09/09/2024
We’ve been getting a lot of messages asking how we are doing, since we live in Pleasant Valley. We are all OK, and are on the other side of Pleasant Valley from the Galena Creek bridge, so the fire wasn’t quite on our backs like it was in that area a few blocks away.
However, words cannot express our love, thanks, gratitude, and appreciation to our vet assistant Tannier. When she first found out about the fire, she immediately started trying to get a hold of Dr. Matt, knowing that we were in its path. Unknown to her, they had already cut power, which in-turn made cell service nonexistent, so she could not get a hold of him. She also knew that myself, Dr. Matt’s wife was currently on an airplane flying back from a business trip in Texas. She jumped in her car and drove straight to our house to help with anything that Matt needed help with. She made it through the roadblocks within minutes of them closing off all entrances to our neighborhood and was able to get the kids and take them back to her house so that they were safe, and so that Matt could focus on evacuating all of our animals. When my plane landed at 4:30, my phone was going nuts with messages from friends and family, asking if we were OK. We flew in from the north, so I didn’t even see the smoke prior to landing. Not being able to get a hold of Matt, I immediately called Tannier who said she was already on her way to our house. By sheer coincidence, I just happen to be wearing, my Battle Born mobile veterinary hospital T-shirt, so I was able to get through the roadblock to not only help assist in our evacuation, but to help assist some of our other neighbors evacuate their animals and get them to safety, as well as to get the word out that we were here and available in the area for any animals in need of immediate medical attention. 
We are so unbelievably lucky to have Tannier as such a valued employee!!!
 everything is still touch and go with the fire since it is still 0% contained as far as I know, and the picture is of the current view of it from our house. For those that are still affected by it, we are still here and available for any animal medical needs that may arise with injuries or fire evacuations.  Battle Born Mobile Veterinary Hospital