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Originally Posted by kalina82  I've seen Salivary Mucocele's before. no biggie. some do go away without surgery, but, being that I worked in the surgery department, the ones i saw required surgery.
As far as the anesthesia goes, I wouldn't worry too much since he'll be at A&M. They will have far superior monitors, techs, and protocols then a regular vet. From what i've seen in general practice, during dentals there is usually no one monitoring the anesthesia except the person actually doing the dental (tech or vet). During a surgery, especially a major one, there will definitely be an anesthesia tech there to monitor George. |
I am happy to hear that you have seen them resolve!
As for A&M, yes they are awesome. I have been there quite a few times; but I actually almost lost a pup there because of a problem with anesthesia. He had to remain intubated for 24 hours after surgery and was on a respirator and then had to have a trach. Luckily, after a few days they were able to remove the trach, but I was told he had a 50/50 chance. I do believe that he would have died in another facility....they do have the resources for dealing with such emergency situations.
My vet always has someone in the surgery room to only monitor a pup's vitals during dentals and surgery. I have actually been back there many times while there for other reasons and I have never seen less than 3 people in that room during dentals and other surgeries. It is a standard that all vets should follow....and if I ever had to go to another vet is certainly a question I would ask.