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| Dr. Heather, Jackie and Jennifer with beloved father and husband Edd Darby June, 2005 |
On July 3rd, 2005, my father, Edd Darby passed away while fishing on Wildcat Creek near our home. Our family was devastated
by the loss of such a wonderful husband and father. The following Christmas, my sister Jennifer had an extremely vivid dream
that Dad had left our family a gift on the doorstop of our family home. The card on the gift said "Do not open for 110
days and 10 hours." We got out the calendar and looked and the date was early in April. It was a weird dream that made
no sense to any of us. Early this year I became restless at my job. I wanted more of a challenge that day to day veterinary
medicine. I had dreamed of running my own veterinary clinic for years, but I was afraid of failure...afraid of the time commitment...afraid
of drastically changing my life. Dad had encouraged me to follow my dreams and start out on my own. Dad's death taught
me that life is too short to waste time. Live while you can. Our family decided to open a house call practice for small animals.
We chose the name Wildcat Valley Animal Clinic in memory of my father. On April 8th, 2006 a neighbor called me. His dog had
been hit by a car and he had heard that I was a vet. Wildcat Valley Animal Clinic was open for business!
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