical Suite is an intimate look at the team that becomes the suction, the cautery, and the autoclave when the ""magic boxes"" fail, proving that in the OR, the only thing truly expected is the unexpected.

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