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Steven R. Swiecki

1965 - 2024

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Friday, August 9, 2024

I met Steve at Carolina Animal Speciality & Emergency in Hickory as my first job within an ER. He took me under his wing and answered every question I could ever have. As I got closer to him, he reminded me more over time of my Uncle Bob from Michigan that I lost in 2015. It was one of the first deaths I had been apart of and it struck me with such grief. Everyone around called him “Uncle Steve” but those words were close and dear to my heart. Eventually, for years I worked 3rd shift every week with Steve. We laughed, joked shared many memories. I tried to make sure he had bulk snacks now and then in his locker to take care of himself, buy him treats or a milkshake, his dinner or a drink from the machine.. I’d try to make sure he had a home cooked meal on the holidays and a gift to open at Christmas. I was one of the only people Steve would share food with or his secret cookie stash at work, therefore I considered myself MVP status.. LOL I tried to take care of Rocky and Charlotte when needed as well, all to show how much I loved him and was there for him as much as I could. If you were important in my family, you knew the name Uncle Steve and who he was as even my dogs knew him as such. Steve held such a special place in my heart and a piece of it most definitely went with him when he passed. I added a picture of us together, one of Wink my chihuahua I’m holding and I sitting with Uncle Steve and one of him with my dog Carla.

Laura Keener posted a symbolic gesture

Thursday, August 8, 2024

I’m so sorry to hear about Steve. He was a great coworker. I remember a night where our ventilator wasn’t working and an EMT’s pet was passing. Steve spent over an hour manually ventilating the pet just so the owner could finish their own rescue and get to it in time to say goodbye. He also was so compassionate with all the Parvo puppies. He spent so much time coaxing them to eat, cleaning their messes (and sometimes taking a short nap beside them with the radio on). He made me laugh with his random quips as we’d work and he was always a great member of the team. I’m thankful I was able to spend a few years working beside him.

Mary Anne posted a condolence

Thursday, August 8, 2024

I will miss his laugh, his shuffling of feet, and his "customer service voice"! The clients absolutely loved him! When you work with someone long enough, you find that one thing that makes them better than the rest. It's like God said that we all need that one thing, that one thing that WE can be better at than anyone. Whether its getting an animal to eat, an angry chihuahua to be the sweetest to you, a fractious cat to become your best friend, an irate client to be more understanding, or even having that natural empathy for animals. One of many of Steves was getting a momma dog to have her babies before surgery. Call it coincidence but how can it happen 99% of the time lol I have always asked if Steve was working tonight if we had a dystocia in the am because I knew help was on the way for that pet! I am now lost without his super human talent.

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Steven R. Swiecki

1965 - 2024

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