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Originally Posted by DesertChildAZ

After my last post, I went to the vet and picked up Johnny Cash. Apparently, the situation was worse than previously expressed over the phone. They had Johnny on the anesthesia gas (Isoflovin?) for 4 minutes when the assistant looked in his mouth and found that it was completely white and he was essentially not breathing. She said she screamed for the doctor who came over and they revived him with the oxygen.

The doctor wants to try again in a few weeks with another anesthesia, but I don't want to. He is now telling me that if I don't neuter Johnny, that he has an incredibly high risk of prostate cancer. He says that if the sevaflovin alternative doesn't work, they want to use injectables. Am I just an idiot or is that even worse? I mean, if he's allergic to gasses, flatlined on the table and only rescuscitatable because the oxygen, I imagine, flushed out the gas....then wouldn't it be ridiculously impossible to reverse the effects of an injectable if he's allergic? It's not like they can suck the anesthesia out of his veins...

You know that if we do this he's going to say "well, with any procedure there is a risk..."...so it's MY fault if I give in to my prostate cancer fears and he dies as a result of it. Despite the doctor's urging against my instincts. I love my vet and I trust him, but the risks are too high. What if we were just "lucky" this time? What if the next time we're not so lucky? I mean, if he gets prostate cancer when he's like 10...I'd rather see that than see him die at 6 months.

~ Kelly

So what does your vet say they do if your baby has a reaction to the injectable anesthesia? I'd have to have some really good answers before I'd even 'consider' risking it again, that's pretty scary