Since I brought home my precious twins (Castor & Pollux) in 2006 it was evident that I would need someone to make sure that they grew up right and help me cure them of any illness. It was at this time that I first met Dr A, I will admit that I am not a fan of vets merely because the profession has been abused by many cads who merely look at it as a source of income with no sense of obligation to the animals. The medication was another factor that always made me hesitant about vets since its the same as humans, there are absolutely necessary drugs and some simply to do the job in a hasty manner. So I went along to see Dr A when Pollux developed a mild fungal infection, I immediately noticed how he spent time in getting to know her and calming her down instead of asking an attendant to merely “restrain” the cat. The infection was routine and mild but he informed me about how it could be tackled in 2 ways (chemical, quick results but can strain the body or Herbal, slow and safe). Imagine that!!! My cat would not be injected or force fed drugs, mentally I had stamped this wonderful man as the permanent doctor for my children.
So I left 
from there much happier and sure that my children were in good hands. And I have never been the best of parents either, I still am ashamed about not keeping up with appointments but it usually had a genuine reason. No vet would ever allow credits easily but he did which made my life easier since I then had ample time to get funds for their treatment. Where I stay, it is unlikely a vet would even bother having small talk with the patients since there are clients to visit and money to make but whatever small talk was shared between us always made me happy, yes I do admire him for he is the kind of vet I wanted to be. I remember one evening when he took out time during clinic hours to give my best friend G a guide on how to take care of her pup. After Pollux and Muffin got operated I was definitely sure that he would be the only doctor my kids would see, a joke related to that incident was about a syrup prescribed for the ladies; being far too empathetic for my own good, I usually taste their medicine/supplements to understand how swift the force-feeding should be. Assuming the taste to be similar to all the others, I gulped a tsp of the mango flavored disaster…… Atrocious!!!! That syrup could make even a corpse dance to its tunes. Anyway I told the doctor about this incident, I could tell as he chuckled that he was making a mental note of never consuming that syrup.
He always egged me on to do whatever I could for animals somehow believing that I could probably do something. There have been times when I heard people cribbing about how he “overcharges” or does not know what he is doing but the truth is that he is not overcharging nor is he ignorant of how his job is to be done. The small talk he indulges with his patients and their parents make it a really memorable and reassuring visit, I hope he knows this because we as parents need to feel that he loves our kids just the way we do and I get the feeling that he does. I once heard a person moan about how he prescribes too many drugs/tonics for each ailment, I understand the concern since I too used to wonder why I needed 3 different tonics for something as simple as a fungal infection or a fever but later after giving it some thought I understood his logic. Or at least I am guessing that, his aim is to cure the ailment without letting your pet’s body/health/immunity suffer so if your pet has an upset tummy he would probably give you one product that deals with the ailment, another to cure the side effects and the third to boost your pet’s health. Pretty practical as a parent can administer the same tonics later or prevent clinic visits completely…
Then came November 2009, Tristan-Galen was born through a Cesarean surgery. Dr A had earlier warned me that she would not live but when I saw her take her first breath, he did everything to normalize her breathing. I am pretty sure some other vet would have simply told me to not bother, he was also there to help me with other problems she faced (ring worm, constipation and gas).Now Tris is almost a month old and could rip off noses if given the chance. Just recently he offered me a job to work with him in his clinic, really excited…
So I end this with a toast raised to an awesome vet, one who is devoted to his patients and never lets you down. Hopefully you can inspire many more people to do all they can for their animals. I want to thank you with all I have got for doing everything you have done, no amount of words can ever be enough but I hope you understand how grateful I am for all you have done 
UPDATE: For some reason this post never got published and was private since I wrote it. Well it has been almost 3 months since I started working with the vet and I am definitely loving it here. Kinda sad that I was a bit irregular at work because of my knees and back but working on it.
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