Here ya go Baz,
Update on Henry's oral surgery. When we rescued him from the shelter, we knew his teeth had issues from the initial check from our vet. Over the course of the past 2.5 years, our vet has cleaned and extracted a couple of his teeth, noting the severity of his K9's. her concerns with removing those is the very thin membrane that separates the nasal passage and root, such that if it is ruptured by either infection or removal, she did not have the equipment to make the necessary repair.
Well, today in Henry's case, it was "worse case" scenario. What was suppose to be a two hour procedure with recovery ended up being much longer.... dropped off at 0900 and then picked up at 1600. I am very thankful that I made the 1.5 hour drive to this dental expert in a Grass Valley. Henry had two fistula from the K9's, one badly infected that required a double reinforced repair and then a molar was discovered so badly decayed that it was infecting the jaw bone. The vet stated that had our vet attempted this extraction, Henry's jaw would have likely been broken.
Needless to say, this little guy was run through the ringer and is in for a tough couple of days as meds wear off and his prescribed RX kicks in. He is a very quiet dog......normally but I guess he was grumbling a lot at the vet and has been noisy all night. I guess I would too if I had my mouth torn apart. The gal at the counter instructed me to start his meds in the morning but I just re-read the written instructions about starting the pain meds tonight. Needless to say we are now behind the pain management curve.
So class, what is today's lesson? Get your four legged family members teeth cleaned regularly. AND BRUSH THEIR TEETH ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS....(forgot to add that little nugget, as pointed out on a later post)
The vet did say that these teeth were more likely the cause of all his woes this past year, tummy, feeling poorly, hacking, etc. he is likely to perk up a bit since he is now no longer in chronic tooth pain. Made me feel like a bad human/parent.
On the way to the vet and way to early for a car ride.
Upon our arrival:
You want me to go where for what???
Was given a light sedative to calm him down in the exam room. The funny part was that he fell into a deep sleep to the point where he coughed/hacked and farted at the exact time. Came from both ends.
Everything he endured
Even got a small bag with the majority of the four extracted teeth.
Little guy is uncomfortable to say the least.
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