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Neighsayer

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    Rhabdo Scare After Routine Procedure At Vet

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    Is there a chance that your dog could have over-heated (temp > 103). This happened to one of my dogs after a dental and as he was waking up from the anesthesia. When they brought him out to me - I noticed that he was really panting and I had them take a temperature - it was 102 but within a few minutes went up to about 105. Over the next 30 minutes we cooled him down. This happened again with another vet visit. I started to have the staff check for over-temperature if he started breathing too hard and we were eventually able to control it better by giving gabapentin (calms them down) before his visits.

     

    When a dog overheats, there is dectruction of blood cells and I suppose it could possibly resemble rhabdo (I'd have to do much more reading to determine how accurate this is).

     

    I had that happen, too. Dog was in the hospital for a procedure. They called to tell me it went well, and he was waking up. Got another call a short time later. His temp was over 106, and they needed to cool him down. They wanted permission to do what they needed to do to get him stable. They didn’t want to have to take the time to call several times if the first step wasn’t working. They said it was something to be aware of in case he ever had to be put under in the future.
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