Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Just came from our regular vet. It's a foxtail embedded deep in Monty's ear. The inept creature examining him tried to send us home with antibacterial meds because "the ear canal is plugged with the discharge and we cannot really see if the ear drum is ruptured". Had to tell them to go flush the ear and check the ear drum. We are supposed to go back at 1PM to have him sedated and the foxtail removed.
Could I trust them not to screw this up? How stupid could they possibly be? Or shall we drive 50 mins to the nice emergency hospital?
OMG, thank heaven you found this.
So to clarify, the vet did not find the foxtail until you said to flush the ear and check the eardrum? That's pretty bad.
However, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that unless this vet is a complete hamhanded moron, as far as I know, this is not complex surgery. My biggest concern would probably be: Don't they mean general anesthesia rather than "sedated"? And if so, do they have a dedicated anesthesiologist on Saturdays (meaning handles nothing during the procedure but the anesthesia and the support around the anesthesia)? Will an IV catheter be in place?
I'm not a health professional.
Anesthesia has come a long way, but I always opt for all the "extras," like the dedicated anesthesiologist, and like the IV catheter in place (no one should be flailing around trying to get that in place in the middle of an anesthesia emergency, and IV fluids can keep the blood pressure up), and like the anesthesiologist monitoring the patient until he's awake.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Oh ... not general.
A shot of what? Do you feel confident about it?
Please let us know when it's done! I can just imagine his (and your) relief.
My granddog (a Border Terrier) went through this. Poor guy had a pretty bad infection. He didn't shake his head and there was no sign until he yelped when his head in the area of his ear was touched. Poor little guy.
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Of course I am not confident!
2 shots - a painkiller and a sedative, some medicinal names, meaning nothing to me. Asked them if they have resources to fix it if something goes wrong. They said yeah yeah blah blah. I am probably worrying too much. Monty has been through anesthesia back in Nov when they neutered him at the shelter. The pre-op bloodwork was normal. He's supposed to be able to go home in 45 mins.
This is the last time we've been to this place, I swear.
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Monty is back home, sleeping in his crate. It was a huge foxtail. Judging by the condition it was in there for a very long time, maybe even since November. Poor guy. And he wasn't even shaking/scratching that much, it was mostly the discharge that got me worried.
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