Hi Pauline -- I'm sorry for all the worry as well. On the lower cost schemes -- they are not useful for diagnostic purposes if you actually want your dog treated -- the low cost scans are very basic scans and consults to give breeders awareness of the status of their breeding dogs. Pet owners can use them too -- at a higher cost but still relatively low -- but again that doesn't involve treatment advice, or a full consult, and another full MRI would be needed for surgery.
I got a call from the vets practice manager, she got me an appointment for the 15th of this month at the Royal Veterinary College. She told me not to feed him after his evening meal the night before, I think, I felt so sick with nerves I couldn't take it in. I asked if he'd need the scan that day, she didn't know but I assume so if he can't eat. I hope they only sedate him and not put him under a general.