I went vegetarian/vegan after eating the best meat of my life three days in a row (Christmas days). I was thinking about doing so before, but then I had them and was like "yeah this can't get any better", so I quit with the best possible memory :-D And here in Ecuador, good meat is not really available. The animals have too much space to move I was told, and their muscles are being used and that makes the meat harder or something like that. On the other side, the variety of vegetables growing here, how fresh they are and how cheap? I definitely have an advantage :-D
All the best to Kaia, I'm rooting for the pain to go away, soon, so she can jump on tree stumps again!