I think Eevee is blind after spay...

Megansmom said:
The beauty of this forum is you get tons of advice, support and suggestions! The challenge can be when you get pulled in every direction.

I have an elderly female cat, "Mindy" who has been on prescription Hills K/D Renal support for about 3 years and it has done wonders for her. :wink2:

Eevee is such a lucky girl to have you as her momma :smile2:
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SO true!! I had a horrible time trying to decide when the advice was opposite of what my vet suggested!
 
Megansmom said:
The beauty of this forum is you get tons of advice, support and suggestions! The challenge can be when you get pulled in every direction.

I have an elderly female cat, "Mindy" who has been on prescription Hills K/D Renal support for about 3 years and it has done wonders for her. :wink2:

Eevee is such a lucky girl to have you as her momma :smile2:
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I had a similar positive experience with a vet food. I hated the idea of giving it to Sadie and did everything I could at the time to avoid it, but all of Sadie's issues (digestive) ended when I tried the vet food.
 
sheltiemom4 said:
SO true!! I had a horrible time trying to decide when the advice was opposite of what my vet suggested!
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I know right!? My vet is very open minded, answers all my questions, is willing to listen to other ideas I've read and heard about and together we come up with a solution we both feel comfortable with.
 
OntarioSheltie said:
I had a similar positive experience with a vet food. I hated the idea of giving it to Sadie and did everything I could at the time to avoid it, but all of Sadie's issues (digestive) ended when I tried the vet food.
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Same here, isn't it amazing!? When you trust your vet, have educated yourself on all the options, you feel good about the choice you made.
 
marymrumfelt said:
A low-cost spay and neuter clinic (in the US) would most likely be a non-profit clinic that offers spaying and neutering at a lower cost than a vet and might also offer vaccines and wormers and flea medicines. Basic stuff. There's a vet who does the actually surgeries, but techs do almost everything else. Same level of schooling and all that as a regular vet/vet tech. They won't have much equipment other than what's needed for a spay/neuter, but the one I went to did have oxygen and that stuff. The one I went to also offered pre-anesthetic blood work, too. These clinics relay on donations more so than making the money back in profit from their customers. Lots of them, like the one in Austin, TX, received lots of funding and had a very, very nice facility.

Like someone else said, without them around, the amount of animals euthanized per year wouldn't have decreased anywhere like it has! They're trying to do a good thing and most of the time everything works out just perfect.
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I'm still struggling with this....maybe I'm missing something because the thread has meandered a little....but if a clinic or vet does a spay or neuter that results in these kind of side effects (whether low cost or otherwise), then to me that's malpractice? Am I out to lunch here?
 
You have to prove the problem is related to the anesthesia or medications given first.

Hope Evee is doing well today.
 
Jinee1 said:
After 8 hrs of IV fluids, Hills l/d food and on lactulose for 1 day, Eevee is back to her perky self today. Thank goodness. The vet left the catheter in her front leg just incase we needed to do more IV fluids today.

Took her back to the vet this morning and they took the catheter out because she didn't need anymore fluids. Eevee is eating 1/2 can of Hills l/d with 15 ml of lactulose twice a day now. She loves the taste of lactulose and licking the entire bowel just get that last drop of it. Makes me wonder what it tastes like. She's running around in the back yard, barking and wagging her tail and following me around the house everywhere like she used to before the spay. The vet I saw today was a different colleague of my vet who is still on vacation. She recommended that we keep Eevee on Hills l/d diet and lactulose for at least a month then do the blood test again to see if anything has changed. Apparently Eevee is showing text book symptoms of livershunt though. I'm hoping all her enzyme levels will be back to normal after 2 weeks of treatment. Crossing fingers.

However, I still made an appointment to get a second opinion on Saturday so I'll keep you posted. But seriously, this Hills l/d look totally gross. I thought c/d was bad, but man, this is even worse. But I guess if this is what will take to keep Eevee healthy, then I have no choice. It has 4% protein. Does anyone know of any other companies that sell good quality kibbles for dogs with liver problems? I know Royal Canine has one.

Thank you all for your prayers. Eevee is still not out of the woods yet so please keep her in your prayers. Today, for a second there, I thought she had stopped breathing and I nearly had a heart attack!! I shook her to make sure she was still alive! She is really keeping me on my toes.
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Good evening to you...how is little Miss Eevee doing??? :smile2:
 
BarbV said:
I'm still struggling with this....maybe I'm missing something because the thread has meandered a little....but if a clinic or vet does a spay or neuter that results in these kind of side effects (whether low cost or otherwise), then to me that's malpractice? Am I out to lunch here?
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I hate to be the one to point this out to you Barb, but yes, you are out to lunch :lol:

Vets are not responsible for animals that have reactions to certain anesthia medicines. Just like if they prescribed an antibiotic and the animal has a reaction, it is not their fault. The same goes for doctors and people.

It would be different if the client said.....my dog is allergic to this type of anesthia and they used it anyway. But, without knowing that the dog will have a reaction, they are not held responsible. Nor should they be.

I hope that clears it up some for you :wink2:
 
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Also, I know at my vets office, if a dog is going to have any type of procedure that involves anesthesia, I have to sign a release form, that says I will not hold them liable, for basically "anything bad happening, including death".
 
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