Healing Paws Veterinary Clinic

Healing Paws is a wellness and urgent care animal hospital located in Springfield, MO.

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Veterinary Surgery

Our veterinarians are are highly-skilled and compassionate doctors who routinely perform complex surgeries to help improve the quality of life for your pet. From minimally invasive procedures, to orthopedic fracture/ligament repairs and more intensive procedures like cancer, our surgeons work closely with pet owners to provide the most comprehensive pet health care possible.

Upon pre-surgical consultation, we will discuss both surgical and non-surgical options for you and your pet. We are sensitive to the financial requirements of veterinary care and work hard to offer our expert services at a reasonable price.

Surgery

Examples of surgical procedures provided at our animal clinic:

  • Elective spay and neuter
  • Emergency surgical care
  • Gastroenterologic procedures
  • Urinary procedures
  • Routine and extensive dental procedures
  • Cancer-related surgery and reconstruction
  • Wound care

Surgery day can be a stressful day for pets and pet owners alike. Our animal hospital shares your concerns for the health, safety and comfort of your pet. That’s why our top priorities are safe, predictable anesthesia and comfortable recovery from surgery. To help ensure the safest surgical experience for your pet, pre-surgical bloodwork is highly recommended on all routine surgeries, required for pets over six years of age, and required for any invasive procedures. This helps us to determine that your pet is free of infection, has a high enough platelet count to help clot their blood appropriately at their incision sites, and to ensure that important organs that help clear anesthesia medications from their system, such as the liver and kidneys, are healthy enough for your pet to undergo anesthesia. Any abnormalities in these values will be discussed with the owner prior to anesthesia and alternatives to surgical procedures may be discussed if in the best interest of your pet.

To optimize anesthetic safety, our veterinarians use:

  • Well-trained and proficient technical personnel
  • A variety of sensitive cardiopulmonary monitoring devices
  • Continuous electrocardiography
  • Oxygen saturation monitoring
  • CO2 and respiratory monitoring
  • Continuous temperature and blood pressure monitoring
  • Warming devices to help maintain safe body temperature

To minimize post-operative pain, our veterinarians use:

  • Minimally invasive surgical techniques whenever possible
  • Local and regional anesthetic blocks
  • Intravenous and intramuscular narcotic pain relievers
  • Oral pain relievers to be given at home

COVID-19 Service Announcement

Effective March 17, 2020 until further notice
 
We at Healing Paws Veterinary Clinic understand the spread of viruses because we deal with them every day in our patients. Therefore, we are keenly aware how a virus on the scale of COVID-19 can quickly impact the health of our clients and team members. Veterinary clinics are considered essential services. Therefore, our team has to stay as healthy as possible in order to continue caring for your pets in the months to come.
 
As a precaution, we are going immediately to curbside service. Please bring your cell phone to your visit and call the front desk at (417) 886-7070 when you arrive. A team member will come outside and retrieve your pet and perform their veterinary services while you wait in the comfort of your own car. We will provide the same service for prescription medication and prescription food pick up. We also ask that if you are showing any signs of illness that you reschedule your visit or send another caregiver with your pet. If we all work together and take the risk seriously and help mitigate spread and exposure, we will be able to better keep our team healthy so we can be here for pets who need us. Please be patient with us as we work to continue to serve our community.