06/15/2021
Hello friends and family of All About Pets veterinary hospital! It’s Laura, the previous practice manager of AAPVH. It is so hard to find the words to describe the last couple months! So I decided to share what I wrote on my personal account to fill every one in on the happenings! I hope to see you all again very soon!
💗🐾 Laura
I have always disliked endings. Some are easier than others, say the last day of summer or the last few pages of a book. Some break our hearts like having to say good-bye to someone or something we love. Yet in endings and change, sometimes something miraculous happens. A door opens, sometimes a door to a new adventure.
In having to close this chapter of my life at All About Pets, I have been shocked at how the universe answered me with literally not one single moment to spare. On the second to the last day at AAPVH, a kind woman walked through the doors of our hospital to see a very tired and heartbroken team, pulling together all that we had to care for our patients and clients, up until the last minute of our doors being open. After talking with myself and the rest of the team, we walked to her car. She looked at me with such warmth and said, “I think I’m going to buy this practice.” I replied with “I really hope you do, but if not that is okay, too; we will all be okay. We’re a lot tougher than we look! What is meant to be will be.” Fast forward two months: Dr. Sandra Hazanow and I will be opening Riverwood Veterinary Hospital.
It has been a whirlwind of emotions and hard work over the last two months, closing AAPVH and readying to open a new hospital. I am so grateful to get to work with another exceptional veterinarian and am beyond excited for this new adventure! I cannot wait to see some familiar faces and paws at Riverwood Veterinary Hospital! Although it will be different, somethings will always be: this will always be my home. I have never stopped fighting for Dawn and what she loved and believed in. She loved her family, friends, team, and, of course, all of the animals, great and small. There are some people who are so much a part of us that they’ll be with us no matter what. Our North Star, those clear voices in our hearts that will be with us . . . Always!
We will have a soft opening of Riverwood this week, scheduling appointments only on Tuesday, June 15th (won’t be open for any services) and scheduling and seeing appointments on Wednesday, June 16th through Saturday, June 19th; and Wednesday, June 23rd - Saturday, June 26th. Normal business days and hours will begin on the first week of July. Monday-Friday 8am-6pm
There will be some familiar faces to welcome you to the hospital as well: Lori, Ariel, Wendy, Madison, and Fabiola. We can’t wait for you all to meet Dr. Hazenow; she is Amazing! The Chico community will be gaining a wonderful asset to veterinary care.
Riverwood Veterinary Hospital
1900 Mangrove Avenue #50
Chico, CA 95926
530-342-0725
