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D. E. Larsen, DVM Parenting is one of those skills learned by trial and error. If you are lucky enough to have role models to pattern trials after, there may be fewer errors. And then, just to complicate the learning process, one usually has a spouse, which complicates decision-making. They often have a different experienceContinue reading “Twenty Dollars”

D. E. Larsen, DVM “Company D, Private Drake speaking, can I help you,” Bill answered the phone on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1965. Bill and I were pulling CQ duty for Company D, a duty company for troops waiting for school at Fort Devens. We were a couple of lucky ones; we were permanentContinue reading “My Christmases in the Army, From the Archives”

D. E. Larsen, DVM I hurried along Berlin Road as the last of the daylight was fading into twilight. Hank had an old horse down with colic. I always dreaded colic calls. Many were simple fixes, but there was no place close to send them for abdominal surgery if it was a complex colic. FewContinue reading “The Unusual Colic, From the Archives”