Yesterday, I reluctantly had my dog nuetered.
I brought him in at 8:30 am and went to pick him up at 5:30pm that afternoon. When they brought him out, he was still somewhat out of it. I even questioned whether he knew me or not. He had been through a lot and I just assumed he would snap out of it later in the night That he just needed more time to recover. The tech, at the last minute of me ready to take him, looked concerned and checked his gums for color then wanted the dr to check him one last time to be sure he was ok before I left. Well, he did and found he was bleeding internally as his gums were white. He told me thank god that the tech noticed this as he probably wouldn't have made it through the night. (not comforting to hear) They kept him over night and performed surgery on him ( never called me to inform me of his status and what they had performed on him.) I found this out later today (one day later) and he his doing horrible. I have been to see him and I am just baffled on his condition. He is in pain, very lethargic, disoriented, doesn't know who I am and does not respond to my voice. he cannot stand on his own nor even lift his head with out help. I was informed his surgery was performed at 1:00 am and hasn't had any more meds since 11am today. they have him on an iv and have had him on it all day. They told me his temp went up to 104.9 at about 2:00 pm today, they packed him in ice and brought the temp down.
The last time I was with him, 7:30 pm, a whole day later and he is doing horrible and still doesn't know who I am. I thought getting your animal was a simple procedure with very little risks, if any at all.
My question to you, "What would cause this for him to be like he is now?" Is it possible for him to recover from this and live a normal life? To me he appears to be like, in a vegetable state. Please help me to understand with what is going on. they don't have any answers or reasonings to tell me, if anything at all. there is a lot more I could add to this but it would take forever to explain in writing. Please let me know what you think and if you want, you can call me. I will be up for quite a while. I can't sleep and I'm staying awake to call the animal hosp. to check in on his progress.
One more thing I would like to add is, the vet who performed the surgery to stop the internal bleeding, has not called me once to tell me how the operation went or any info on him what so ever. What does that tell you???
thank you and I'll wait for your reply. if you did want to call, my number is 352-200-8167
thanks again, Kathy
