Hello again.
It's hard to believe that the week slipped by. We had our of our clients working on our remodeling (I'll get some pictures) and we interviewed several folks for our new receptionist position.
We are very excited that Kim decided to join our team. I think you will find her very helpful and friendly.
We are very excited about how room 4 currently looks, and Room 2 is in the current metamorphosis. Feel free to ask to see the room. We plan on having an open house.
Most important, we had a demonstration for a new piece of anesthetic monitoring equipment on Thursday. It is a Vetronics unit that also has the capability to perform additional procedures. During anesthesia it will monitor the patient's EKG, heart rate, respiration rate, Oxygen level (SpO2), blood pressure, temperature, and an 'end tidal CO2' which is most sensitive to monitor how a patient is handling the anesthetic.
The additional feature we hope to utilize with this machine (we will actually plan on trying 2 other machines in the upcoming weeks) is to see how well we can evaluate blood pressure on our feline patients. Recent studies indicate that high blood pressure in cats can lead to early chronic renal disease.
In one study with a small group of cats with high blood pressure - 10 in each group - the cats that were put on Ace inhibitors to reduce their pressure delayed the onset of kidney disease by 2 years! The group on pressure medicine also lived about 2 years longer.
Caution says to realize this is a small group so the results may not be as dramatic, but all the studies indicate that monitoring blood pressure - then treating - is very helpful in delaying the onset of kidney disease in cats.
Stay tuned here for a chance to help us test our new machine with your cat. We need to get more comfortable with it, but we will then offer a reduced rate for a BP monitoring for your cats.
Mensa question of the day:
If six winkles and three wonkles cost $0.15, and you can buy nine wonkles and three winkles for the same $0.15, what will it cost to buy one hundred wonkles?
