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Our Last Externs: Now back at school in Brazil!
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Dr. Artur Vasconcelos and Dr. Marcela Chavez are senior veterinary students at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil. They just finished participating in a Work and Travel Program that will allow them to spend a month with our Doctors, learning more about integrative medicine. In his externship application, Artur told us that as a pet care and animal wellness enthusiast, he hoped to be able to provide clients with "a little help to start seeing their animals as a whole, not just as a broken leg or a sore throat", because "a better state of health is not only possible but the main goal for any sentient being." And Marcela told us about her animal welfare work at their university and let us know that because holistic veterinary medicine is so uncommon in Brazil, she hoped to be able to bring back a great deal of new information to her veterinary community.
Both Artur and Marcela helped us tremendously during their time with us. It was a pleasure to work with them and to learn from them, and we know that we were able to add greatly to their knowledge base, too. Thanks to all of our clients for giving Artur and Marcela the warm welcome that all of our Knollwood clients are known for! |
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Artur and Marcela are graduating!
Artur and Marcela will be receiving their degrees in January, and we at Knollwood are so very proud of them. With their obvious care and compassion for animals, we know that they will be successful in all of their endeavors. We wanted to share their graduation announcements with you, including the special translation that they have provided of the truly beautiful text. (And yes, that IS Canuke in Artur's card, which they so kindly said was a tribute to their friend.)
Congratulations Artur and Marcela! We wish you nothing but the best! |
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"If some believe that our main goal is the Man, I have here the opportunity to rebel and say that I did, or even better, I do veterinary medicine for the animals. It is not my profession that defines my ideals as a person, but just the opposite.
A special tribute to the dynamic couple father-and-mom, who devoted much more than the “bed and breakfast,” to Marcela, who loves and tolerates me with directly proportional measures, and the Veterinary Hospital - UFMG, second home, for me and for many.
I prefer not to mention more names in thankfulness, with the certainty to commit injustices to those who will not fit in this square of paper. But I make it clear to everyone, including those who do not speak, the size of my gratitude for each incentive or scolding.
Arrival or departure? In the race of life, the second option is always the most interesting..." |
"At this point in my life, so unique and important, I want to thank and justify my arrival here.
Thank the people who were with me in any part of this journey - which were many: my beloved parents, brothers and relatives, the friends I left behind and those made during the course, my roommates, which became at some point my temporary family, the traveling and life companion (Artur), for shared emotion moments, to "my" animals that are gone and those who still remain with me, for teaching me the unconditional love, my masters and veterinarians, who taught the practice of the profession, the colleagues who met at the hospital, the friends I made since I came back to BH, and all others who have had their contribution to that I graduated, but were not cited here by some oversight of mine.
Justify being here for these reasons: love for the animals and respect for life. This was the chosen profession, and through it that I want to go from now and then!" |
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