Today is the BIG day. The day of Lexxington's neuter surgery. I've been debating with myself for months over having this done, weighing the pros and cons, deciding if I have the money etc. I know that the money comment sounds bad, but the last time I had my mind made up about it, Lexx ended up having a UTI and I got a surprise 250$ vet bill. Then, the time after that.. a neurology appointment... so THIS time I decided that I'd just do it..regardless.
Dropped him off this morning. He was quite perturbed by the lack of puppy breakfast and even MORE upset about his KBr being shot straight down his throat. I have not seen a set of "upset ears" look quite so upset in some time!
Into the car, straight to the vet. Lexx loves the vet. Its a well known fact that vet people love dobermans and that EVERY time he goes there he gets cuddled, patted, cooed over and COOKIES. No cookies this time boy, sorry.
Weighed him in at 29.9kg... a grand total of 65lbs... sigh.. so much for getting a big dog.
I was informed that he would be put on liquid valium to prevent seizures during the procedure and that he would be given another dose afterwards. I'm going to have one STONED dobe when I go to pick him up tonight.
Normally they require that dogs stay over night after a neuter so that they can keep an eye on them and give them more pain drugs in the morning before they go home. My vet ( who i love) and I had already decided that Lexx would definitely be coming home, since dobermans are already known not to settle well in a kennel situation.
The thing that threw me about all of this was that the tech this morning claimed that he "should go home because i wouldn't want him seizuring here when he's alone"... i thought that they POINT of observation at the VET overnight was that the OBSERVED the animals...
anyways, i'm trying to concentrate on work, while i know that my little guy is stuffed in a kennel somewhere, un suspecting of what is to come next...poor baby.
hang in there lexx ball... or rather.. stop hanging...te he he
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I've been thinking about Lexx today. Can't wait to hear an update. I'm sure everything is going fine though! I think this surgery thing is harder on the moms than it is on the dogs! At least it was for me when Red was neutered!
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