spaying and neutering

[Charloot]

Hi everyone!

Well next friday Lola and Boris are off to the vets for their neutaring ops. What I want to know is should I have the pre-anaesthetic blood tests done? My vet offers them as optional and I am inclined to go for it but as they are both quite young (6mnths) is it worth it?

[citygirl]

I say absolutely, positively go for the pre-surgical blood work. That's when we discovered the liver enzyme problem with Maddie. She had the blood work-up prior to her spay and because her liver enzymes were off the charts (high), they wouldn't perform the surgery until they did some more tests to try to figure out what was causing it. In the end, she was spayed, even though we haven't found the root of the problem and the values still continue to climb higher. However, had I not had those tests performed, I most likely wouldn't have known that she has a chronic liver problem until she was on her deathbed. By finding out about it before she was critical, I have an opportunity to find and solve the problem.

[imogene]

Those tests are an important diagnostic tool and the vet will be-able to tell a lot about how your pups are going to handle anesthetic and surgery for having done them. We didn't know that the test were an option when we had Belzie Spayed and I was a total wreck. When she had eye surgery in August we had a panel done, and everything was normal, and it was a good indication that everything was going to go as well as it did.

Best of luck with your pups

[Charloot]

Thanks everyone we did talk about the anaesthetic they would be using and my vet told me it would be Isoflurane and Propofol, are these okay? I have tried to do a little research but my vet has two other frenchies on her books and has operated on them before. Also does anyone think it is a terrible idea that I am getting them done at the same time? I just thought it would be better for them both to be a bit 'sore' at the same time so neither one is bothering the other.