Bittersweet goodbyes

[cjsmith]

I’m getting to the point at work where I say “recheck in two weeks” and I know it won’t be with me. Heck, as of the end of the day today, “recheck in one week” won’t be with me.

I’m having to tell long-term clients I’m leaving. Mostly it’s my collection of crazies. This sounds bad, but every vet has some. The quirky oddball characters who somehow feel connected best to you, the demanding ones that you’re the only one with the patience to cater to, the single issue voters you took the time to listen to once upon a time and they are disappointed to have to go to anyone else.

Heck, it’s not all long term folk. There was one today I met for the first time. Bunny owners. I had to let them know that their recheck (“when you’re done with those meds the other doc gave you”) won’t be with me, and in fact we don’t HAVE any full time bunny vets after next week, but try this doc because I know she’s good - and they asked where I’m going. I’ve taken to just saying Half Moon Bay because it is simple. They begged me for the contact info of the clinic I’ll be working at. Um. Well. Awkward. :(

Every decision has its downsides; every new beginning arises from the ashes of an ending. This is a good decision, at least in the sense that it’s the only choice I had left. But it’s also sad.

Comments

[hitchhiker]

*hug*

however bad the place is, there are always people i end up being sad to leave.

[cjsmith]

So true. Also, many of the people at that clinic are stellar and I will miss them quite a bit.

[zahraa]

It's really sad that it's the only choice you had left. And I wish you good luck.

[cjsmith]

Thank you!