Dr. Vandermause took his staff out for our annual holiday dinner.  We went to Eddie V's and it was wonderful.  His wife, Sheri, proceeded to tell us some stories of when she had to be at the clinic during the winter when it iced outside all by herself.  I wanted to share one with you in particular because it was a great story.


A few years ago when it iced really bad out on Bee Caves Road and the ice truck slammed into cars, Sheri's car got stuck at the top of the hill right before the clinic.  Matt Vandermause, Dr. V's son, who used to work here, was on duty as a volunteer fire fighter that night.  He helped Sheri crawl on her butt and high heels all the way (1.2 miles) to the clinic.  She thought she was in the warmest spot at the hospital, the dr's office.  We turned the heat off in that room that night.  She seemed to not figure out why she couldn't get warm that night.  She was hungry and cold and found some pretzels and hot chocolate we had to eat.

The next morning she woke up and took care of the one boarder we had, CoCo Harlan. She took her outside to pee and feed her.  Thank you Sheri for doing that for us.  None of us could get here that day because it was too icy on the roads.  Dr. Vandermause was able to drive over to come get his wife and take her home.  She was laughing so hard telling us that story because, now, it is funny to her to have crawled on her butt and high heels all the way to the clinic. 

Just a Crystal Mountain Animal Hospital story to share wtih you.

Hope you are having a great week!!