Riverview Veterinary Clinic

11/28/2024

We will be closed today and tomorrow, November 29th. We will resume normal business hours Saturday, November 30th. We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are thankful for all of you! 🦃🍁🍂

11/11/2024

Sending out a sincere THANK YOU to all 2-footed and 4-footed Americans that have served our great nation! Happy Veteran's Day from Riverview Veterinary Clinic.

10/31/2024

Riverview Veterinary Clinic will close at 3pm today. We hope everyone enjoys their Halloween! The clinic will re-open tomorrow at 7:30am.

10/31/2024

Swipe ⬅️ to see our friend Chewy doing his best rendition of "Here's Johnny!" from The Shining.

10/26/2024

Our very own was featured on Fox32 this morning! Check out Vaneesa and all the good she does!

Local nonprofit, Just Cause Create Joy, sponsors hundreds of children during the holiday season to provide them and their families with gifts and essentials.

10/19/2024

As we wrap-up showcasing our Veterinary Technicians, it's important to acknowledge our Veterinary Assistants as well. Our VAs, Becca and Jenny, work alongside the DVMs and CVTs and can perform some of the same duties as CVTs including taking thorough histories, obtaining patient vital signs, and filling prescriptions. Amongst those duties, Assistants also document their histories in the medical records, take radiographs, and help answer your questions, schedule appointments, etc. by answering the phones.
Becca and Jenny are large assets to our team!
P.S. Becca is a current student at JJC, working towards her degree in Veterinary Medical Technology.
FUN FACT: All of our CVTs are JJC graduates!

10/19/2024

To help celebrate Veterinary Technician Week, we continue featuring our amazing Techs!
Shari is our lead Certified Veterinary Technician.
Shari wears many hats. She works closely with the doctors and practice manager to create and implement protocols for the betterment of the practice, she is in charge of training new employees, and plays a vital role in surgery, specifically with Dr. Marion’s orthopedic cases.
Here, she is performing a dental nerve block prior to a tooth extraction.
Veterinary technicians play a major role as advocates of dental health. Often they are involved in the initial oral examination and aware of existing problems such as severe periodontal disease, tooth mobility, furcation exposure, fractured teeth, missing teeth, oral masses, or other treatable issues. Therefore, technicians can provide key information needed by the veterinarian to devise a treatment strategy.
Under the supervision of the veterinarian, technicians can expedite the administration of appropriate regional anesthetics. Thorough knowledge of cranial anatomy and foramina is required.
Dental nerve block in dogs and cats are an essential component of a high-quality dentistry service in small-animal practice. Nerve blocks in dogs and cats not only provide excellent postoperative analgesia but also contribute extensively to maximizing the safety of the anesthetic event.
Everyone help us in wishing Shari a Happy Veterinary Technican Week!

10/18/2024

To help celebrate Veterinary Technician Week, we continue featuring our amazing Techs!
Arielle is our newest Certified Veterinary Technician.
Arielle is performing a jugular venipuncture (blood draw). While it may look scary, the jugular is preferred for obtaining blood. It is non painful and an easily accessible vein.
Our CVT’s obtain numerous blood samples per day. We run 90% of our blood work in house, including full CBC/chemistry panels (assess organ status) to preventative heartworm and tick screens.
Everyone help us in wishing Arielle a Happy Veterinary Technican Week!

10/18/2024

To help celebrate Veterinary Technician Week, we are featuring our amazing Techs!
Katrina is a Certified Veterinary Technician who currently spends a large portion of her time working in surgery with Dr. Marion. Shown here, she is serving as the anesthetist and is monitoring a pet who is under anesthesia. Not only does she rely on the monitors to assess the patient's heart rate, electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), percentage of oxygen in the blood (SPO2), end tidal carbon dioxide/exhaled carbon dioxide (ETCO2), body temperature, and blood pressure (BP), she relies on the most important monitor of all which is herself! Our monitors are very helpful in determining all of the vital signs listed above, but the technician's trained eyes and ears will pick up on subtle signs that influence how much or how little anesthestic is needed to keep the patient safely anesthetized. Katrina is also going to know if there is any possible problem occurring before the monitor will pick up on it. This is why we find it so crucial to have well-educated and well-trained CVTs involved with your pets' procedures!
Everyone help us in wishing Katrina a Happy Veterinary Technican Week!

10/16/2024

To help celebrate Veterinary Technician Week, we are featuring our amazing Techs!
Hannah is another one of our Certified Veterinary Technicians on staff. Here, she is obtaining a urine sample on a cat by performing a cystocentesis. She then places the sample into one of the laboratory machines which provides a portion of the urinalysis. Finally, she uses the refractometer to determine the specific gravity of the urine sample and will document the results in the patient's record. Obtaining blood and urine samples, performing laboratory testing, and record keeping are a few other integral parts of a Veterinary Technician's job.
Everyone help us in wishing Hannah a Happy Veterinary Technican Week!

10/15/2024

To help celebrate Veterinary Technician Week, we are featuring our amazing Techs!
Megan is one of six Certified Veterinary Technicians on staff. Here, she is assisting Dr. Schifo in suturing an incision. Technicians cannot perform surgery, but they are often needed to scrub in and assist the doctors in some procedures by passing sterile instruments, helping irrigate/flush, amongst others.
Everyone help us in wishing Megan a Happy Veterinary Technican Week!

10/14/2024

IT’S VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WEEK! 🎉
Help us honor our amazing technicians all week long! Without them we’d be nothing!

10/02/2024

🐾🐾 This sweet boy was found by a resident and picked up at the Fire Station at 119th. His face clearly expresses he was framed and is not guilty, and would rather be at home with his owner. If you recognize this pup or know his owner, please contact us at 815-436-2341.

09/24/2024

Enter promo code 15EQUINOX at checkout to receive 15% off your entire Vetsource online pharmacy order.

09/13/2024

Happy Friday! While our phones are working we are still having issues with our voicemail. We are still trying to rectify this matter. If you cannot get through right away, please continue to try! We apologize for the inconvenience. We appreciate your patience!

09/12/2024

We apologize for the extended technical difficulties with our phones today. The phones are officially back up! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

09/12/2024

⚠️⚠️‼️Unfortunately there is an outage around our area and our phones are currently down. Please be patient while we try to correct this issue.

09/10/2024

Zoetis, manufacturer of products such as Apoquel, Simparica/Trio, etc., has launched their new app “The Pack” to submit your rewards/rebates. The huge benefit of using the app is that once the purchase has been validated, you can opt to have the funds put on a digital credit card that you can use right away vs. waiting a couple weeks for the card to arrive in the mail!
The most exciting news is that Librela and Solensia have been added to the rewards program!! 🎉🎉
Important to note that you will have 30 days after purchase to submit your invoice via either the app or the website.