The Simply Southern Vet

Do your days ever unfold were some thing keeps happening over and over again in the same day? Friday was one of those days for us and I’m just curious if you guys experience that as well.

This episode describes the movement called not one more vet. This movement is to create awareness of the increased suicide rate among the veterinary profession.

This episode is the story of two patients in the middle of our epic snowstorm week in Northwest Tennessee and how God‘s wisdom came to our rescue.

This episode talks about one of our clients who had a sick cat, too sick for the scope of a house call, and how we handled that in a way that ended with her saying she “had the best birthday”.

In this episode I talk about influential people, which can be just the every day people that you meet that can really make a huge difference in your life.

In this episode I talk about how I sometimes struggle with imposter syndrome even though I’ve been practicing for over 21 years. We discussed a house call with Mitsi and how I discover, I may actually know some stuff!

This episode is concerning being a parent of a daughter with special needs and the frustrations that happen in regards to her education.

It turns out that I was wrong when I thought I would not enjoy working on horses using my Chiropractic skills. This is the story about donating my services to some hippo therapy horses that serve children with special needs.

This episode tax about two pets that we met at our first trip to the warming center in Jackson Tennessee. Bella & Happy are a source of joy for all of the patrons at the warming center.

Sometimes it takes people a little longer to get the revelation of what God wants us to do. I am just now getting the revelation of how I can do mission work locally, instead of waiting for that big mission trip to another country.

This episode talks about two experiences Jessica and I had today where God saw us in our weakness and ministered to us through our clients.

My attitude adjustment. I might work on horses after all.

This is the story about my first trip to Wisconsin to the Healing Oasis for veterinary chiropractic school. I was having a moment, questioning why I was even there,. Let me tell you this awesome story about how I know I’m supposed to be there.

And this episode we talk about a particularly difficult morning when we had to do three euthanasia’s back to back. This was mentioned in a previous podcast, and we wanted to elaborate on the three families.

In this episode, my amazing guest and sidekick, Jessica, describes what it’s like to experience euthanasias from our point of view.

This episode is about our personal experience this week with two rescues. My son turned 11 and we spent some time trying to find a rescue dog for him. My emotions are raw in this episode because it is fresh and that’s the way I wanted it to be. A lot of my clients go through this and I did too this week.

In episode 10 I discuss the beginning of school and things that has brought to my awareness. Leaving my little comfortable nest always has some concerns. Learning about the human or animal body always leaves me and awe of our Creator God.

We discussed Cleo on a previous episode - here is the promised update.

This episode talks about how holistic care encompasses everything - including spirit, soul, body and the whole family - not just the pet. This story is about Frisco and his family.

In this episode, we discuss Cleo’s devastating diagnosis of lymphoma. But - what I want to teach you is what Holistic Palliative care is - how to redeem the time, be optimistic and treasure and cherish the time that we have.

Lightning quite literally struck at our house. Here are some insights regarding that incident.

It was quite an adjustment after being in the children’s hospital for two weeks to get back into the groove of my veterinary business. Here are two things that really helped me get it back quickly.

In this episode I explain why I have been absent for a bit, what we have gone through, and some nuggets of wisdom of going through a crisis and staying in a children’s hospital.

A trip to Augusta Georgia where the door was cracked open and I was able to see all of the possibilities light out before me.

Just a day in the life of a country house call that. Sometimes we get to meet people and bond over similar passions.