Virginia Vet Learns Home Is Burning While Treating Pets On Her Birthday

On the same afternoon she was treating other people’s pets — on her birthday — a Virginia veterinarian got the call no one expects: her home was on fire.

Dr. Cady Johnston, an urgent care veterinarian at Summit Veterinary Care in Fairfax, was midway through her shift when her world “was turned upside down,” according to friend Morgan Guiffre, who described the moment in a fundraiser launched for the family.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue crews raced to the scene on Friday, Nov. 14, and got the flames under control quickly at the doctor’s home, but the damage was already done…

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