New vet facility is open
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer

PHOTO BY JEREMY HEATH Drs. Trampus and Kelli Isom and Dr. Kim Langford, right, recently opened their veterinary clinic on U.S. Highway 190.

Dog lovers in Lampasas might soon come to know them as "Ladies and the Trampus."

That's because Dr. Trampus Isom, his wife Dr. Kelli Isom and Dr. Kim Langford are bringing their compassion for animals and their passion for keeping them healthy to Lampasas.

On Monday, the trio of proud Aggies opened Isom Veterinary Clinic on U.S. Highway 190. Their primary objective is to help owners of big and small animals keep them healthy.

"We do what we do because we love what we do," Mrs. Langford said. "Everybody's pet is dear and special to them. We want to treat people's pets with the same love and respect they treat them with."

Isom is a 2002 graduate of the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine, and his wife and Mrs. Langford are 2003 graduates.

The Isoms have been practicing veterinary medicine in Bertram, and Mrs. Langford has been practicing in Hamilton, while husband Henry Langford is a veterinarian in Lometa. The veterinary partners met at Texas A&M and have remained close friends, even when Mrs. Langford moved to the Panhandle to work in Muleshoe.

Their office will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Isom is a Lampasas native and former Badger football player who graduated from Lampasas High School in 1995. His parents, Charley and Becky Isom, live here. He considers this an opportunity to give back to a community he loves. That's why he has endured the 20-hour workdays resulting from full shifts in Bertram followed by evenings spent converting the Lampasas office building into an animalready facility.

"Since I'm from here, it's a chance to come back and work with the people I was raised with -- people I know and I'm familiar with," Isom said. "These are friends and family. It's a good community with good people."

Kelli Isom hails from Nocona, a small town east of Wichita Falls. She and Trampus have a 3- year-old son, Preston, and another son due in November.

Mrs. Langford originally is from Columbus, a rural town about an hour's drive west of Houston. She and her husband have a 2-year-old son named Brock.

All three veterinarians think their small-town roots will pay dividends in a tight-knit community such as Lampasas.

"In Bertram, we have 4-H students who come to the office to volunteer, observe and help, and we go and talk to the schools in Liberty Hill," Mrs. Isom said. "It's about making a connection with the community."

Her husband believes one of the ways to create that connection is by saving people money.

"We want to do a good, quality job and serve the community at a reasonable price," Isom said. "Being this close to Austin, it's easy to find quality care, but it's not always reasonably priced. We're going to do a good job for people."