Volunteers offer non-medical follow-up help and advice
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing in the emergency department at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) was primarily reserved for those patients needing hospitalization to treat their disease.
Ticks are arachnids that feed on animal blood in order to grow and reproduce. Compared to insects, which have six legs, ticks, like spiders and other arachnids have eight legs.
They are hematophages, meaning they meet all their nutritional needs through eating blood, and need a blood meal to grow from one life stage to another. This adaptation evolved 120 million years ago!
Fifty-year-old Shane is an active volunteer, a former hockey player and a trivia buff.
Like many couples, he and his wife Joanne often tease each other.
“She doesn’t have a volume switch. I’ve been trying to find it for years,” he says of Joanne, who is so soft-spoken you need to lean in close to hear her.
“I didn’t come with a volume switch. Or a return policy,” Joanne quietly quips back.
