|
|
|
|
904-724-6644 |
About Us
MY PET HAS TO HAVE SURGERY?!!??!
Having surgery on your pet is always a scary experience. We try to make the experience as least stressful as possible. When your pet arrives for surgery in the morning, our surgical nurse will discuss the impending surgical procedure and answer any questions you may have.
Once we admit your pet, we do a complete physical, including all vital signs, to make sure there have been no changes. We then draw blood for testing of the liver and kidneys, to be sure they are OK. You pet will then have a shaved front leg, from where we place the IV catheter. We then give an injection of a pain medication, so that we can help to reduce the pain your pet may feel after surgery.
We use the same medications for anesthesia as they do for you when you have surgery. After the induction of anesthesia, we intubate (or place a tube in your pets throat) to because we use an inhaled anesthesia for the entirety of the surgery. We then place a local block around the area that is going to have surgery. This is usually lidocaine, what they would use to 'numb you up' at the dentist.
The doctors and nurses wear hats masks and gowns, just like in human surgery. Each animal has their own sterile pack of surgical instruments (we hate to have to say this, but we have all seen places that use the same instruments on multiple animals).
We use several different types of monitoring devices during surgery to track you pets vital signs.We have 2 veterinary nurses in the room to both monitor your pet and assist the doctor. We take vital signs throughout the surgery to assure that your pet is safe. Your pet is resting on a heated blanket and their temperature is closely monitored.
Before the doctor finishes surgery, we give another injection of a pain medication. The injection we gave prior to surgery is now at its peak effect, and as that starts to wear off, the second injection begins to work. The "local" injection also helps to decrease your pets pain. The tube will stay in your pets throat until they are recovered. Once they are extubated and starting to wake up, the doctor or the surgical nurse will call you to update you. Recovery usually occurs in the arms or laps of one of our staff. You may catch a few of them on the floor napping with their patients!
We like to send your pet home the same day for almost all surgeries. If your pet has an orthopedic (bone surgery) we will keep them over night. Bone surgeries do include feline declaws. We like to book you an appointment to speak with the surgical nurse when you pick up your pet. We go over all discharge instructions and pain management.
Surgery is a scary, but we strive to make it as safe and painless as possible. Please contact us with any questions you may have!
Having surgery on your pet is always a scary experience. We try to make the experience as least stressful as possible. When your pet arrives for surgery in the morning, our surgical nurse will discuss the impending surgical procedure and answer any questions you may have.
Once we admit your pet, we do a complete physical, including all vital signs, to make sure there have been no changes. We then draw blood for testing of the liver and kidneys, to be sure they are OK. You pet will then have a shaved front leg, from where we place the IV catheter. We then give an injection of a pain medication, so that we can help to reduce the pain your pet may feel after surgery.
We use the same medications for anesthesia as they do for you when you have surgery. After the induction of anesthesia, we intubate (or place a tube in your pets throat) to because we use an inhaled anesthesia for the entirety of the surgery. We then place a local block around the area that is going to have surgery. This is usually lidocaine, what they would use to 'numb you up' at the dentist.
The doctors and nurses wear hats masks and gowns, just like in human surgery. Each animal has their own sterile pack of surgical instruments (we hate to have to say this, but we have all seen places that use the same instruments on multiple animals).
We use several different types of monitoring devices during surgery to track you pets vital signs.We have 2 veterinary nurses in the room to both monitor your pet and assist the doctor. We take vital signs throughout the surgery to assure that your pet is safe. Your pet is resting on a heated blanket and their temperature is closely monitored.
Before the doctor finishes surgery, we give another injection of a pain medication. The injection we gave prior to surgery is now at its peak effect, and as that starts to wear off, the second injection begins to work. The "local" injection also helps to decrease your pets pain. The tube will stay in your pets throat until they are recovered. Once they are extubated and starting to wake up, the doctor or the surgical nurse will call you to update you. Recovery usually occurs in the arms or laps of one of our staff. You may catch a few of them on the floor napping with their patients!
We like to send your pet home the same day for almost all surgeries. If your pet has an orthopedic (bone surgery) we will keep them over night. Bone surgeries do include feline declaws. We like to book you an appointment to speak with the surgical nurse when you pick up your pet. We go over all discharge instructions and pain management.
Surgery is a scary, but we strive to make it as safe and painless as possible. Please contact us with any questions you may have!