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Originally Posted by dottiesyrky  Great that you weren’t stressed, I get anxious when I just leave my boy at the vet for a bath!! But I am sure that being so close to where she was helped a lot. So happy she is home, doing so well and even eating already. That must be comforting, but as you say she will soon run out of steam from the anesthesia and sleep her little head off. How these little dogs recover from illness and surgery is amazing. The cost was very reasonable for such an expert procedure, probably less than the routine vet dental cleaning!
With it being a molar, is she bleeding still or did they sew the cavity up?
So praying you both have a peaceful night and that Bella has forgotten all that happened today by the time tomorrow comes. Hopefully they gave her a pain shot that will last a bit. |
Bella has dissolvable stitches where they removed the tooth. They expect the bone to grow back in fairly quickly to fill the hole where the tooth was. I wish that humans were as resilient. They did give her a pain shot. She's sleeping now
The cost was comparable to a dental cleaning with no extractions. The biggest expenses are related to the anesthesia, followed by the x-rays. Here's the breakdown:
anesthesia midazolam $5.75
anesthesia methadone $5.75
anesthesia isoflurane $101.00
anesthesiologist services $52.03
meloxicam (take-home metacam) $12.75
dental visit and exam $78.04
x-rays $116.49
dentistry local anesthetic $13.57
dentistry drugs and supplies $30.00
tooth extraction $49.76