Minnesota Veterinary Neurology

10/18/2026

🐾 Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! 🐾

National Veterinary Technician Week is a time to celebrate the wonderful technicians who care for our patients every single day. From keeping patients safe under anesthesia and providing extra snuggles to help them feel comfortable in an unfamiliar environment, to keeping our neurologists on track and keeping our patients’ families informed, our technicians do it all!

The truth is, we couldn’t stay open for a day — or really, even an hour — without them! ❤️

To every veterinary technician, thank you for your compassion, dedication, hard work, and unwavering commitment to our patients. You make a difference every single day, and we are so grateful for everything you do! 🐶🐱💙

Help us celebrate our amazing veterinary technicians this week! 🎉

10/17/2026

🦴 Don’t forget the joints!

Immune-Mediated Polyarthritis (IMPA) can be a tricky disease. It often hides in the background, leaving our patients feeling pretty crummy without showing obvious signs of joint pain. 🐾

That’s why at MVN, we never forget to check the joints! When a patient presents with reluctance to walk, a fever of unknown origin, dropped carpi (wrists), or other suspicious signs, we make sure to collect joint fluid for analysis so we don’t miss this important piece of the puzzle. 🔬

While IMPA may not be a neurologic disease, it’s a condition we diagnose and treat frequently at MVN! Sometimes, finding the answer means looking beyond the obvious and remembering to check every joint. ❤️

10/15/2026

Interested in a career with MVN? We’d love to hear from you! 💙

As we continue to grow, we’re always looking for amazing team members who share our passion for providing exceptional care to our amazing patients.

If you’re interested in joining our team or learning more about career opportunities with MVN, reach out! We’d love to connect with you! 🩺✨

10/08/2026

How cute is sweet Miss Molly?!? 🥹💕🐾

We truly have some of the CUTEST patients at MVN! Being a part of their neurologic journey is such a privilege, and getting to love on these adorable faces along the way is just an added bonus! 🧠💗

10/07/2026

👑 Princess Violet is back for a recheck! 👑

And we are SO happy to report that our girl is getting stronger and stronger every single day! 💕🐾

After everything this sweet girl has been through, seeing her continue to make progress is truly the best kind of update. Watching those little neurologic victories add up is what makes all the long days, hard work, and extra TLC so worth it. 🧠✨

Keep getting stronger, Princess Violet! We are all cheering you on! 💗👑🐶

10/01/2026

🧠📚 A little neuronerd reading for your day!

Dr. Carpentier provided some information on Myasthenia Gravis in this month’s VetGirl Beat e-Magazine! 🐾

Be sure to check out page 14 to learn more about this important neurologic condition.

Enjoy! 💙🧠

The VETgirl beat is a quarterly publication available to all subscribed members of VETgirl. The digital emagazine features highlighted webinars (small animal, large animal, veterinary technician, leadership), tech tips, provider spotlights, and recent happenings.

09/29/2026

Best way for us to celebrate? Food for the humans and our 4-legged besties💜

09/29/2026

🎉 One year of MVN. One year of a dream becoming a reality. 🎉

How do you possibly put into words what celebrating Minnesota Veterinary Neurology’s 1-Year Anniversary means to us?

This past year has been nothing short of remarkable. It has been a journey filled with excitement, challenges, unexpected hurdles, incredible victories, and more emotions than we could have ever anticipated. But through all of the ups and downs, one thing has remained constant: our commitment to providing exceptional care for neurologic patients and their families.

Today, we look around and see a hospital filled with an incredible group of humans who show up every day with compassion, dedication, and a shared passion for veterinary neurology. We could not be more proud of what MVN has become—and even more excited about where we are going.

To our clients: thank you for trusting us with your beloved family members.

To our patients: thank you for giving us the privilege of caring for you. ❤️

To our referring veterinarians, colleagues, friends, and incredible community: thank you for believing in MVN, embracing us, and supporting us throughout this first year.

And to the MVN team: this milestone belongs to you. Your hard work, dedication, late nights, laughter, tears, and unwavering commitment are what make this hospital what it is.

One year down. So much accomplished. And we are just getting started.

Happy 1st Anniversary, MVN! 🥂🧠🐾

Here’s to many, many more years of changing lives—one neurologic patient at a time. ❤️

09/28/2026

🎉🧠 IT’S ALMOST ANNIVERSARY TIME, NEURONERDS! 🧠🎉

On Tuesday, we officially celebrate ONE YEAR of MVN! 🥳🐾

As we get ready to celebrate this incredible milestone, we’ve been reflecting on just how many wonderful patients we’ve had the privilege of caring for over the past year — and all of the amazing families we’ve had the pleasure of getting to know along the way. ❤️

It truly is remarkable to think about how far we’ve come in just one year!

So, in true MVN fashion, let’s celebrate with a little neuro trivia! 🔍🧠

🤔 HERE’S YOUR CHALLENGE:

How many of our amazing patients do you think have had an MRI at MVN over the past year?!

And remember — veterinary MRIs are a little different than human MRIs. Our patients can’t exactly be told, “Okay, Buddy, just lie perfectly still for the next 45 minutes.” 😂

Our patients need to be fully anesthetized and carefully monitored by our amazing team throughout the entire MRI procedure. 🐶💤🐱

So… drop your best guess in the comments! 👇

No peeking. No asking our MRI-loving neuronerds. And absolutely NO cheating! 😉😂

We’ll reveal the answer as we continue celebrating ONE AMAZING YEAR of Minnesota Veterinary Neurology! 💙

Thank you to every patient, family, referring veterinarian, and member of our incredible MVN team who has made this first year so incredibly special. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🥹🐾

09/27/2026

What a PERFECT way to kick off our 1 Year Anniversary Week! 🎉🐾💗

Today we had the absolute pleasure of rechecking Penny! 🥰

Just TWO WEEKS AGO, Penny suddenly found herself paralyzed in all four limbs. Her family got her to MVN right away, where an MRI revealed a severe intervertebral disc herniation in her neck, causing significant compression of her spinal cord.

Penny needed emergency surgery called a ventral slot, where the disc material was carefully removed and her spinal cord was decompressed. 🧠✨

And now… She is up, she is moving, and she is doing AMAZING!🥹💗🐶

We have officially decided that she deserves the title Perfect Penny, because this girl is pretty much the definition of perfection. 💕 (And yes, we are absolutely going to keep calling her that.)

Two weeks ago: 🚨 Spinal cord crisis
Today: 💃 MISS PENNY HAS PLACES TO GO AND PEOPLE TO SEE.

What a way to start our anniversary week—with a reminder of exactly WHY we do what we do. ❤️

Good job, Perfect Penny! We are SO proud of you! 🥰🎉