Words from Dr. White:
Good morning to all of you wonderful friends who have made the last 41 years of veterinary medicine possible!
Many of you have asked, “when are you going to retire.” I have told you I’ve got the tired part down but not the “Re” part. It’s time to put them together. As of October 29, 2020, I will put the Re & Tired together and Retire!
I was told early in life that if you choose a profession you love and are passionate about, you will never have a job. Thanks to equine veterinary medicine, all of our clients and horses I have had the privilege of working on, I have never had a job. I have looked forward to going to work every day.
I graduated from Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine on a Friday and went to work the following Monday, September 1, 1979 for Dr Andy Anderson. I worked for Andy for two years, moved to Gerald Well’s Ranch and practiced by myself for two years before becoming a partner at Sapulpa Veterinary Hospital, which later became Sapulpa Equine Hospital. July 1, 2016, Dr Brent Hague, Dr Mike Major, Dr Shelby Matz and myself created a partnership and formed Pine Ridge Equine Hospital.
The best part of the last 41 years is I have made many friends. You were first clients and now are life-long friends. We have shared many great times and some sad times together.
It is time for me to close this chapter of my life and open a new chapter. Many of you have told me I should write a book of the true stories I have shared with you over the years. I would like to do that and have a request from you. If you have any stories you would like to share or remind me of, would you write them down and either bring them to Pine Ridge, email them to me at dwhitedvm@tulsacoxmail.com or call me. Most of you have my cell phone number.
Advice given to me in my late 20’s by a good client and friend, 82 year old Vick Cohoon, told me as he was shaking his walking stick approximately 6” from my nose was to “Never Quit”. I took those words to heart and plan to spend more time competing with my horses, growing our real estate business, spending time with our grandkids and of course working on Lisa’s never ending honey-do-list.
It’s been a tremendous ride, but it’s time to climb out of the saddle and hand the reins over to a wonderful group of doctors, Dr Matz, Dr Metcalf, Dr Carr and Dr McClain. They are not only great doctors but great people with whom I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with.
Thanks to all of you.
DeRoy
Good morning to all of you wonderful friends who have made the last 41 years of veterinary medicine possible!
Many of you have asked, “when are you going to retire.” I have told you I’ve got the tired part down but not the “Re” part. It’s time to put them together. As of October 29, 2020, I will put the Re & Tired together and Retire!
I was told early in life that if you choose a profession you love and are passionate about, you will never have a job. Thanks to equine veterinary medicine, all of our clients and horses I have had the privilege of working on, I have never had a job. I have looked forward to going to work every day.
I graduated from Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine on a Friday and went to work the following Monday, September 1, 1979 for Dr Andy Anderson. I worked for Andy for two years, moved to Gerald Well’s Ranch and practiced by myself for two years before becoming a partner at Sapulpa Veterinary Hospital, which later became Sapulpa Equine Hospital. July 1, 2016, Dr Brent Hague, Dr Mike Major, Dr Shelby Matz and myself created a partnership and formed Pine Ridge Equine Hospital.
The best part of the last 41 years is I have made many friends. You were first clients and now are life-long friends. We have shared many great times and some sad times together.
It is time for me to close this chapter of my life and open a new chapter. Many of you have told me I should write a book of the true stories I have shared with you over the years. I would like to do that and have a request from you. If you have any stories you would like to share or remind me of, would you write them down and either bring them to Pine Ridge, email them to me at dwhitedvm@tulsacoxmail.com or call me. Most of you have my cell phone number.
Advice given to me in my late 20’s by a good client and friend, 82 year old Vick Cohoon, told me as he was shaking his walking stick approximately 6” from my nose was to “Never Quit”. I took those words to heart and plan to spend more time competing with my horses, growing our real estate business, spending time with our grandkids and of course working on Lisa’s never ending honey-do-list.
It’s been a tremendous ride, but it’s time to climb out of the saddle and hand the reins over to a wonderful group of doctors, Dr Matz, Dr Metcalf, Dr Carr and Dr McClain. They are not only great doctors but great people with whom I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with.
Thanks to all of you.
DeRoy