WAILUKU – Mercury Bleu lives in Kipahulu, a solid two-hour drive from Hana. Bleu is the proud owner of a 15-year-old rescue cat named Clark who has Feline Aids from a catfight and cannot endure infections.

When Clark was overcome with an infection, Bleu called Dr. Krysta Scimeca. Bleu had heard there was a mobile veterinarian who was making house calls to the Hana area.

“I heard about a vet that travels to Hana once a month,” Bleu said of her first call to Scimeca and Infinity Vet.

“I left her a message about my 15-year-old rescue cat, Clark, he has feline aids from a catfight and he cannot endure infections. After three trips to the other side of the island, they told me he had a heart condition and had to have a $1500 EKG to see if he could even endure going under anesthesia.”

That’s when Bleu received a call back from Scimeca.

“Dr Krysta and her assistant showed up as scheduled, on time,” Bleu said of Scimeca’s first house call. “They were professional, kind, loving, and empathetic, and very thorough. We discussed that Clark really would need to have several teeth extracted. She was hoping she would have her mobile veterinary van on the road. But that was months away.”

The next month, Scimeca came to visit Clark and assured Bleu she would be in charge of the anesthesia.

“She fell in love with my baby and assured me that she would be in charge of the anesthesia, and I did not need to worry,” Bleu said. “The surgery was successful.”

A week later, Clark got an infection and wasn’t eating or drinking. Again, Scimeca gave Clark a two week antibiotic shot as he still had some infection.

“The next week, he had a very bad day,” Bleus said. “And she drove 2 1/2 hours amongst her very busy schedule to treat Clark.”

Bleu said she felt inspired as a pet owner to share her story to other pet owners in the area who may benefit from someone like Simeca.

“People on this island, especially us on the Hana side who are not always physically able to escort our fur babies to and fro to be assured of their well-being,” Bleu said.

Customers like Bleu are the reason Scimeca is now fully operational with her mobile veterinary vehicle and staff prepared to handle house calls like those for Clark and Bleu.

It’s the reason why Simeca went to Cornell University, graduating in 2020 before starting veterinary services in Honolulu. Scimeca came to Maui in August of 2023, and the rest is history.

Scimeca moved to Maui on Aug. 5, 2023, after accepting a position with a private practice on Maui three days before the fires broke out.

Scimeca had given herself a month off to settle into her new life, but was quickly put to the task of helping full-time with the Humane Society during August of 2023.

“That was really a smack in the face of the need for veterinary medicine on this island,” Scimeca said of her early experience on Maui. “Both veterinary hospitals in Lahaina burnt down in the wildfires. Again, it’s the same story in a different part of the island. Now these animals an hour plus from the nearest town are without any veterinary care.”

That was the pivot point for Simeca where she saw the need for something like Infinity Vet and a mobile clinic to serve the areas of the island that are desolate of veterinary care.

“All of the animals 30 miles from town (Hana) are without any care,” Scimeca said of available veterinary services in Hana, and Lahaina. “So it’s been a challenging, but a very rewarding feat.”

Vicky Duran has called on Simeca to help with her cattery in Hana.

“She’s awesome, she’s so empathetic and ready to put whatever she has going on the side to help an animal and that’s what she’s done for me out in Hana,” Duran said of her experience with Simeca. “She’s always willing to drive out here and help me.”

Nancy Makowski first called Simeca after the Lahaina fires and the veterinary services were lost to the fire.

“We live here on the Westside, Kanapali, and when Lahaina burnt down that was the end of the veterinarian services here,” Makowski said. “So we had to take our cats over to Kahului. Which, if you have cats, you know it’s a super stressful trip. Any labs run on them are going to be off-kilter.”

Makowski met Simeca at the vet in Kahului and was impressed with her knowledge, empathy, her experience, and she gave their pet some life-saving advice for her 18-year-old cat.

“We followed that advice and when we learned that she was going to establish a mobile veterinarian service over here on the Westside at least once a week, we were just so thrilled,” Makowski said. “We have no vets here at all, so our option was to go over to Kihei, or go over to Kahului.”

Infinity Vet can be reached at 808-463-1838, or on their website (https://infinityvet.net/contact-us/).