Getting Our First Working X-ray Machine

 Note that this started in 2014 and was done in 2015 so this entry had info from the future included for brevity of the entire discussion.

Jeff Kremer secured the donation of an X-Ray Machine from Sarah and Bruce on 5/6/14 and today we decided on the model and got the quote for the machine.  What we did not realize at the time was that this would become an epic ordeal that would take a year to complete.

The machine was too big for any of our buildings and had an arm that needed 9 feet of ceiling height, so we had to construct a two story building, with the idea that the second story floor would have to be cut out.  Then we found out that it only worked on 3 phase power which was going to run us 165,000 above ground or 350,000 under ground, so Howie got the bright idea of buying a 3 phase generator.

I’d never heard of such a thing, but he found one that we had to have built and delivered w/ a crane, because it was the size of a small car.  Then the power transformers weren’t big enough for the load, so they had to be installed.

Then there wasn’t a good enough Internet signal for the X-ray machine to transfer images to the software program in the cloud, so that had to be installed.  Now the whole thing is on the outside of our cat area fencing, so as of 3/22/15, I still haven’t moved that. 

Hi Tom,  I will be your point person going forward for the machine.  I have no technical understanding, but will be the one who will have to make the decisions, so please forgive my lack of expertise in this matter.

We are having a building constructed to house the machine, right next to our Cat Hospital, but if it is not done before the machine arrives, it can be stored in our current Cat Hospital.  I understand that we need 14 x 16 feet of floor space and perhaps as much as 14 foot ceilings for a 700 lb cat to be X-rayed, so our current building can't handle it.

My husband, Howard, has been working with the developer next door and TECO to bring 3 phase power to our Cat Hospital.  What do you need from me? - Carole

 

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