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Running a business under normal circumstances is never easy.\nBut it\u2019s harder than ever right now \u2013 worrying about your employees, loss of\nincome and donations, and having to navigate through the unknowns of what each\nday brings… but the saddest part for me is not being able to do the prevention\nwork that I know is so important for our community\u2019s companion animals and\ntheir people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than a week before the Napa County Shelter-In-Place Order,\nwe took steps to ensure the safety of our staff and community members visiting\nour Clinic as per CDC guidelines and recommendations by UC Davis \u2013 limiting the\nnumber of pets and their owners in our lobby at a time, handing out forms to\nowners to complete in their cars before entering our clinic, and upping sanitizing\nprocedures from our already rigorous standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We continued to monitor the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, and as it continued to spread, we made the very difficult decision to cancel our Sunday, March 15th<\/sup> Wellness Clinic. This event was intended to provide low-income families with basic pet wellness exams, treatment for infections, vaccines, and flea and tick treatments, along with pet supplies like leashes, carriers, food, and collars. However, we knew that cancellation would be in the best health interest for these pet owners, many of whom are older adults, and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Shelter-In-Place Order for Napa County began on Friday, March 20th<\/sup>, I fully planned to keep open our Spay\/Neuter Clinic \u2013 the only low-cost, high-quality, high-volume clinic in Napa County \u2013 so we could continue providing this life-saving surgery for our community\u2019s pets. However, over the weekend, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Veterinary Board, and the UC Davis Shelter Medicine Program (along with many other experts in the veterinary medical field) stated that while spay\/neuter is<\/em> essential during normal circumstances, these surgeries should be suspended at this time.\u00a0 While I believe that spay\/neuter is the single most important way to end unnecessary suffering of companion animals and reduce the number of puppies, kittens, and rabbits entering our shelter and local rescues, some of the supplies necessary for these life-saving surgeries are the same supplies our healthcare professionals desperately need right now to treat patients with COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is immense concern locally and around the world about\nthe adequacy of personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies for healthcare\nworkers on the frontlines of this pandemic. Our spay\/neuter surgeries utilize some\nof these same PPE items. It would be irresponsible for any medical facility to\nconduct non-emergency procedures utilizing equipment that may be needed to save\nlives now. Following the guidelines for managing COVID-19 pandemic as set forth\nby experts in the field, I had to make the heart-wrenching decision to suspend\nservices for our Spay\/Neuter Clinic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like you and many others in our incredibly resilient\ncommunity, I am hunkered down at home with my family (humans and pets). I\u2019m\ntrying to manage my kids\u2019 virtual education, family time, my Napa Humane work\nand my role on the Napa Valley COAD (Community Organizations Active in\nDisaster) which is in full disaster response mode for our community. Crisis\nresponse is something we happen to have a lot of practice at, thanks to fires,\nPSPS events, more fires, and now a pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know these are strange, scary, and sometimes challenging times our community is navigating through right now. But if we all do our part to flatten the curve (stay at home and wash those hands!), offer kindness and compassion to anyone we interact with (from 6 feet away, of course\u2026), and try to make the best of this difficult situation, we will get through this together! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take care and be well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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