15/01/2026
A quick look inside the day of Hurricane Veterinary Services:
1) Wake up at 5:45 a.m. to get dressed, take care of my own animals and feed a bottle calf
2) drive an hour away to my first call working 50 calves from the stockyard, do a herd evaluation on retreated calves from prior weeks... Get done around noon
3) respond to four voice mails, five text messages, and try to plan for my personal spring planting while driving to my next call. Have a potential emergency call, schedule appointments all the way into February.
4) Get to my next call at 1:30pm. The owner was at work for my next call.... halter and cross tie a mare with a potential septic joint from a chronic wound I went to go see 3 months ago. Called the owner about options and prognosis. Do a joint tap and infuse with antibiotics, rebandage. Work up treatment plan.
5) Get to my next call at 3:30. Dart the cow who proceeds to run away.... I walk a pasture searching 15 minutes for the cow with a prolapse.
Find cow but she's not asleep enough to get a rope around her.. dart again... Wait... Get a rope and choke her down to have someone sit on her neck while I shove her prolapse back in and put a stitch in.
6) Go to an emergency call at 5:20pm. It's a horse that impaled itself in the weather last night. Has a punctured lung that also goes into the abdomen. Tell the owner it's a grave prognosis and they either need to refer to Auburn or Ms State, or let me euthanize... Owner cries because this is their 6 month old foal from a mare that was difficult to get bred. I also helped with getting the mare bred and remember how excited they were when they knew she would foal.
Owner elects euthanasia to ensure the foal doesn't suffer anymore, and a necropsy (autopsy) to ensure it wasn't malicious intent from someone else. After looking it was impaled by some branches.
7) Head home at 6:30 p.m. And get home at 7:00. P.m. feed the bottle calf, restock my truck, and prepare for tomorrow. Do a few chores around the house, shower and try to get in bed at a decent hour...
8) The day tomorrow starts at 7:30, meaning I have to get up at 6am to get ready and get there on time.
