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Is there any way to know which three clinics are on the Idaho list? I can think of two that I would like to see on the list, but don't know if they are already there.
Kathi
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
Kathi,
Just put the ones you want to be added here we will add them to the list for you. 🙂 We have a list of Oncologists but if you want your vet or clinic added we will do that so they can get some
xoxxoxo
Michelle & Angel Sassy
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MAYA! That's so encouraging to find that your vet will utilize these!
Thanks for the feedback!
Hugs to sweet Maya!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Aww thanks so much for the feedback Jim & Maya, that means a lot! Thanks Michelle for adding those clinics 🙂
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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A big big big SHOUT OUT to everyone who's helping with this database project! Tripawds headquarters (our dining room table!) was overtaken this week by envelopes and brochures. We sent close to 100 mailers with 25 brochures, display holder & a cover letter. YAY!
In working with the list there's some tweaking that needs to be done on my part, like notating who we know personally (scary how many oncos we've interacted with!) and a few duplicates, but no biggie. As I get time I'll work with it but for now everyone give yourself 3-paws up and celebrate, this is just the beginning!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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I am very late to this party, but I wanted to make sure the following vets were on the VA list. (I'm sure Sally already put them in but just to make sure!). They are both with the same vet hospital but they are 1 1/2 hours away from each other.
Dr. Angharad Waite - The Oncology Service (Richmond, Va)
Dr. Ira Gordon - The Oncology Service (Leesburg, Va)
Mom to Tripawd Angels Jake (2001-2014) and Rosco (2012-2015) and Tripawd Tanner. “Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it”
Actually Elozaeth, I only submitted the Veterinary Referral Critical Care group in Short Pump and my regular vet (Stonehenge Veterinary).
As yoh may recall, my experience with The Oncology Service of Richomd was ...hmmm..."different" from yours.....and I'll just leave it at that! I know it's about getting the word out for Tripawds though, so I'm really glad you submitted them!
And STANDING OVATION to the "Data Base People ( Martha, Michelle and Alison), and to Rene and Jim for getting 2500 ...2 5 0 0 brochures in the hands of people potentially faced with this journey!!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Elizabeth, The Oncology Service is listed, thanks.
Just wanted to give everyone an update on the mailing.
We're down to about 550 brochures on-hand, and we'll mail about 300 more before we leave Jerry's Acres for the season.
Still need to do the list updates and some DB cleanup but it'll happen soon.
We mailed out "sampler packs" to all of the Universities on the List. What we discovered when trying to get brochures into Colorado State is that there is quite a bureaucracy involved when submitting to an institution. CSU said yes (yay!) but it took about 3 weeks and a committee to agree on them. They now have 300 brochures on hand.
To save postage, and keep enough brochures on hand for those who ask for them, we decided to send only 12 brochures and a cover letter to the operations director at each teaching hospital. This saved us a lot on postage costs too. We are hoping to hear back from these orgs so we can send more, but it will take some follow up emails and calls I'm sure. But that's a whole other project . . . .
That's about it for now. I'll keep ya posted!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Yikes! A whole lotta behind the scenes effort from "headquarters" to get the Tripawd .message out! You've obiously put a lot of thought and effort into making this happen the right way.
So much dang bureaucracy everywhere! Ugh!!
Not sure how you can dole out so e of the actual physical part of the labor in the future, but .aybe so e of us could get the brochures, cover letters, etc.ready for .ailing in the future qith a "stuff and stamp" assisgnment....follow up pho e calls, etc.
A HUGE thank you! HUGE THANK YOU polished off with a lot of love!!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Awesome job you guys! Let me know if you need help with the DB. I have plenty of time available
As for future mailings--we could potentially handle that out of Oaktown Pack HQ. Especially when you guys are on the road. Feel free to hit us up for help!
xoxo,
Martha
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Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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