Quote: connie sutherland

Sarah, do you know about this anesthesia?

Our hospital always had it in stock and it was used in the cases you described. At one point we had a lot of Greyhounds as clients. I believe our docs also used it as a pre-anesthetic for major surgeries.

It's similar to Domitor, with the advantage (as I recall) that you don't have to use a reversal "wake-up" drug. Both are really amazing and great for short procedures.

I do want to add, since you mention Luna and I've read other similar posts, that I strongly disapprove of any hospital that sends groggy, staggering, vomiting post-op animals home before they've fully recovered. It's a terrible position to put an owner in and an unnecessary risk to the animal. Someone mentioned having to carry their dog??!! It's wrong, it's dangerous, and it's completely unacceptable, IMHO. Rant over.

Anesthesia has, happily, come a long way from the bad old days when it wasn't so safe. There was a period when a certain anesthetic, maybe the only one available, caused a high number of fatalities. The memory of that has lingered, even though that drug is no longer used. Doing pre-op blood work and using MUCH better drugs have dramatically increased the odds that nearly all animals go home healthy...like Oliver.

 Quote: Yuko Blum

It never really occurred to me that dogs with poorly placed teeth (too crowded etc.) could have so much trouble with buildup even on a raw diet.

These aren't the greatest pictures. Still maybe the can show how abnormalities, even minor, could cause problems with build-up.

Also, they are post-cleaning. Use your imagination and think of plaque build-up at the end of the arrow.

The following 2 pics show 2 teeth that are just a *little* too close together. Pic isn't the best, but to give you an idea, they are spaced kinda' like slats on window blinds.
Overlapping-right side
Overlapping-left side Looking closely, you can see some brown staining where plaque likes to accumulate.

These 2 pictures show how one sideways tooth can affect multiple teeth on the opposite jaw.
Sideways tooth
Loss of shearing action caused by sideways tooth

Yes. Even flat-face dogs can go into surgery now without looking at almost a 10% chance of not coming out.

No wonder the memories linger, but I feel like shouting from the rooftops about this wonderful result that lil senior flat-face Oliver is experiencing!

 Quote: sarah morris

, with the advantage (as I recall) that you don't have to use a reversal "wake-up" drug.

Correct.

 Quote: Michael_Wise

 Quote: Yuko Blum

It never really occurred to me that dogs with poorly placed teeth (too crowded etc.) could have so much trouble with buildup even on a raw diet.

These aren't the greatest pictures. Still maybe the can show how abnormalities, even minor, could cause problems with build-up.

Also, they are post-cleaning. Use your imagination and think of plaque build-up at the end of the arrow.

The following 2 pics show 2 teeth that are just a *little* too close together. Pic isn't the best, but to give you an idea, they are spaced kinda' like slats on window blinds.
Overlapping-right side
Overlapping-left side Looking closely, you can see some brown staining where plaque likes to accumulate.

These 2 pictures show how one sideways tooth can affect multiple teeth on the opposite jaw.
Sideways tooth
Loss of shearing action caused by sideways tooth

That sideways tooth: Oliver had that, but two of them, right against each other. Just enough room between them near the gumline to accumulate crud.

Michael, you must be as pleased and happy for the dog as I am.

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

Michael, you must be as pleased and happy for the dog as I am.

Yep.:smile:

 Quote: Michael_Wise

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

Michael, you must be as pleased and happy for the dog as I am.

Yep.:smile:

I'm REALLY glad its over, too.

I was cool until this morning when I woke up and then my mind started wondering. What if, what if, what if.......

I wasn't worth a crap all day at work. It was all I could do to wait for the vet to call me and not call them every 10 minutes.

Update: I got a couple of deep whiffs of Oliver's mouth today. (I didn't want to pry open his probably-achey jaw before.)

After breakfast all I could smell was his fish oil (faintly).

A couple of hours later, the closest I can come to describing the smell is the smell of lake water when you are in it. Wet.

No "off" odor at all.

I'm so glad they're both doing well!

Teagan got a 'her teeth look great' pass at the vet's today, and she said to expect from $600-1200 for Luc (upper end if he needs any teeth pulled, which I don't think he does, hopefully).