From:
Ulrike
Date: 2007-05-15 14:34:28 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Question: reaction to anesthesia
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I always believed that with gas anaesthesia, as soon as it is breathed
out, it is out of the system, so animals come round extremely quickly.
Neo had a huge operation, not comparable with a simple tooth
extraction. Such a big operation would explain the slow recovery, but I
don't think the anaesthetic was to blame for that. Also Neo probably
felt nauseous from the pancreatic surgery, maybe he even had a touch of
pancreatitis. Plus stomach ulcer on top. That would explain why he
reacted the way he did when he smelled his food.
Ulrike
> I've only had one experience with anesthesia, but it wasn't a good one. When Neo was in for insulinoma and adrenal surgery (done at same time) back in January, he was given gas anesthesia, but I don't remember the specific name of it. He was expected to be able to come home within two days, but was very slow to come around, and didn't come home for 4 days. When he did, it took a few more days before we were able to get him eating and drinking normally. Part of that may have been due to the ulcers that he was also fighting at the time, but I believe he just had a hard time getting the anesthesia out of his system. He also had a strange reaction. When we heated his soup a bit and it enhanced the aroma, he would begin to convulse when he smelled it, as if he were going to vomit. And this was just from the aroma, before he even was given any of the soup. We stopped heating the soup so that he could get close enough to it to eat it, and this reaction finally wore off also. But all in all it took 8 or 9 days for him to get back to 'normal' and to the point where he would eat out of his bowl, without our urging or help.
>
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