For National Veterinary Technician week, we recognize two of our technicians for their hard work and dedication with special awards each year.
Vet Tech of the Year 2015
In honor of National Veterinary Technician week, VREC awarded Outstanding Veterinary Technician and Exemplary Veterinary Technician awards.
Holly L.
This is Holly. She is a very sweet labrador retriever who had an unfortunate encounter with a horseshoe stake as she ran into the stake and sustained a large wound to her left front leg. Unfortunately, a flap of skin was pulled away from her body resulting in a large area of missing skin. Holly’s […]
Tyson M.
This is Tyson. He is a young black lab who was rescued by his owner several years ago from the side of the road in North Carolina. He has had occasional episodes of vomiting since his owner rescued him but the vomiting had recently worsened and Tyson was losing a lot of weight. Tyson was […]
Girlfriend N.
This is Girlfriend. She is a young pit bull terrier who was in a roll over car accident and sustained a dislocated right hip. Girlfriend qualified for our Angel Fund and a right femoral head and neck ostectomy (FHO) and ovariohysterectomy (spay) was performed. The FHO surgery involves removing the ball and neck of the […]
Heiney E.
Heiney (pronounced Heeney) had a urinary cystotomy – fancy way to say her urinary bladder had surgery to remove bladder stones. Heiney’s bladder stones had been causing her problems for quite some time but due to some financial constraints, Heiney and her family were struggling with the cost of surgery. Their primary care veterinarian called […]