When I was kissing my mom the other day she told me I had really bad breath. How embarrassing! My veterinarian told her my stinky breath was due to dental disease. Ugh! A few days later she brought me to my favorite doctor for a dental cleaning.

(THAT'S ME!)

When I arrived at the hospital the doctor examined me and drew a blood sample. They used this cool machine to tell them that my organs were healthy enough to go under anesthesia.



They told me that they were putting a catheter in the vein on my front leg to make sure I could go under anesthesia safely.



They gave me an injection of pain medicine and I felt a nice calm feeling. Then I had an injection called Propofol to make me really sleepy.



While I was sleepy and dreaming about chasing squirrels, they put a tube in my windpipe. This tube kept my lungs free of water and debis from my mouth while my teeth were cleaned. It also helped the nice technician give me big breaths so I had enough oxygen while I was asleep.



Once I had my tube in place, the doctor and technician connected it to the anesthesia machine so with every breath, Sevofluorane (the same gas anesthetic they use in children) went into my lungs to keep me asleep. I slept through the whole thing, so I wasn’t nervous at all! Then they connected the fluid pump to my catheter to keep me hydrated and help my kidneys and liver to process the anesthetic drugs.

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