It is 7 a.m. or so and you have just finished sling walking a 103 lb Labrador Retriever with vestibulitis through the snow, by yourself. Your scrubs are torn up at the bottoms and soaked with water and mud, down to your socks.
It is 7 a.m. or so and you have just finished sling walking a 103 lb Labrador Retriever with vestibulitis through the snow, by yourself. Your scrubs are torn up at the bottoms and soaked with water and mud, down to your socks. Within your first hour at work you have been urinated on, had to scrub poop out from between some parvo puppies toes, and had an attempt made on your jugular by that 20 lb, diabetic, declawed cat in the critical care ward. After hosing off yourself and your patient, re-wrapping a soaked catheter, and pilling a patient that did NOT want to be pilled, your doctor shows up sipping on a fresh Starbucks asking why your treatments haven’t been done yet. Arrrrgh. “Why do I work here again?” Because you love your job. Where else could you experience the birth of an animal, the death of a beloved companion, the joy of the saving an emaciated dog rescue, or the exhilaration and adrenaline rush of resuscitating a crashing patient. No where. This is why you show up to face the challenges every day, or maybe you are completely nuts.
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Thank you – I was wondering
Thank you – I was wondering what the reason was – wait a minute – I’m still not sure which one!!!
Thank you – I was wondering
Thank you – I was wondering what the reason was – wait a minute – I’m still not sure which one!!!
Seriously though – Having
Seriously though – Having been in the veterinary business for 26 years (yes, I started out extremely young! hmmm…) I have done some contemplating as time has gone by.Looking back, I can see how my perspective has altered over the years. I started out thinking it might be cool to work in a veterinary office, and put my application in after an employee in my local office encouraged me. In my first year as a receptionist, I caught the bug and moved into assistant work. As the early years went by, I read every book I could find to educate myself, and nothing was better than an emergency; would work willingly any and all hours!Went to school after 10 years and became an RVT. I started wanting more influence, and gradually moved into practice management. Over the last few years, I find myself no longer favorably anticipating the critical or the emergency – I like more of the steady routine with no crazy overtime, and making sure the entire hospital functions well as a unit. I like being the first one there and the last one to go home, knowing all is well and taken care of for the day (although the occasional emergency does get my adrenaline going and I easily move right into it!). Wrestling the 100# plus dogs no longer floats my boat! My home and family life is a more important part of my life than it was earlier on, and I want more equal time for it. So I guess what I’m saying is it is normal to evolve through stages in life, and you can still love your job through all of it even if not always in the same way or with the same objectives. And I always get my coffee in the morning even if it is not Starbucks!
Seriously though – Having
Seriously though – Having been in the veterinary business for 26 years (yes, I started out extremely young! hmmm…) I have done some contemplating as time has gone by.Looking back, I can see how my perspective has altered over the years. I started out thinking it might be cool to work in a veterinary office, and put my application in after an employee in my local office encouraged me. In my first year as a receptionist, I caught the bug and moved into assistant work. As the early years went by, I read every book I could find to educate myself, and nothing was better than an emergency; would work willingly any and all hours!Went to school after 10 years and became an RVT. I started wanting more influence, and gradually moved into practice management. Over the last few years, I find myself no longer favorably anticipating the critical or the emergency – I like more of the steady routine with no crazy overtime, and making sure the entire hospital functions well as a unit. I like being the first one there and the last one to go home, knowing all is well and taken care of for the day (although the occasional emergency does get my adrenaline going and I easily move right into it!). Wrestling the 100# plus dogs no longer floats my boat! My home and family life is a more important part of my life than it was earlier on, and I want more equal time for it. So I guess what I’m saying is it is normal to evolve through stages in life, and you can still love your job through all of it even if not always in the same way or with the same objectives. And I always get my coffee in the morning even if it is not Starbucks!
I would have to take out a
I would have to take out a home equity loan to support a Starbucks habit! I usually shoot for a regular cup o” joe too. 🙂
I would have to take out a
I would have to take out a home equity loan to support a Starbucks habit! I usually shoot for a regular cup o” joe too. 🙂