Originally posted by Kirsten

I'm worrying about the anesthesias though - especially since Lily will soon be spayed. I know they are necessary, but it's scary to think about the risks.

I copied this from my new vet's website:

"All of our patients are anesthetized using Isoflurane gas anesthetic, the most modern gas anesthetic available today and widely used in human anesthesia. An important safety feature of Isoflurane is that it is eliminated from the body by simply exhaling. This reduces the amount of work organs such as the liver and kidneys perform in breaking down and eliminating drugs."

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If you can, find out what type of anesthetic your vet uses for surgeries. When Nakita was spayed, they used Ketamine, and I will NEVER allow another vet to give that to her again. Thanks goodness she did recover.She was spayed at 10am and she didn't come out of the anesthetic till 8 am the next day!! When I went to see her she looked like she had brain damage the way she was acting. It was a horrible day for me since the vet even started to worry about Nakita's limited response!

I started researching Ketamine and found many stories of pets having severe problems with it. So please check with your vet and see if they can use Isoflurane for any future surgeries.

RIP Jessy.