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Originally Posted by ladyjane  Personally, I would only do a liver shunt surgery in a hospital with board certified vets on staff. I would not have a surgeon come to my vet to do that kind of surgery.
Now, in saying that, I don't know what type of facility your vet has. I am assuming it is a regular practice. If so, and there is not 24 hour monitoring and an ICU there is no way I would do that.
I don't want to tell you what to do....just suggest that you think long and hard about what could happen following surgery. I once had a pup who had surgery for two discs in his cervical spine....he was at A&M and thank God he was because he had complications following surgery and at another facility I am sure he would have died. He had problems coming out of the anesthesia and could not come off of the respirator. It was a touch and go couple of days.....I will never forget that experience. |
This is excellent advice. When I have inquired about surgery for LP, I have had friends/receptionists at the vets office/etc., tell me the vet at their office is board certified. He is board certified BUT he is not board certified in orthopedics. If I use them for the surgery, Buster comes home the same day of the surgery. It will be up to me to take care of him. If I use a board certified orthopedic vet, he will stay in the hospital over night where he will get meds probably via an IV, and have someone take care of him. I love my vet but I think this is out of his league.