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  1. raygun

    Surgeon broke my cat's jaw during tooth extraction

    Iggy's surgery went great! Thank you for the information ,reassurance and guidance! I made a point of asking about all these issues you all raised. The specialist felt that the original operating vet (it was a vet and not a vet tech) had removed all parts of the tooth in question and that the...
  2. raygun

    Surgeon broke my cat's jaw during tooth extraction

    Thank you for the replies-- even though it's a terrible thing it's nice to know I'm not the only person to go through this. Iggy came home tonight and we've been managing his pain with buprenorphin. Any advice as to what to ask the specialist tomorrow or how to keep iggy happy and comfy is...
  3. raygun

    Surgeon broke my cat's jaw during tooth extraction

    Iggy went in today for what was supposed to be a routine cleaning. It turned out he had two resorptive lesions and they wanted permission to remove two teeth. We gave them the go ahead. Several hours later the surgeon calls back to say that while removing the first  tooth (lower canine) he...
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