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Not too long ago I compared an instructor cancelling an individual exercise class to a child’s snow day. The joy of gaining that extra time without the guilt of taking it upon yourself to skip a class was priceless, I wrote.

But today the news was not so uplifting.

A class I’ve been taking for the good part of a year is being canceled. It’s not the end of the world. There are other classes out there and I’m sure I’ll find one that works with my schedule and I feel comfort with. And honestly, I think I’m ready for the next step.

But my Basic Yoga class is the one that I very tentatively started and surprisingly fell in love with.

So much about the classes we decided to stick with depends on the instructor. Was there a connection? Are they quick to help you when you are struggling? Do you trust that they will push you and make you stronger? Do you look forward to returning?

These decisions are often being made while you are concentrating on a completely new activity. It doesn’t give you a lot of time to process information, but usually it doesn’t take that long.

I knew before my first class ended that I was going to continue taking yoga, and specifically take Danielle’s class. I’ve had other instructors since I’ve started practicing – and I’ve learned something new from each of them – but Danielle’s approach was what initially clicked with me.

Danielle more than prepared me for the next step – a level 1 or 2 class. But that doesn’t make it any easier to say good bye to my basic yoga class – or to Danielle.

Doctors at McGill University Health Centre, Canada, have recently performed the world’s first all-robotic surgery. The locally developed McSleepy put the patient on anesthesia, while surgeons used the well-known DaVinci robot to perform a prostatectomy. It was the first time these two robotic systems were combined.

From the press release:

“Providing anesthesia for robotic prostatectomy can be challenging because of the specific patient positioning and the high degree of muscle relaxation necessary to maintain perfect conditions for the surgical team,” added Dr. Hemmerling. “Automated anesthesia delivery via McSleepy guarantees the same high quality of care every time it is used, independent from the subjective level of expertise. It can be configured exactly to the specific needs of different surgeries, such as robotic surgery.”

“Obviously, there is still some work needed to perfect the all robotic approach – from technical aspects to space requirements for the robots,” added Dr. Hemmerling. “Whereas robots have been used in surgery for quite some time, anesthesia has finally caught up. Robots will not replace doctors but help them to perform to the highest standards.”

This first test was successful and now the team plans to expand their tests to more and larger types of surgery.

Press release: McSleepy meets DaVinci…