Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Easing back into normality

    It was great that I could sleep last night, in my own bed! Three weeks ago, when I was being dosed by the GP clinic with a multitude of strong medicines, I had trouble sleeping. Then, when I was in the hospital being properly treated by the lung specialist, I could finally sleep but the…

  • Juno, on top of the world!

    Here’s little Juno at Bunny’s Place for her daily sunshine, but she’s on top of the world now! How fast they grow!!

  • Of cat food and today’s feeding (by me again)

    This is a very long blogpost, meant for readers who haven’t been following us from the start, in 2009. If you have, please just skip the first half and scroll right down to today’s feeding photos! For those who are new to this blog (we are more than 15 years old), please allow me clarify…

  • Thank you very much, dear friends

    Thank you very much, dear friends, for joining me on my recent journey with pneumonia and being there for me. Thank you very much for all your kind wishes and healing thoughts. It means the world to me that I wasn’t alone in this fight.

  • The long, long road to recovery begins…

    Weight check – how much weight did I gain by sitting in the hospital room for 4 days straight? None!! Yay! Otherwise, my months of efforts to lose 7kg over 4 months would have gone to waste. At least I don’t have to start from scratch in this area. Now, begins the long, long road…

  • Home!!!!

    As soon our gate opened and we drove in, Gerald sounded the alarm and hasn’t stopped meowing yet!! All the Monsters came to Stargate and congregated there. Happiness is being able to clean litter boxes, feeding them a snack and taking a good bath with both hands functional!! Now, I have to do laundry. Back…

  • This morning’s breakfast

    The wonders of Whatsapp, truly. This morning, while I was having my IV-infusion done, I was also texting new instructions for the cats’ feeding and supplementation. Here are some photos. Juno has regained her appetite after yesterday’s third vaccination! Husband says he wants try this combo for the Blondies to make them eat the Cubgrub.…

  • I am going home….TODAY!!

    Early discharge!! CRP dropped to 38.2! The stars are aligned! Two more IV-infusions today and I am good to go! That should be at 7pm. To continue with oral Augmentin and oral Doxy. Specialist fully acknowledges my phobia of SJS. It was between Levofloxacin and Augmentin. Also, I’ve taken Augmentin before. Levofloxacin would be new…

  • Here comes a funny story from the hospital (Syncope episode averted)

    This is what happened last night. 2.50am: Syncope Episode Averted – phew! It was time for my IV-Infusion at midnight. A male nurse was on duty and he noticed that the IV-port on my right arm was already leaking and the area around my arm was already red and swollen. Good eye. The IV-port needs…

  • Juno’s third vaccination

    Juno has completed her third vaccination! Husband took Juno to the clinic this morning and were very lucky to be seen by the senior vet. Juno has increased in weight, her baby teeth are changing to permanent ones too. Since I had already dewormed her, this was not repeated. But we should deworm her once…

  • My entire experience with pneumonia, from Day One until discharge

    I am writing this upon the request of several friends who would like to know the facts of the case. It is a technical piece, so you might want to skip it if your interest is not in this area. Thank you. This summarises the pertinent points of my entire experience with pneumonia, from the…

  • I am going home on Tuesday!!!!

    My CRP came down to a pleasantly-surprising 63 this morning!! So this new IV antibiotic is doing its job, Tazocin. It’s only available in IV form and there is no exact oral equivalent for it. There are two close ones, but they do not cover the entire spectrum that Tazocin covers. Close, but not close…

  • Breakfast this morning

    I have some stories to share with you about what happened to me at the hospital last night, but I’ll share the photos of the cats’ breakfast first. Husband started earlier this morning because he has to send Juno for her third vaccination this morning. It’s the first slot at 9.30am. I have already informed…

  • I video-called the cats!

    During their evening meal just now, I video-called the cats and Robin was the most excited of all.  Tabs too. How I miss them. Here are some of the dinner photos. Gerald came to have a huge meal. Doing the Vetri DMG for Ginger. He gets it daily because he’s FIV+. I don’t know how…

  • And…the results of the CT Scan

    So I was feeling so down, not being able to go home today. Sigh…life really sucks. Then, the nurse came in to do the regular checks of BP, temperature and O2 sat. Is it common for patients of pneumonia to have to change antibiotics? She says it’s very common. That is why we need to…