Addie was scheduled to go in for her spay surgery today. She had missed a prior appointment after getting into some food while she should have been fasting. So, I got up extra early and dropped her off at the vet's office. A few hours later, I got a phone call from the vet. Addie's pre-op assessment showed she had lost some weight since her last visit and the vet wanted to be sure she hadn't shown any signs of illness. She hasn't and after some discussion of her habits and current state (exam was good, everything normal), we decided to proceed. The vet said she'd call around noon.
At 11am, the phone rang again. The vet said that they had had to abandon the surgery shortly after induction (after Addie was put to sleep). Apparently, once she was under, Addie's heartrate dropped to 100 and her blood pressure went as low as 60, even as the vet and techs turned down and then off the anaesthetic. Once off anaesthetic, her vitals stabalized at that level. She was on IV fluids and her heartrate and bp rose into the normal range. After 7 hours on IV and careful watch, she was alert enough to come home.
The vet seems to feel she is just too lean to tolerate the anaesthetic, so we're to increase her calories, increase the frequency of her feedings, feed her separate from the others, and basically just pack as many pounds on her as possible. Then, we'll redo the pre-op blood work to check things out again, and decide whether to give it another try. If it turns out that weight gain doesn't help, we'll have to look into some other options for her.
Now, she is separated because she is hissing at the other cats (weird, we thought it'd be the other way around, since she'd be the stress-smelling one). Of course, when the door is closed, she cries and cries to be let out with them, the goofball. She seems okay but we're in for a long couple of nights because she will NOT be quiet. She always is vocal, but when she's separated from the others it's pretty much constant.
Can I get some vibes for her? Also, has anyone else had a similar experience?
At 11am, the phone rang again. The vet said that they had had to abandon the surgery shortly after induction (after Addie was put to sleep). Apparently, once she was under, Addie's heartrate dropped to 100 and her blood pressure went as low as 60, even as the vet and techs turned down and then off the anaesthetic. Once off anaesthetic, her vitals stabalized at that level. She was on IV fluids and her heartrate and bp rose into the normal range. After 7 hours on IV and careful watch, she was alert enough to come home.
The vet seems to feel she is just too lean to tolerate the anaesthetic, so we're to increase her calories, increase the frequency of her feedings, feed her separate from the others, and basically just pack as many pounds on her as possible. Then, we'll redo the pre-op blood work to check things out again, and decide whether to give it another try. If it turns out that weight gain doesn't help, we'll have to look into some other options for her.
Now, she is separated because she is hissing at the other cats (weird, we thought it'd be the other way around, since she'd be the stress-smelling one). Of course, when the door is closed, she cries and cries to be let out with them, the goofball. She seems okay but we're in for a long couple of nights because she will NOT be quiet. She always is vocal, but when she's separated from the others it's pretty much constant.
Can I get some vibes for her? Also, has anyone else had a similar experience?