When the Time Comes

As of Saturday, March 16, 2013

Sara Harris wrote a letter to The Pilot (March 8) concerning finding a home-care vet for a sick or injured animal on a weekend.

All veterinarians are closed and one cannot move his pet from home to go to emergency. They will not attend at your home.

As a lover of my dogs, I recently experienced the very same tragedy. My 14-year-old yellow Lab, weighing 65 pounds, was deathly ill, and had been for 24 hours, not being able to move, rest or sleep, panting ferociously and occasionally crying.

I was panic-stricken. My loving pet, but I could do nothing to ease her pain, and it was a Saturday.

I desperately called everyone to no avail. Having reached my faithful dog care person, he was able to contact his veterinarian, who gave us the name of a traveling veterinarian who came to the rescue, and she and her veterinarian husband arrived.

It was our time to say goodbye. They gave her Valium to relax her, and they provided her departure to meet me again at the Rainbow Bridge.

Here is the veterinarian’s name: Lisa Kivet, (910) 992-8223. Call her; she’ll be there.

Beverly Shebs

Pinehurst

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JimHeim 2 months ago

Apparently not everyone knows that we have an emergency veterinary clinic on US 1, open nights and weekends. If you have a small-pet emergency, there is always help at hand.

skylinefirepest 2 months ago

Thank you Jim, I will have to badger you even so...first good comment you've posted to the Pilot in years....albeit a very good one. That clinic is located on U.S. 1 North of Southern Pines where the old mini-golf used to be. It is open at 6p.m. and doesn't compete with the other vets in the area. In fact before my 18y.o. KeeKee went to sleep, our regular vet told me to take her there. Excellent service.

DingoMike 2 months ago

Thanks for the information folks. Hopefully I won't have to use those services anytime in the near future. My Lab has many good years left in his big pawed life. My dog does not complete me, but he makes my life complete.

JimHeim 2 months ago

I was recently reminded of the service on a Saturday morning when my 10-year-old, three-legged golden (Max, The Wonder Goof) came to breakfast with a bloody nose. I took him straight to the emergency clinic here (and later in the day to NC State) only to learn it was advanced cancer. We lost him four days later.

I was grateful to both facilities for their help at such a difficult time. They are good people.