TMD: What’s the lesson behind this?
Jay Greenstein
Warrior Healthcare and Technology Entrepreneur Driving Improved Outcomes for Patients and Income for Providers.
What’s up Kaizenovators, happy Tuesday Two Minute Drill. Today’s topic of conversation is dogs, onions and lessons to be learned. Last night I went out to a local restaurant, did some work for a few hours, and came back and saw my dogs. I walked inside after getting some love from them and I looked down at the dog bed and I saw a shredded plastic bag and remnants of an onion skin.
I remembered that I had left my onion on the countertop in the corner of my kitchen, and all of a sudden that onion was gone. I immediately panicked. I didn’t know what to do. I Googled immediately “are onions harmful to dogs?” They’re incredibly toxic.
If there’s too much, it creates hemolysis. It’s the destruction of the red blood cells and what happens is the dogs can have anemia and ultimately die.
I put them in my car, took them to the vet, and called poison control. Three and a half hours later, they were able to induce vomiting and they were sent home. The instructions were just to go home, monitor them, and make sure they don’t show signs of anemia, which I understood.
I got home and I was like, I don’t understand, what happened. I’m looking around the dog bed, and around the rest of the house, and all of a sudden, I turn to the left and I see that they never ate the onion. They just played with the onion and it just rolled into the corner.
I took them to the vet, they were made to throw up, and they never ate the onion. I was both frustrated as well as relieved because I knew that, they both going to be okay.
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At the end of the day, I asked myself, what’s the lesson to be learned from this? And I still haven’t figured it out.
Obviously, don’t leave food out on the counter, especially if you have dogs around. Lesson learned but, there’s got to be another lesson to be learned from all this, and I just haven’t figured it out.
So, I’m going to ask you guys what’s the lesson to be learned? I don’t have all the wisdom in the world. I would love to hear what you guys think. Let me know in the comments and share the lesson learned.
That’s this week’s Two Minute Drill. You guys have a great week. Talk to you all next week.
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1ySo, the obvious answer is know the problem before looking for a solution. BUT...sometimes, we have to be reminded to cut ourselves some slack. You saw the situation, and acted quickly to fix the situation. Action is good. In this case, what did it cause? Some time, anxiety, and discomfort for the dogs. But now all is good. The mistake was a mistake of action, not inaction. What if the opposite happened? What if you acted slowly and they had eaten it? It may just be affirmation that if there is an issue, at home, with work, in your community etc, thoughtful action often improves the situation and the downside is minimal. Action baby! Face life head on!
Medical Director, Chiropractic Services Advocate Health Midwest Region Integrated Clinical Practice Chiropractic Residency Program Director - Aurora Health Care
1yFear will affect your decision making and direct you down inefficient and often unfruitful paths
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