[barbielb]

Hello. I have been struggling with the decision to spay my Tessie because she is so small. I adopted her a year ago at age 2.5 years and she only weighed 2.8 lbs. I have read sooo much that scares me about putting one so small under anesthesia, but also read so much that scares me if I don't (pyometra). When I took her for her yearly check-up and vaccinations 2 weeks ago she weighed 3.4 lbs. After a long discussion with the vet (me asking a million questions), they made my husband and I feel comfortable with scheduling her spay appointment-- which is for this coming Tuesday, March 9th.

As the appointment date draws near I've become increasingly nervous and started researching again and now I'm afraid that I didn't have them check everything. After reading more info on liver shunt, etc.-- I realize that maybe I should have requested-- a separate Bile Acid Test?

According to her blood test records, everything was in the normal range except 2 areas:

BUN/Creatine Ratio- 32 HIGH (normal listed as 4-27)

Platelet Count- 404 HIGH (normal listed as 170-400)

Also, according to her blood test, her ALT (SGPT) was at 88 which was in the normal range of 12-118.

Please let me know if there is ANYTHING else that I need to have tested or ask the vet before the spay. I want to make sure that I have taken all precautions before I let my baby go into her spay surgery.

Also, is there any rule on timing of the spay in regards to the heat cycle. Since I have had her (last March), she was in heat first of July and first of February, so she's only been out of heat a couple of weeks before the surgery. The vet said that it is better that they are not in heat for the spay and she would be fine since her heat cycle would have ended a couple of weeks prior to the surgery.

There are so many knowledgeable people on this site that are aware of many different situations, so I wanted to post and make sure that I am checking into everything before the spay appointment on Tuesday.

Any and all info is greatly appreciated. Tessie is mine and my husbands little baby girl and we want to make sure that we are doing what is best for her. Again, thank you so much for your help!