06/26/2025
Nikki here; When do you know it's time to hang it up?
Maybe it's the 11 Mary Bridge Children's Hospital visits this year... Being so well known to the security & staff that my vehicle can stay parked in the red zone for 12 hours without getting towed. Or how we've met every attending physician on the peds unit. Or how we still don't have answers about what's making her sick. Maybe the horrors of rescue did it. Seeing the aftermath of neglect and abuse, being on the receiving end of someone's misguided anger, or the inevitable loss of life despite your best efforts. No doubt my own trauma and depression played a big part, I'm sure it's a combination of all that and more. In May, I spent 5 days inpatient on a psychiatry ward after a massive breakdown. I wanted to end my life. I have actively made changes to my life for the better. With that, we're closing. I deleted our last post made by my volunteer helper after backlash for using an AI image instead of picturing adoptable animals. What you didn't know is this - we're currently awaiting tests results for Pop Pie, one of our long time residents. He was taken to Pine Tree Veterinary Hospital , humanely euthanized and necropsy performed with tissues and cultures sent out. An illness is making it's way through the resident herd and we're scrambling to figure out what it is. Until everything is worked out with the vet, no one leaves, not even animals slated for adoption. NO intakes. NO transfers. FULL lockdown. You are welcome to preapply for adoptions (link below) but there is no known timeline when adoptions will open or who will be available for adoption.
Please give us some grace, we're all doing the best we can. Hateful comments will be deleted.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, you're not alone
Dial 988 - Su***de and Crisis Lifeline
Preapply/Adoption Application:
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