Update

I don't have too much to update on, but I thought I'd throw a post up here because it's been awhile.  Rob and I have been working our butts off, and in our spare time are trying to have lives.  The CARE Centre has been exceptionally busy for this time of year, so work has been exhausting but extremely interesting and cool!  I'm getting to practice advanced procedures and techniques, while saving lives and meeting a lot of sweet animals.  Over the next month or so I'm going to be taking a new CPR certification course that just came out (the only one out there that's specific to animals).  Also, I've become involved in planning an observational study we're performing together with the University of Calgary to study EZIO (intra-osseous - into the bone) catheterization in animals in an emergency setting when IV access is unavailable due to cardiovascular instability (ie. cardiac arrest).  We're hoping by being able to re-hydrate and administer medications into the bone marrow, until we can successfully gain IV access, we'll save more animals.  As it is, when we have to perform CPR we have approximately a 0 - 1% chance of getting the animal back (when they walk in through emergency, this is not including animals that arrest in surgery).  We'd like to change this percentage.  Personally I have only successfully resuscitated an animal, that went on to live and go home, once.  We're in the beginning stages of the study now, setting up the technicalities and such, and are hoping to start up the actual practical component in March.  I've done one training session, drilling into the marrow on cadavers at the U of C.  It's pretty cool....I can't wait to use it in an emergency setting!

Rob has been promoted to Assistant Builder, effective this coming Monday (Feb. 4).  I am extremely proud of him.  He is climbing the ladder quickly at work, and is in high demand between the building teams.

Our house is looking like a real house now!  I don't have the most recent pictures, but I'll post some below of it in an earlier stage.  We now have a complete roof and they're starting the electrical wiring and putting in insulation!  Rob took me around yesterday when I stopped by to visit him at work.  I am so excited! 2 months to go!

I have also started going to, and become quit addicted to, hot yoga.  Working 12 hour shifts doesn't give me a lot of time to go on days I work, so I've just been trying to go on as many days off as I can.

That's about all that's new with us!