Finally Glad

I've worked at GVC for just over two years. Things haven't been the best all the time and it took me a very, very long time not to yearn for working back at my first job. It was my first job and my first love. Its a shame I got fucked over.
Earlier this summer, there were some defiant times when I was ready to just up and quit. It appears that those times are behind me. Now I realize how much better this job is for me and my career. There are some many things that I am given free rein to do. Things I would have never dreamed of doing but somehow am forced into it. Is it that people in this area expect me to do more? Are unable to do more (referral) for themselves?
At my last job, I would have never even considered the idea of removing a kidney unless it was an emergency situation. Doing it on as just about as routine as you can would have just been unheard of. A PU on a dog and especially on a cat? Crazy! I never did entropion or cherry eye surgeries. If these were to be done, I wasn't the one that was going to be doing it. I did two c-sections in my two years there. I can do two a week here. I don't even think about it. I just do it. GDV surgeries? If these dogs presented to my last job they had two options-euthanasia or referral. Here, well, we tell the owners that referral is best, even if it is after we do surgery but if needed we'll just go ahead and cut that. No promises but CB and I have a 100% success rate. I tapped a dog's joints yesterday. That's insane. I had never done it before but looked like an old pro it went so well. Blood transfusions-why not? On Christmas Eve, I pulled blood on my dog and put it into another all by myself. It was a long night.
On the large animal side, I'm palpating colicky horses with every colic I see. (I don't like it but do it.) I'm becoming proficient in dehorning goats with large horns. I did an c-section on a goat and assisted on one with a cow. I gave a goat kid a blood transfusion last week. Sure, most of the large animal things I could have done at my last job if I had the chance but never did. The only thing that I could complain about is the frequency my fetatome comes out. Partially, I might use it more often because I am wiser about what I can and can't manually remove from a cow.

Anyway, as usual, as much as I complain about my job (which is a lot), I am finally glad that I have a new job that allows me to be bold and constantly try new things and new procedures.