Our surgery room is a lot different than it was a quarter century ago
also. We now have digital surgery monitors that give us heart rate,
blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, blood carbon dioxide levels and
temperature in real time so we can know if our patients are in trouble.
These tools enable us to react quicker to problems that are inherent
with performing surgery and anesthesia on animals. Another big
advancement is the surgical laser that we use for many of our surgeries.
The laser reduces bleeding during surgery and also greatly reduces post
operative pain. All of these devices are a big change from the
stethoscope, thermometer and scalpel blade.
Our newest technology addition is digital dental radiography to
complement our whole body digital radiography unit. The whole body unit
allows us to rapidly take high quality images of the inside of our
patients. What use to take 5-10 minutes per image now takes 5-10
seconds. Our digital dental unit enables us to see with great detail the
tooth and bony detail in our patients mouths like never before. Now we
can see why our pets have tooth aches like we never could before with
the naked eye or magnifying lenses. We can tell better if a tooth should
be pulled or if we can fix it. It is so much better to be able to know
it there is a problem than guess or assume what is there.
I could go on more about how much things have changed but the main point
I want to make is that I am glad that we can do so much more today than
we could do before to keep our pets healthy and happy. I am so grateful
to live in the technology age that we do. I look forward to what the
future will bring for us to continue to make our lives and our pets
lives better.
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