Ever since the first thoughts of opening Mt. Tabor Veterinary Care I started looking at Digital Radiography. Mostly it seemed like something to dream about, like my regular walks by the windows at Tiffany's just to see the nice displays. But in a way, being a progressive practice with little room for storage, DR really made sense. Not to mention that I have become extremely spoiled working at Murrayhill Veterinary Hospital since they were the first general practice in the Portland area to get digital radiography and I fell in love with the quick acquisition of the “films”, the ease of sending the images to the veterinary radiologists at VDIC, the ability to manipulate the images, show them to clients on the computer in the exam rooms and give access to images to the clients to show other family members.

I came across the Fovea system in an industry magazine and really liked the sleek, somewhat feminine design and something in the ad that said “affordable”. Who wouldn’t love a clean white machine with teal accents? So early on during the inception of the clinic I called to find out how much a system like that would run. I was lucky enough to be connected with Kirk Hartshorn who was so instrumental in helping me get started thinking about the clinic and what we needed. He was so kind to answer all of my questions and he was excited for us and our new clinic. He sent CDs of images, answered all of Michael’s difficult computer imaging questions and even set up a meeting with Dr. Jensen for me to go and see the installation of the lastest Fovea DR at Tiger Mountain Animal Hospital in Issiquah, Washington.

Wow... that machine was beautiful, easy to use, and the images were top notch! It was the feature of their treatment room and everyone was so excited about it. Dr. Jensen told me how the Radiology certification inspector was just there that morning and he had nothing but great things to say about it…he was impressed.

So now we are authorizing ½ payment for our beautiful machine and boy, if I thought business cards made it real, try spending more than we’ve ever even spent on a car…and that’s only half the payment! It feels very "grown up" to be dealing with that kind of money. And I can’t wait to get it installed and use it to better my clients’ understanding of what’s happening with their pets and to give them the opportunity to share those images with their families. It is a rare thing in veterinary medicine for clients to own the images of their pets and this is one more special thing that Mt. Tabor Veterinary Care will be proud to offer.