DOLORES ANIMAL HOSPITAL 970-882-7100
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    • 9 Pet check 2014
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Surgical Discharge Instructions
1) $$patient$$ had surgery today and was under general anesthesia, expect some sleepiness.  Please supervise access to children.
2) Please keep $$patient$$ in a climate controlled environment tonight with supervised access to stairs or potentially hazardous situations.
3) You may offer a small amount  of water first then if $$patient$$ handles this offer small amounts of food frequently.   If  $$patient$$ vomits please withhold all food until morning.  If teeth were pulled, please offer water soaked dry food or canned in addition to their regular diet.With extractions, a small amount of bloody drool is expected.
$$patient$$ should be eating and drinking and acting normally within 24 hours, if not , please call us 970-882-7100 during office hours.

4) Please monitor the incision site for redness, swelling, and/or drainage.
5) Please leash walk $$patient$$ pet or confine in the house for the next 7 days unless instructed differently.
6) Please make sure that $$patient$$ does not lick excessively at the incision site.  If the incision becomes red you may need to purchase an Elizabethan collar that we or pet stores carry or try a T-shirt or a Baby Onesie or sock to cover the incision.

$$patient$$ needs no suture removal.

 If medications are sent home, please administer all medications as directed starting at dinner tonight

  • Home page
  • Our Services
    • Surgical Services
    • Internal Medicine
    • Vaccinations
    • Dental services >
      • Dental Procedures
      • Dental handouts
    • Diarrhea
    • Puppy and Kitten wellness care
    • Senior Pets
    • In-House Laboratory
    • Diagnostic imaging
    • Emergency Care
  • Our Team
    • Our Staff
    • Our Doctors
  • Tour our facility
  • Contact us
  • Library on topics and handouts
    • First Aide
    • Cancer Therapy >
      • Referral
    • Info for dogs >
      • Allergy- itch relief
      • Bandaging
      • surgery discharge instructions
      • y 2 spay
      • Behavior problems >
        • Breeds and their diseases >
          • cat breeds
        • Aggression
        • Sibling Rivalry
      • diabetes
      • heart disease- heart valves
      • nutrition
      • Thyroid disease
      • Behavior >
        • training and annoying things your dog does
    • Info for Cats >
      • Administering pills, capsules and liquids to cats - links to videos
      • y2spay and neuter
      • abscesses
      • Diabetes
      • Cancer
      • Bandaging
      • Behavior problems >
        • fears and phobias
        • General principles and techniques
        • Aggression
        • Inappropriate urination
    • medication handouts
    • nutrition
    • Info for pocket pets
    • Info for Iquannas
    • Info for ferrets
    • pregnancy in humans
    • regulations
  • Employment forms
    • employment forms
  • Blog- interesting cases
  • Fun things we do in the community
    • 3rd through 5th graders at Dolores Animal Hospital perform teddybear surgery
    • Career day at Dolores Elementary School 2015
    • Dolores River Festival
    • Spaying and neutering on the Navahoe nation deep into Arizona
    • 9 Pet check 2014
    • newspaper articles
  • Deals and Specials and Links
    • Referral Rewards Program
    • Deals and Specials and Links
  • What our clients are saying about us,
  • patient and client pics