Before Surgery...


When a patient is scheduled for surgery, or for that matter, any anesthetic procedure, certain options are offered to the owners to insure their pet's safety and comfort.

Like you, our greatest concern is the well-being of the patient. Before putting your pet under anesthesia, we will perform a full physical examination. However, many conditions, including disorders of the liver, kidneys or blood, are not detected unless blood testing is performed. Such tests are especially important before any kind of surgery or putting your pet under anesthesia.

Our laboratory is fully equipped and staffed to perform these important blood tests for the safety of your pet. Results will be immediately available to examine before anesthesia and/or surgery.


During Surgery...

Our hospital has a machine that can measure internal temperature, heart rate, and the amount of oxygen in your pet's blood stream on a continual basis during anesthesia. We recommend every dog and cat get "EM" or Electronic Monitoring during their procedure. We can tell how your pet is doing on a moment to moment basis.

When these parameters are measured on a moment to moment basis, adjustments to your pet's anesthesia, and temperature control can be accomplished by our technicians during surgery long before any clinical signs develop. This insures your pet the utmost comfort and safety during short or long surgical procedures.

Electronic Monitor

 

After Surgery...

From time to time, after surgery, your pet will experience some pain usually upon coming out of anesthesia. We suggest and can administer pain medication to your pet for the purpose of alleviating surgical pain after surgery, if needed.

 

Consent Form...

All the above mentioned items, pre-operative blood testing, electronic monitoring, and pain management are all listed on a consent form prior to your dropping off your pet for surgery. For the safety and comfort of your pet, we recommend that all options be answered "yes".

 

 

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