05/08/2026
Apparently word is starting to get out, and we just got notice of it yesterday, but it seems we've won our first Viewers Choice Award from WEEK 25's annual poll!
We didn't post that we were nominated, we didn't post or otherwise ask anyone to vote(other than a couple staff members shared on their personal pages), some of us even may have forgotten to vote themselves. These reasons make it even more humbling and exciting to know that even without any of that, we still won in the Veterinarian category that was FULL of fantastic clinics in the Pekin/Peoria area.
When Dr. Nikki began her journey as sole owner about 5 years ago, she had many goals. The biggest was to keep our patient care top notch. We focus so much on patients' individual medical and behavioral needs. She also wanted to staff the clinic in a way that not only do you know that every face you see wants to be here. They care about your pets and they love what they do. We strive to maintain non toxic environment among the PAH family, and we strongly believe that shows in our level of care as well as our patients and clients being able to see and feel it.
She wanted to be able to expand the care of our exotic patients without any compromise to our dogs and cats. We strongly believe we also accomplished that. Two of our four veterinarians have extensive exotic pet education and a very large colleague base that they can communication with any time. Another of our current doctors is enjoying learning from them both and has an interest in exotic medicine as well. We have exotic pet owners that come from hours away to be able to visit our doctors at our clinic. All of this without having to infringe on the care we give our more traditional furred patients.
She also always knew she wanted to add another clinic to the family. When that opportunity came up last year, at at time when so many other clinics were being sold to corporate entities, she took the leap and all the pieces fell into place so that we were able to welcome Lakeview Veterinary Clinic in East Peoria, into the fold. Again, without any compromise to our patients, she's able to update and expand another clinic and it's great staff. The benefits include being able to share knowledge, available appointment time, and equipment options to, again, try and offer the best care for our clients and patients.
None of this would be possible without her leadership and insight, the amazing doctors and support staff we have at both clinics working together and supporting each other and, probably most of all, the clients we've grown with, new clients we see every day, and some of the most fantastic, adorable, well cared for pets we could ask for.
So, thank you. Simple but heartfelt. We will share the official announcement once that's posted but we wanted to make sure to get a post out ASAP since the results are trickling in.
