Re: spaying

[laurieskatz]

Lynne, maybe you can request oxygen? My Frankie is having surgery to remove 
some lumps and have them biopsied tomorrow. He is asthmatic. I requested 
oxygen.
L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: spaying


Thanks Dede,

I realize I'm concerned about a procedure that is routine but I was still
worried about her little pushed in nose and having difficulty in breathing
while under but the technician I spoke to told me that she would be
carefully monitored during the procedure.  After all she has been through 
in
her short 3 years I just feel bad about having to subject her to anything
that involves pain.  She's just so happy now.  And I'm still kind of in
disbelief about what happened with BooBoo.  I just don't take anything for
granted anymore when it comes to my pets.

Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: "dede hicken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: spaying


Lynne,

I know how you feel.  Your new little one is healthy.  If you go to a
capable vet that uses iso for anesthesis, and does monitoring, she'll be
fine.  I have seen the proceedure done many times.  We waited almost a 
year
to do our Dusty because she has a hypoplastic trachia, and asthma.  I was 
a
basket case, but my wonderful vet called a specialist, and they used a
kitten sized tube to intubate her during the surgery.  She is now 10 yrs
old...fat and very content.

Good luck and God bless.
Dede




"When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the
service of your God"
                   Mosiah 2:17


--- On Thu, 4/24/08, Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: spaying
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 9:47 PM
> Hi all,
>
> I haven't posted in a while but have been reading all
> the emails.  I guess this is a little off topic but I need
> some reassurance.  This coming Thursday we are taking our
> Snowy in to be spayed.  It was part of the contract I
> signed when we adopted her from the foster mom. She's
> the rescued girl we got after BooBoo died.  She's a 3
> year old persian and I am scared to death about doing this.
>  We've had her for about a month and the vet thought it
> a good idea that we wait til she adjusted to us, which took
> about a day.  She had been neglected in the past and had
> basically lived in a cage until she was rescued.  She had
> feline herpes and a respiratory infection when she was
> taken but recovered nicely and was immunized when we got
> her.  I just keep thinking that if we had not had BooBoo
> neutered he may have fared better.  I truly believe that it
> hastened his demise.  I hope I'm wrong about this and
> even though we have always had our cats neutered, I realize
> spaying is a little more complicated.  The vet assured us
> she would be fine but if we lost her I don't think
> we'd ever recover.  She is an amazing precious little
> girl.  We haven't had a younger cat in the house for a
> long time and she is so playful and comes to bed with me
> every night when I go upstairs.  She talks to us all the
> time in these little meows and you can tell she is really
> happy.
>
> The field worker who investigated BooBoo's previous
> owners came by last week to meet her and see how she was
> doing and was amazed at her too.  He commented that we were
> lucky to get her because hundreds of people applied.
> She's kind of a poster child in this area for abused
> animals.  He also said she was very lucky to have got us,
> which was very nice of him.
>
> Lynne



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