Our ever-so-sweet volunteer, Mary, called early this morning. She was worried about Tigger – Mary noticed some blood stains where Tigger slept on last night.
Being a Sunday, most of our vets are closed except for the one in PJ, so off we went to PJ.
We were attended to by the surgeon who had operated on Joanie last time – one of the best!
The surgeon explained at length what could have caused the blood stains – there are only three orifices in a cat from which it could bleed – the mouth (gingivitis or a wound due to biting a hard object), the nasal cavity or the urinary tract.
A urine sample would determine if it were from the urinary tract, but Tigger had just emptied his bladder.
So, we opted to take some blood from his arm to do a platelet count. My oh my, did our 10 year old “king” put up a fight! He was so upset and angry!! We had to do it twice before a teeny bit of blood could be taken.
Good news, the platelet count was normal.
The surgeon asked if Mary could collect a urine sample from Tigger….(from the King? Not very possible, I guess).
Mary was told to just monitor Tigger and see if there are further blood stains.
But Mary has decided to bring Tigger for a full medical check-up either tomorrow or on Tuesday. She is not taking any chances.
We had quite a hilarious visit, because even the surgeon joked that, for all the fuss we are making now, it could be just due to a wound caused by biting a hard object!
I asked the surgeon about my own Tiger and to cut a long story short, he says to go right ahead with acupuncture if it is helping Tiger. He believes it can help although it’s not part of “mainstream” practice.
This surgeon will be leaving for overseas to do his specialisation in imaging soon, and after that, he may not return to Malaysia. He said Malaysia just doesn’t have the facilities for him to practise what he wants in veterinary medicine. We are pretty behind time, and also….the public interest isn’t there yet.
Sobs….we cannot afford to lose all the good ones…..
But, that’s life.
Maybe animal-lovers should demand for more progressive and up-to-date facilities and expertise in veterinary medicine. After all, don’t we want the very best of the animals? If we don’t push for it, who will?
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Try using shredded paper instead of sand for litter because should there be any abnormalities in the pee or poo, it will be easier to spot so that you catch any problems early and long before the cat looks appears sick.