As I walked into the Oakwood Veterinary Clinic there was a large, off-white receptionist desk. It was covered with dozens of pictures, on one side pictures of client's pets and on the other side personal pictures; it also has about ten figures of dogs and cats on it most of them have wings. On one side of this desk is a Science Diet display and a fifty-five gallon fish tank. The fish tank, for a rather large tank, only had two fish and they both were plecostomus, part of the catfish family. The other side had four chairs with a long side table covered completely with magazines ranging from Dog World to People Magazine. I strolled toward the back and a stainless steel walk-on dog scale caught my eye. I was heading to see Dr. Gregg M. Ohmann, a tall average man in his mid fifties. .
"I knew I wanted to be employed in a medical field and once I had my DM Degree I could do anything. I thought about marine biology, molecular biology, and other research opportunities. I really like medicine and all types of animals so I put one and two together and came up with a veterinarian" explained Dr. Ohmann. He was using a lint roller to collect the cat and dog hair off his jet blue scrubs.
There were several of the office animals running around in the back. Dogs ranging in all sizes: Wally, a Napoleon Mastiff to Dopy, a thirty-pound mix. There were also black cats to gray tri-colors. .
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"I normally have my clients schedule appointments for check ups, surgery, or any other kind of medical assistance. By eleven to three I try to complete all the spays, neuters, and other surgeries and the rest of the day is committed to appointments. My clinic is a branch off of Midwest Veterinary Hospital so when I am out of town my patents are sent there, unless my veterinarian technicians can take care of them. I also work emergency hours, after eight o"clock, two days a week over there" as he described his normal day he reflects on one tragic week.