I completely understand what you're going through as I struggled with the same decision a little over a year ago with my Tessie. When we adopted Tessie, she was almost 3 years old and barely weighed 3 lbs and she had not been spayed. Her small size as well as age had me soooo worried, but I did alot of research and realized that the health dangers of not spaying (pyometra, etc) outweighed the risk of spaying. I also made sure that I felt 100% comfortable with our vet. AND I am very thankful for the YT members that gave words of encouragement and shared success stories~ which really helped me.
I started a thread on YT to ask for help in the decision to spay Tessie.
"Please help with impt. spay questions" http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yorkie-health-diet/198435-please-help-impt-spay-questions.html
I've copied some of the info from the thread that helped me when I was struggling with the decision to spay Tessie.
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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Nothing else "needs" to be done. If you want to take every precaution possible/the safest route, then a bile acids, test, EKG, and urinalysis could be done. These tests aren't recommend for preop very often, but it is a good way to go imo.
Also imo, it is probably fine to spay now, but waiting a few more weeks (like 6 weeks after heat ends) is not a bad idea. There is a higher risk for bleeding when spaying during heat, so a higher risk of complications. Waiting gives things a chance to return to normal in there. |
Also, on the day of the spay, I started a thread asking for prayers & positive thoughts while Tessie was going through the procedure. YT members were very sweet and it helped me so much. So, I definitely understand what you're going through and please let me know if I can help in any way!