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Originally Posted by Madisen55  thanks for the help!! ive been stressing over this for days!! im not sure i want to go see a specialist att his point (cost is too much) im going to speak to the new vet imwith and see if he will go ahead with surgery or if he wants to put him on a low protein diet and retest...i just keep thinking about the "what if" i go ahead with it and he doesnt wake up... i called a few vets offices and few said they dont do blood tests before nueturing so im sure many dogs go under with high BAT levels and come out ok. |
I would ALWAYS have pre surgery work done before ANY surgery. the extra 150.00 you pay can save your pups life. In fact our vet does highly recommends it. At first i always saw it as a way for them to make more money. but not any more. No way... The blood work and pre surgery work will red flag any potential problems that you were not aware of.
For us- going forward, I would highly recommend this to anyone who owns a yorkie. IMy two will have blood work done every 6 mos- regardless. A full blood panel. It's the only way to make sure all of there organs are working properly. In the past- i would have thought differently- but with what we have been through this past year. No more annual exam and that's it.... fronline/heartguard and shots. I want a full blood panel done on both. And ALSO you should do a urinalysis too. At least once a year if not every 6 mos these little dogs are prone to so many things and catching things before it's too late WILL make a HUGE difference. I cannot stress that enough.
We had NO idea my Sadie was producing large amounts of protein in her urine. I decided to tell the vet that i wanted a urinalysis done on her and that is when it showed up. I even started the whole process with the crystal situation that my other yorkie was dealing with. Had i not done that who knows where we would be with this all. Let me tell you- WHAt a shocker! when I suggested that since my other yorkie Samie was having crystal issues i wanted to have my other dog Sadie checked too. Only because they are two different litters but have the same mother-different father. Eventually Sadie would have shown symptoms of muscle weakness and lost a lot of weight (muscle mass) her kidneys could have started going into kidney failure. But thank GOD we caught this all in time with me suggesting a urinalysis. Now she is on meds and her prot/creat ratio has improved. I, on the other hand may be developing "ulcers" from all of the worrying i have done with both of my girls. :-) these little girls really have made me so worried it's crazy. I am better but with them going on 10 yrs old this is when things start to go wrong.
I would get an opinion from your vet in regards to delaying the surgery or not. It's always scary when they are put under. But anestestic has come a long way and my vet reasurred me by telling me that my dog (when she had her teeth cleaned last June) would be wearing an anesthia mask and they would be monitoring her vitals the whole time she was under.
She said if any of her vitals started doing anything what so ever...The mask would come off immediately and she would wake up super quick. almost immediately. That made me feel better. apparently it is inhaled and that is how the vet put her under. Plus......... the vet called me every 30 minutes to reassure me that every thing was going perfect. She also encountered additional dental work that needed to be done (1 tooth that was infected and another that needed to be pulled out) so she kept me informed the whole entire time. Yes- i won't lie- I was on pins and needles the whole time but the constant phone calls made the WORLD to me. I had no idea this was how surgery day was going to be when the day finally got here. I was very worried as well. It's completely normal. If you have a Great vet you will be more at ease. :-)