Staff

Sarah grew up in Milburn, Oklahoma on a small family farm and was raised to love animals. She was inspired to attend the Murray State Veterinary Technician Program and has been a Registered Veterinary Technician since 2003. She enjoys spending time with her husband and three beautiful children, hunting, fishing, and riding horses. She likes the diversity and challenge of working in a mixed animal practice, but enjoys working with large animals.

Stevie grew up in southern Oklahoma with a love for all animals.  She graduated from Murray State College Veterinary Technology program in 2023 and has worked for us since.

Stevie has  dogs,  She enjoys wine tasting, hanging out with friends and family, and going to the lake.

Pepper grew up in a mixed animal veterinary practice environment in Gilroy, California where her momma worked for 30+ years at Gilroy Veterinary Hospital.  She  worked for Tri County Vet large animal practice in Gilroy, CA for 16 years and just recently moved to Oklahoma and started working for us in August 2021.

Pepper raised four great kids and have two amazing grandbabies.  She loves fishing, hunting, kayaking and riding horses.  Pepper and her boyfriend Eddy fell in love with Oklahoma so they decided to stay and bought a home in Milburn, OK.

Natalie grew up on a small farm in Southern Oklahoma. She graduated high school in 2019 from Milburn high school. She attended College at Murray State college in 2019. In her free time she loves playing guitar, fishing, playing with her dogs, camping, and spending time with family. She started working for us in 2021

Priscilla has been working for us since 2016.  She graduated from Murray State College Veterinary Technology program in 2012.  

Priscilla knew at a young age that she wanted to work with animals and never considered another career path.  She enjoys caring for small and large animals.

In her spare time, Priscilla enjoys spending time on her farm managing her small cow herd, horses, cats and dogs.  Some of her favorite activities are riding horses, fishing, hunting, kayaking and cooking.  

Mattie

Carola

Desi is the office manager at the Blue River Veterinary Services. She has worked along side Dr. Radde since 2008. She takes pride in her work and makes sure that all of the furry patients are well cared for while spending any time in the clinic. She truly enjoys working closely with the clinic animals as well as their owners. Desi will make sure your visit to our clinic is as comfortable as possible. She was born and raised in central Oklahoma where she began working with large animals in FFA while in high school. 

 Along with enjoying watching their children grow up, Dr. Radde and Desi also have a wide range of pets at home that are a big part of their family. In her spare time she loves to read a good book, painting and riding her horses for fun or trail riding with friends.

My name is Kaytlin Hagen. I grew up in western Oklahoma and graduated from Sayre High School in 2021. I am a student in the veterinary nursing program at Murray State College. In my free time I like to read, go on walks with my dogs, and spend time with my husband and family. I have always had a passion for helping and caring for animals. I am looking forward to graduating from MSC and passing my exams to become a Registered Veterinary Technician!

Kennel Tech

Kailey was born and raised in Oklahoma.  She is the daughter of Dr. Matt & Desi Radde.  She graduated from from Tishomingo High School with honors and has been attending Murray State College for her degree in Pre-Veterinary Medicine.  She has enjoyed working alongside Dr. Radde throughout the years. She also competes on the Murray State Rodeo Team in Breakaway.  During Kailey's free time she loves spending as much time as she can with her family, her horses and her Mini Aussie Waylon.

Veterinary Assistant

My name is Steavi Purcell, I have been an employee at Blue River Vet for two years now! I also work part time at Kedford Boutique when I'm not at the clinic. I am a student at Murray state college majoring in Ag Business, before I began my associates degree I became a Certified Veterinary Assistant through the American Veterinary Medical Association after completing Murray State Colleges one year Veterinary Assistant Program. I am also a member of the Rodeo Team at Murray where I compete in the event Barrel Racing. Outside of work and school I enjoy spending my free time with friends and family and playing with my dog and riding my horses.