ok hopefully this will put some of your fears to rest. I was a vet tech and helped perform countless spays/neuters/dentals/other surgeries on teenie tiny yorkies/chihuahuas/maltese/etc. Every single one came out perfectly fine. Most come out from the anesthesia and within 15 minutes they are back to normal, but sometimes the smaller ones just need to be cuddled alittle more afterwards to help wake up. At the vet i worked for we induced them propoflo which gets injected into their veins, so that they will fall asleep. This is needed to get a trach tube down their throats so the isoflourine can be connected. If a puppy is really hyper and off the wall it will get a tiny injection of a sedative twenty minutes before the propoflo is started. These preop sedatives are done by weight so they won't be getting a huge does of something. They are also connected to a bag of IV fluids. During the shaving and preping for surgery the puppy is connected to a machine that checks pulse, carbon dioxide in the blood, the saturation of oxygen in teh bood, respirations, and also an EKG machine. These machines are also used during the surgery and a tech is most always standing there watching the machines and your puppy to make sure everything is ok. They are only under anesthesia max 30 minutes between the induction, shaving, prepings, surgery, and waking up. the surgery itself usually only lasts 15-20 minutes. Once they are finished with teh surgery, a tech carries them to a cage or wake up area and stays with them until they are sitting up and awake, and the trach tube is pulled. They are usually placed in cages in the treatment room where they can be monitored until they are 100% wake.
the likelyhood of your puppy not waking up is very slim because they are constantly watched and every pulse, respiration and line of the EKG is monitored throughout the whole thing. I wouldn't worry about it too much. If its your vet himself that is making you worried then i would find another vet. I am perfectly confident with mine, since i've worked one of one with them, and i trust them completely to do whatever they need to do, no matter what the age or weight of my puppy is.
Also, the longer you wait to get a female spayed the more likely she is to develop an infection or breast cancer. Each heat she goes into can cause a problem. After the first two heats the chances of getting breast cancer goes up 50%! then lesser percents after that. Also there is always a chance of getting a pyometra infectino with each one. I've seen both and they are not pretty, especially when they could have been prevented.
With males, being neutered or not neutered doesn't give them a greater percentage of getting prostate cancer, but it does increase their chances of getting an prostate infection. Also neutering helps decrease humping, aggression, and cancer if its an undescended testicle. (always get your dog nuetered if they have an undescended testicle)
i hope some of this information helped or put some of your fears to rest. if not, at least i got to take a nice 10 minute break from work LOL |