Mike&Buddy
Very Active Member
Hello everyone,
As some of you may or may not know Buddy has developed sores that flare up on and off frequently, sometimes they can be serious. They can be the size of a button or almost twice the of a dollar coin. They are possibly related to his FDB in some way or are at least not helping it. And we want to bring him in for a check up to the VHC center.
Everything in my mind and body is at full alert mode on this. It may sound eccentric but I think once you read my concerns you will understand. I would like some input on this, pro and cons please.
They want to do both blood work and a biopsy on his sores but here is where I get worried. They advise that they have to put him under anesthesia to do it. And the reasons I feel scared for this to be done is this.
1. He is asthmatic
2. He has a slight heart murmur
3. He is of course diabetic
4. And he is almost 13 years old
Putting him under scares the hell out of me with these conditions. You would think that they already know of this and would give other alternatives. The vet that sees him already told me over a year ago because he had pre-asthma conditions and a heart murmur that a dental for him was not a good idea and to work at scraping and picking what tarter off his teeth that I could.
I am wondering if they could just sedate him a little and let me be there with him. So am I being over reactive here? We need to do something, these sores are really getting bad.
Mike
As some of you may or may not know Buddy has developed sores that flare up on and off frequently, sometimes they can be serious. They can be the size of a button or almost twice the of a dollar coin. They are possibly related to his FDB in some way or are at least not helping it. And we want to bring him in for a check up to the VHC center.
Everything in my mind and body is at full alert mode on this. It may sound eccentric but I think once you read my concerns you will understand. I would like some input on this, pro and cons please.
They want to do both blood work and a biopsy on his sores but here is where I get worried. They advise that they have to put him under anesthesia to do it. And the reasons I feel scared for this to be done is this.
1. He is asthmatic
2. He has a slight heart murmur
3. He is of course diabetic
4. And he is almost 13 years old
Putting him under scares the hell out of me with these conditions. You would think that they already know of this and would give other alternatives. The vet that sees him already told me over a year ago because he had pre-asthma conditions and a heart murmur that a dental for him was not a good idea and to work at scraping and picking what tarter off his teeth that I could.
I am wondering if they could just sedate him a little and let me be there with him. So am I being over reactive here? We need to do something, these sores are really getting bad.
Mike