"There is plenty of
time," my assistant
Nia said to me as I
put pressure on Dr
Daniel to perform a
speedy surgery on
the dog with a large
ear tumour outside
the ear and inside
the ear. "The dog is
4 years old."
Young dogs can take
a longer anaesthetic
time but I would
like this dog to be
operated within 15
minutes since it is
14 years old.
"He looks young," I
told Nia. "Look at
his thick white
cataract eye.
4-year-old dogs
seldom have such eye
cataracts." Nia did
not know that the
young lady owner had
taken great pains to
groom the dog after
an earlier
consultation with
me. She would be the
type who surf the
net for information.
She had blood test
done which showed
the dog was healthy
for surgery and also
a course of
antibiotics.
However, this dog
has heart murmurs
and any lengthy
surgery may lead to
heart failure.
So I was much
worried with this
case. The young lady
had nursed the ear
to a much less
infected mass and
declared that the
only tumour was
outside the ear
after a course of
treatment. So just
remove this external
ear tumour would do,
she said to me. "It
is far more serious
than that," I
advised. "The whole
of the vertical
canal is tumourous,
feel the hard lump
and compare to the
normal ear."
The dog survived the
anaesthesia although
she has a weak
heart. The owner
wanted her home on
the next day and
would nurse her
wounds. I gave an
Antisedan injection
IM to reverse the
drowsiness of
Domitor and the dog
woke up within 2
minutes. Old dogs
should get up fast
as prolonged
recumbency may lead
to respiratory or
cardiac failure.
Antisedan is a good
antidote. The lady
owner was happy as
her dog was alive.
No histopathology
was done to reduce
medical costs.
Speedy surgery is
necessary in old
dogs. However, this
case still took
around 50 minutes. I
am grateful that she
survived the
operation as old
dogs are extremely
high risk
anaesthetic
patients. Domitor +
Ketamine +
isoflurane + oxygen
were used.
TOA
PAYOH VETS
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