Dr. vs. Dr.

Okay, there's something I really need to get off my chest. People in the medical field, you know a lot less than you think about the veterinary field. Don't get me wrong, it is a two way street. The veterinary field knows even less of the medical field. Let's just agree that nobody knows anything about the other!
Let me give some examples. We had this dog come in for post operative care after a foreign body removal. After going over the treatment recommended by the doctor the owner, an ICU nurse, stated that giving her dog both Pepcid and Sucralfate was "redundant". Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that giving your dog the medical care that she needs was actually necessary! I wasn't aware that giving your pet, that ate 2 square feet of carpet, two completely different medications would benefit her in any way! Oh, you're worried about coughing up an extra $16.42 for the Sucralfate? How about you make fucking 5 times more than I do!!! And could you let me know which hospital you work at? Because I want to make sure that me or anyone that I love doesn't go there to avoid dealing with you possibly not giving all the medications the doctor ordered because you had dubbed it "redundant".
Now it is usually the nurses that give us a hard time. They will make the announcement of their career status within the first 20 seconds of meeting you. We also get some grief from the doctor's wives. I'm not going to knock them too badly because I'm about to officially be one in several months. I'm sorry the doctor's wife but you do not inherit all of your husband's intellect like you inherit his medical school debt.
I'm not all bashing on the medical field because the veterinary field is exactly the same way. I know a veterinarian that was hospitalized because she refused to go to the doctor and tried to self medicate. AND proceeded to brag about how she was the only competent one in the hospital. It is also a habit for veterinarians to request crazy procedures that medical doctors no longer do because all insurance companies have entitled them unnecessary and refuse to pay for them. The DVMs believe that the MDs are slacking off when they are just trying to make things financially feasible for their patients or the procedure is in fact....unnecessary.
Usually doctors won't touch other specialties with a ten foot pole for liability reasons. How about we agree to not do the same with our pets and ourselves.