Originally Posted by sukismom (Post 1300776)

Last Tuesday we prepared our beloved pet Suki (shih Tzu) to have surgery on a torn ACL. She had the proper pre Op tests done the day before as always. As we have before we did have our concerns with any procedure where she had to be under anesthesia but there have never been any problems and we also had a Vet that had taken care of her for the past 10 years. Unfortunately this time as soon as the anesthesia was administered, she coded. The 2 Vets there did everything they could, even calling a Veterinary Cardiologist to assist. Nothing could be done. She passed away. Looking back I do not think that I would have done anything differently. At first I blamed myself for scheduling the surgery but it was the right thing to do, she had pain and something needed to be done. Sharing this information has nothing to do with any blame, just more or less therapeutic to talk about it. She was very special!