[Dailydrool] crying after surgery

[Beverly Szaton]

Chances are really good that it wasn't so much pain Gus was feeling but the
after-effects of the anesthesia.(Which is not to say he was not also in
pain)  We didn't like to send dogs home until they were not only awake but
had urinated on their own-- that is, on a walk-- and able to function. Most
dogs thrash and cry and scream coming up from anesthesia. The last time
Cooper had anesthesia he had a really rough time, and the common drugs to
calm dogs are not drugs you can give a Belgian.
Usually Doc makes me go home but this time I decided to stay and the
situation was so distressing to Cooper that I finally brought him home and
literally held him down on a bed until he woke up a bit. He APPEARED awake
before that but wasn't, really. It was a bad and ugly event.
I KNOW BETTER than to hang around while one of my dogs is waking up,
especially Cooper who historically has a hard time throwing off the effects.
Get your dog up and outside to pee. The sooner they pee the sooner they
start  getting rid of the drugs.
We had little dogs-- Chihuahuas and Papillions and like that-- who had to be
swathed like a baby in a blanket and carried around until the drugs wore
off, or they would scream for hours. We finally concluded that little
round-headed dogs process anesthesia differently-- and not as well. We had
no scientific evidence just what we dealt with and an educated guess. So
please don't write and say I'm wrong, I well could be.

MomPerson, who is going to listen to Doc next time and let the dog wake up
completely without me there.
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