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money lulu
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posted December 29, 2003 03:10 AM
Dear dog lovers,
I got a dog, crossbreed, called Money who's dead on silent night(24.12.2003). His hind legs have been shaking for almost a year. At the begining, I guess that he is old and so he become weaker like the elderly. But after having the myelogram, I was told that the 2 areas of the nerve of his spine are pressed (about 60%) by the soft tissue inbetween the spine. He is suggested to have a surgery so as to remove those substances.
After the surgery, the Dr. called me and told me that Money's finished the surgery successful and 5-6months is required for recovery as the spinal problem is quite servere. However, after 20 minutes, the Dr. called me again and brought me bad news. She said that Money suddenly stopped breathing by himself.
Below is the Dr.'s report:
On recovery, do appeared fairly normal, slightly twitchy and vertical nystagmus, howling for a few seconds, diazepam 5 gm IV given, responded well. Breathing normally, colour pink.
About 20 minutes later, developed acute respiratory arrest (cyanosis), entubated immediately and started CPR (oxygen, positive ventilation), atropine 1 ml given IV, incresd fluid to 200 ml/hr, Millophylline 1.5 ml IM, Dopram 0.5 IV, Dex 5 ml IV.
Dog started to breath on own, but still grasping intermittently. No PLRs bilaterally, no corneal/palpebral/ oculovestibular reflexes. 15 minutes later, respiration started to stop again--> ventilated. Extremely hopeless prognosis as brain-dead likely. Brainstem function diminished. Advise stop CPR, owner agreed.
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As the Dr. told me that his brain is dead. For the good sake of my dog, I agreed stopped CPR. So can anyone help me out if there is anything wrong with the surgery or post-surgery fault? too much anesthetic? they didn't pay enough attention to my dog after the surgery? I'm very frustrated as they told me the surgery is successful. however, my dog has once been concious for 20 minutes but then gone.
Sad girl, virginia
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lou3
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posted December 29, 2003 04:58 AM
Its possible the dog had an allergic reaction to the diazapam or that an unforseen complication arose from the surgery. I suggest you have a Post Mortem done to establish cause of death, however there is a known risk with all types of surgery and all drugs so if the cause was one of these two things your vet is not to blame. These things happen, its terrible but they do and a lot of the time there is no1 to blame - much as we would like there to be.
Lou
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Dawn
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posted December 29, 2003 11:19 AM
I agree that it was probably either a reaction to the drug, or his system was not strong enough to handle being put to sleep for surgery.
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bearsmom
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posted December 30, 2003 10:26 AM
Our vet gives the option to do blood work prior to putting the dogs under. I guess it's supposed to help them determine whether and/or how much anesthetic to use. They recommend it for older dogs, especially. Does your vet do that?
I'm asking because that might give some insight into what happened to your dog. I'm not asking as a way to point the finger at your vet. I don't think that a vet would put a dog under if they thought that the dog couldn't handle it, but I know it happens.
It could be related to your dog's age and health problems.
I'm terribly sorry for your loss.
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Dawn
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posted December 30, 2003 10:36 AM
Oh yes, I didn't even think of that. It's becoming fairly standard. Our vet would not put our little dogs under without doing the blood work. It checks liver enzymes and stuff like that to determine whether or not the can handle it.
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