Insist on gas anesthesia only....IVs thru out the procedure as well as post op...I insist my vet keep that IV in until RIGHT before I pick the baby up....I want that puppy as hydrated and pumped up on glucose as possible. The ONLY IV sedative I find acceptable is Propofol...it is quickly and easily metabolized and rapidly wears off the minute you stop the drip, it begins to wear off....it is used to sedate the baby for intubation.... I do NOT like Morphine or any of the other narcotics...it is too easy to overdose a baby on it...and it is not quickly metabolozed...if they get toooo much, they stop breathing, blood pressure drops, heartrate slows, and if you can not get an antagonist on board to reverse the overdose, you will loose the baby. For pain medication post op, my vet gives all my babies Torbutrol in Vitamino. This is very well tolerated by all of my dogs that have had any surgical procedure....there are many other drugs, but I like this and use it for all post op surgical procedures. I get all standard preop bloodwork done and I like monitoring EKG during the procedure, as well as O2 saturations. All these extra things cost more, but I like to be on top of any and everything that is going on. |