But she has had this problem for quite a while right? Medicated creams and special collars won't work forever. If something is 'wrong' back there, it needs to be corrected.
What makes you think you would lose her during surgery? Does she have another medical condition?
~Lindsay~
She is not going to be dehydrated if she is kept on IV liquids before during and after the procedure until she is awake enough to drink. Episioplasty is not a procedure that is going in the gut, it is a pretty straight forward procedure that corrects an external problem.
Oh I know that they won't work forever, we just were given new suggestions on it. I was told that we should culture the area and see exactly what bacteria is back there, that maybe we were using the "wrong" meds and creams for what might be there. I'm not totally dismissing surgery I just want to keep an open mind about all treatments. We think this is a condition she had long before we got her. We had it cleaned up for awhile then it really got agressive lately and thus the many vet trips.
We were told that it was 50/50 because she was so extremely dehydrated anyway and her fasting made it worse. He believes she has another underlying problem as to why she is so dehydrated. In the beginning her blood levels concerned him and he sent them to another lab and consulted someone in Akron and found out that because her urine gravity was "ok" they were her normal levels. He is just concerned about her drinking so much water and still being so dehydrated. We do crate her but she has a huge bowl bolted to her crate now so she can free drink.
He said he believes and so do the other vets that she will be fine under if they run iv's prior, during and after the surgery.
I just want to make sure we've done all we can before we make her go under. I know I'm probably over protective. Does that make me a bad mommy?
She is not going to dehydrate if kept on IV liquids before during and after the procedure until she is awake enough to drink. Episioplasty is a pretty straght forward procedure. It is not going into the abdomen, it is correcting an external problem/malformation. Yes, I do feel sorry for Halle because I know how sore and miserable the females with this problem can be, and I spent way more then $1,000. on creams, ointments, tests, specialists, collars (like the one I sent you) etc. before finding what the issue was and how to correct it. Once corrected there is no more swelling, sore, raw, miserable dog.