The Day Of Your Visit

Diet

The majority of our patients receive Science Diet or Iams canned and/or dry food. If you would like your pet to receive a special diet, please provide it at the time your pet is hospitalized. Additionally, please bring any medications your pet is currently receiving, as well as a brief note on the dose and frequency that the medications are to be given.

Safety & Comfort
To optimize anesthetic safety, we use:

• Well-trained and proficient technical personnel
• A variety of sensitive cardiopulmonary monitoring devices
• Continuous electrocardiography
• Apnea monitors
• End tidal carbon-dioxide sensors
• Oxygen saturation monitoring
• Continuous temperature and blood pressure monitoring

To minimize postoperative pain, we use:

• Epidural administration of local anesthetics and narcotic agents
• Local and regional anesthetic blocks
• Intravenous and intramuscular narcotic pain relievers
• Slow-release narcotic skin patches
• Oral pain relievers to be given at home