All My Patients Have Tales

I am reading the book All My Patients Have Tales by Jeff Wells, D. V. M.  I am going to read bout 20 pages per week in order to reach the due date. I am not going to plan out how many pages I read per week or a personal due date because when I read a book I really like I just read and enjoy it.
I have read the first few chapters of this book and I really enjoy it so far. The main idea of the book is that he is trying to inform everyone how hard veterinarians work. He started the book talking about a time when a cat was running around the office with diarrhea and climbing on the curtains because it was so scared. My favorite part of the book so far was when he talked about vet school. I have never heard much about the 4 years of graduate school besides the cost. He went in depth about how he didn't get accepted at first but that happens to most students that don't have a bachelor's degree. Something I learned is that to get in to vet school you have to take the same entrance exam that human doctors take! He tried again and he got in! He talked about what each year is like and how stressful it is. He also talked about how many students had to drop out because they were failing. I thought it was really interesting when he talked about his classes and what the tests were like. Each story that followed shared his story of him looking for a job in the "real world" and having to leave home to find one. He shared the story of his first day on the job and how everyone treated him like "the doctor fresh out of grad school". Each story of him helping an animal shows how much he has to gain the trust of the locals and gain respect at the office. I really like this book so far but this book is very eye opening. It shows that he put in a lot of hard work and everything doesn't come at once. Its a journey to be a vet. I think the purpose of this book is to share to the readers that being a vet is a very difficult job and to share the funny and sad stories that occur while on the job. My reaction so far is that I enjoy the book! I changed books because the one I previously chose was more of how dogs think. I wanted to hear about a vet's story. At first I was a bit hesitant to choose this one at the library because it talked about farm animals also and I want to be a small animal vet. I thought it wouldn't hurt to learn about something I don't get to see at my internship. I think it is a nice addition to the book and I like learning about it.