Meiji's S.O.S for Ah Hak

Meiji’s S.O.S this morning really made me worried. I thought it was one of the LLLP dogs that was seriously ill. Meiji had described to me on the phone that the dog’s mouth was open and she seemed critical.

Right after work, I rushed over to our meeting point for Meiji (the petrol station opposite Metropolitan College). Meiji arrived soon and I signalled for her to follow me. I was going to guide her to Healing Rooms which was very near from where we were.

Due to some strange miscommunication (which baffles me until now), as I was queuing up at the traffic lights, Meiji had already landed up at Bacfree in SS19/6, which was near USJ2. Until now, I have absolutely no idea how that could have happened, but never mind that. I drove over to Bacfree and guided her back to Healing Rooms.

The seriously ill dog was none other than Ah Hak – it isn’t one of the LLLP dogs, but one of Kwai Chee’s dogs who was spayed by PAWS during our spay-neuter campaign in Kampung Chamang on 19th January.

There were (I think) three “Ah Hak”s that day, but this one looked like the one who gave us all a near heart-attack when her heartbeat stopped on the table. (Kwai Chee’s dogs are named after their colour. “Ah Hak” means “black one”.)

Here’s Ah Hak. She looked ok to me, to my great relief! I had thought I would be looking at a dying animal, judging from the S.O.S from Meiji this morning.

It seems the suture had torn two days ago, and Ah Hak had stopped eating and also had vomiting and diarrhoea.

Dr Loh examined Ah Hak.

That’s the torn suture, where Ah Hak was spayed.

Meiji and I held Ah Hak down while Dr Loh examined her. According to Dr Loh, the wound didn’t look too serious. It just needed to be cleaned, and the dissolvable sutures had not dissolved so these had to be removed (similar to Sandra’s case), ie. the “wick effect”.

Ah Hak was, by my standards, “extremely cooperative”. She merely struggled a little when the undissolved sutures were pulled out. But being such a big dog, we were not strong enough to hold her down when the wound was being flushed, so another vet, Dr Zamzi had to be called in.

Here’s Ah Hak after treatment.

Meiji took Ah Hak back to Kampung Chamang (between Bentong and Raub), armed with medications for the healing of the wound, the diarrhoea and vomiting.

We sponsored the treatment for today.

Get well soon, Ah Hak, and rest well, Meiji.

Meiji’s S.O.S for Ah Hak