Spay surgery

Poochie is now almost 1 year old.
It is time to get spayed which we knew we should but still very afraid of.
Our first bun died during neuter surgery.

We've been looking for a low cost, experienced vet for many months.
We found one finally and it is about 45 min away, and went to checkup first.

We requested a blood test, which was our choice, but they could not draw blood from Poochie because her vein is too small and she struggled like mad.

We went back to the local vet and she was able to do it for us!
It was extra money ($70) but worth it.
After 2 days, we got result and the local vet told us Poochie is good to go.

Today, we dropped off Poochie at our new vet in 8:30.
We waited in a cafe nearby since we wanted to close to Poochie in case something happened.

Around 10 PM, the doctor called and told us that Poochie is fine and awake. It was a relief!

When we picked her up one hour later, Poochie looked ok...
The doctor said pain medication may not be needed since the pain med she gave her would work 2 days. So we took the word for it and did not ask for pain killer. It was a mistake.

At home, Poochie jumped out from her carrier and into the cage (before even stopping her) and she did not eat or move for a long time. She tried to go to the litter box and she seems like having hard time to move her hind legs and her body.
She was obviously in pain. I tried to give her pellets, veggies (her favorites), hays, treats but she did not take anything for several hours. She just drank a little water from a bowl.

Late night, she finally ate 2 carrot tops.

We stayed up most of the night to watch her.


She is in pain after surgery..













Checked the wound. There are 5 stitches.