Twedt gently pulled out the dog's tongue to prevent her from swallowing it when she came out of anesthesia. A plastic tube was placed down her throat. To check her heart rate and oxygen level, a monitor was clamped on her tongue. Radiation therapist Anne Twedt carries Anna Belle to get Wayne Kauffman's assistance as the miniature pinscher comes out of the anesthetic. The room is about the size of a small bedroom.
Counters line the wall.
In the center stands the linear accelerator radiation machine, which looks like an oversized microscope. Anna Belle was laid, belly down, on a glass table. Her head was propped up with an empty plastic gauze container. Afterwards, she was groggy coming off the anesthetic. She let out a cough and slowly lifted her head from the beach towel.