Making the decision to put your dog or cat under anesthesia can be scary. Dr Wigington provides excellent surgical care protocols to help make the process easier. If your pet needs surgery, we like to customize care for them (due to weight, breed, underlying medical conditions, age, and sex). If Dr Wigington has not met you or your pet before, we will create a time for you to come in for a complimentary pre-anesthetic consult to meet her and our staff, go over a medical plan with costs, and discuss any concerns you may have. We then can schedule the surgery or anesthetic procedure for your pet.

Call to schedule a complimentary pre-surgical or dental consultation 979-846-8716

Some of the anesthetic procedures we perform are: spays and neuters, bladder stone surgeries, exploratory surgery, foreign body removal, laceration repair, cherry eye surgery, soft tissue surgery, and dental cleanings.

The day of the procedure, we will:

• Take a blood sample from your pet and run a blood panel and cbc to ensure their all their internal systems are functioning well. If anything is abnormal on the blood panel, we will NOT do the anesthetic procedure for the safety of your pet. 
• Place a catheter in their arm and administer intravenous fluids before, during, and after anesthesia. This is done to support blood pressure, rehydrate your pet, and also allows us to administer medications.
• Give your pet medications to support their blood pressure and heart rate, as well as a mild sedative/pain reliever.
• Start anesthesia with a human-grade anesthetic medicine, and then place an endotracheal tube to support breathing and administer anesthetic gas and oxygen.
• A veterinary technician will monitor your pet’s oxygen saturation levels, blood pressure, ECG, pulse, respiration rate, and capillary refill time while the doctor performs your pet’s procedure.
• Surgical/Medical cleanliness and care will be maintained at all times during the procedure.
• Pain medication will be given before your pet wakes up from anesthesia to minimize discomfort.
• A technician and the doctor will continue to monitor your pet as they come out of anesthesia.  
• A technician or doctor will call you when your pet wakes up to let you know how everything went, and to schedule a discharge appointment time for later that day.
• At the discharge appointment, the doctor or technician will go over medications, at-home instructions, answer any questions, and schedule any follow-up visits. You are free to call us at any time if you have any questions.

Even if you don’t choose us for your pet’s surgery or anesthetic procedure, we highly recommend the above protocol for maximum safety of your pet. If you are calling around at different veterinary clinics for this type of service, please ask if your pet will receive a similar protocol. We want what is best for your pet!!!