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🩺 Vet turned part-time SAHM
👧👧 NICU mama x2 | 🐶🐶🐱🐱
💬 Show & tell: life these days + vet med
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30/11/2025

Grateful for a career that grows with us, waits for us, and shapes us long after we step out of the clinic.

To every vet in every chapter…vet school, ER nights, GP days, leadership roles, career pivots, and seasons spent at home with little ones… we’re all still in this together. 💛🐾

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29/11/2025

Our Vet Med career is pretty incredible. We are trained across multiple species, and even years later the knowledge sticks. With a quick refresher, the skills come right back.

Grateful to be part of a profession that keeps us adaptable and ready for anything. 🐴✨

27/11/2025

This season has me feeling deeply grateful for my family, friends and the freedom to slow down and truly focus on what matters most.

Life moves in seasons, and I’m learning to honor each one… to listen to my body, trust what it needs, and give myself permission to follow the pace that feels right.

I’m thankful for the little corner of the internet where I get to share pieces of my heart and for everyone who chooses to be here. Your presence means more than you know.

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving filled with love, warmth, and the sweetest reminders of what truly matters. 🤍🍁

22/11/2025

Small animal vet… raised on a cattle farm.
I didn’t become a large animal vet, but I grew up watching the hard work behind every pasture-raised cow.

Grass fed. Safe. Happy.
Fewer farms do this every year.
Know your farmer. Know your food.
Support local.

21/11/2025

This season looks different, and that’s allowed. I’m choosing to step back so my family, my health, and my veterinary career can thrive in the long run.

19/11/2025

I used to run a pet emergency hospital, and every holiday season I saw the same thing: scared pet parents, sick pets… and high ER costs.

Why so expensive? Highly trained staff 24/7, specialized equipment, more drugs on hand, and higher overhead.

A little preparation like saving numbers, knowing hazards, building an emergency fund, can help you stay calm and keep your pet safe. ❤️

👇 Have you ever faced a holiday pet emergency?

17/11/2025

Career titles changed.
The workload didn’t. 😂

But the hugs, the memories, and the peace?
Worth every schedule shift.

Cheers to everyone who swapped burnout for a new kind of busy and found themselves in the process. 🤍

16/11/2025

Read it again… and breathe.
Rest is part of the mission, not a break from it.
Tag a veterinary friend who forgets they’re human too. 💬💛

14/11/2025

$25,153. Just received a provider bill from insurance for *one* diagnostic test for my daughter, and it reminded me of something I used to say when I ran a pet emergency hospital:

Vet care isn’t overpriced.
Medicine as a whole is expensive.
Human insurance hides it from us.

If medical bills (human or pet) feel overwhelming, here are a few things that actually help:

- Medical sinking fund: even $10–$20 a week set aside for unexpected visits.

- Pet emergency fund: a separate little pot just for your animals because emergencies never come at a convenient time.

- Insurance: yes, it can be expensive but worth it once you see the cost of one major emergency visit (a way to pay monthly toward unexpected emergencies)

- HSA/FSA for humans: use pre-tax dollars for co-pays, meds, and out-of-pocket tests.

- Financing options: CareCredit and Scratchpay are two I like. You can use them before you’re in panic mode.

- Ask for a tiered plan: essentials first, then “nice to have” tests if the budget allows.

Medicine won’t ever be cheap…
but preparation makes it a lot less terrifying.

11/11/2025

1 in 10 babies is born too soon.
For us, that statistic has a name: Claire. 💜

She arrived at 33.5 weeks, the day before her baby shower. Clearly, she couldn’t wait to join the party.

After 32 days in the NICU, two surfactant treatments, and a chest tube, she showed us what real strength looks like.

Leaving the hospital each night without her was heartbreaking, but preemies are tiny and mighty.

Today, at 4½ years old, she’s thriving in the 99th percentile and full of life. 🌈

This month, we honor every baby who fought in the NICU, every parent who waited to hold them, and every nurse and doctor who made “miracle” possible. 💜

Tag a fellow preemie or share to help raise awareness for this cause. 🫶🏻

10/11/2025

I felt weak walking away from my role as a Medical Director…like I was throwing away years of education and hard work. I missed my team, the hospital I helped build, and felt guilty for stepping back.

But now, 6 months later, I see how much I was running on empty. I was glued to my phone, exhausted, and losing myself.

Today I walk my dog, push my baby in the stroller, read again, and even started learning French. I’m finally taking care of me.

This isn’t failure. It’s a midlife awakening. A reminder that sometimes stepping back is how you move forward. 💛

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