Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

  • Administrations of medicines via the oral route and injections

    I learnt something new today and thought it might be useful for us to know. Products administered through oral route will not be found 100% in the bloodstream because 1) absorption by the gut is not 100% due to various factors; and 2) once absorbed they will first pass through the liver where part of…

  • Cow Mau and me – portraits

    Just some portraits of precious moments together.

  • IV-hydration in palliative care – to give or not to give

    I shared this article yesterday, but I’m not sure if you have read it: https://envisionhospice.com/considering-iv-hydration-for-your-loved-one-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ I’ve noticed that each time I post an article on FB which is not written by me, we don’t get any likes at all! I think the contents of this article is very helpful, so I’m going to copy some…

  • Cow Mau eats Cubgrub!

    I figured since Cow Mau can eat raw minced chicken, I might as well try him with Cubgrub’s CKD Chicken. At least that’s a balanced CKD meal. Previously, Cow Mau’s favourite food was Coco&Joe’s, but its texture is too sticky and would irritate his mouth. So I tried Cubgrub just now and it worked! I’m…

  • Jayden plays with the cats

    Here’s Jayden with the cats this morning! With Cow Mau! Indy is currently the most huggable cat! Look at that! Cow Mau is still very affectionate…

  • The Blondies’ antics again

    Look at Indra’s tail! Long ago, Rosie, Ginger and Daffodil used to do this too. Their tails are like arms on each other. The two naughty ginger girls boycotted breakfast this morning hoping that they would get a snack of kibble by mid-morning but today’s snack is cut-up raw meat. They ate it up!

  • Cow Mau says “thank you!”

    It’s been a crazy few days when Cow Mau took a turn for the worse. His turn-around now is remarkable and totally unexpected, and we are very thankful to all of you for your kind and positive wishes. Here’s Cow Mau saying a huge “thank you” to all his aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters who…

  • Whoopee for our Iron Cat!!

    It is now 5.40am. I have just finished doing the breakfast round for Cow Mau. This morning, as I entered the room, I was greeted by Cow Mau and his demeanour has improved so much! He already looks so much better now. In the past two days, his face was triangular and his eyes were…

  • Indy: I want to get “higher”

    Indy loves being nebulised. He’s a “druggie”. Simply loves catnip (goes totally crazy) and certain smells like Chinese ointments. Of course we don’t let him smell it, but if he happens to, he goes high. Today is his third nebulisation for his runny nose. It’s improved quite a bit, but he still needs it for…

  • Cow Mau eats chicken meat!!

    Another milestone!! I remember how I finally managed to feed Vincent five years ago when he was literally dying from CKD. His mouth ulcers were so bad he couldn’t eat anything….until one day, I figured it out (or did Vincent tell me telepathically?) – cut-up raw chicken meat (I used chicken fillet because it was…

  • Naughty Akira’s eating preference

    This morning, I managed to get Kai and Samantha to eat raw food. Indra has been boycotting raw food for many days now, wanting either kibble or cut-up raw chicken breast meat (okay, still raw, but not balanced). Akira did not want to eat too. After piling and replenishing Samantha and Kai’s bowls until they…

  • Cow Mau drinks another 7ml of liquid food!

    I didn’t dare push it, but I thought I sensed Cow Mau wanted food again and this time, I was right! I prepared 3 mls of Japanese food and 4ml of diluted Hill’s KD. He finished all plus an additional 1.5ml of water!! Initially, he tried to fight it off, but after 2 syringes, he…

  • Cow Mau drank some Japanese food!!

    I sensed that Cow Mau wanted his RetroMAD1 and some food. I don’t know how it works, but I just sensed it. So I tried. He willingly took his RetroMAD1, and then I managed to syringe-feed him 4ml of the Japanese liquid food!! I almost cannot believe this! He was sitting in his favourite spot…

  • Another “gift” from Misty

    Misty brought back a dead lizard to our porch today. No wonder both weren’t very hungry this morning. Sigh… Gerald called for a mid-morning snack later. I doubt they ate the poor lizard, though. It was intact. Maybe the hunt itself was satisfying. And only Misty hunts, not Gerald. But both decided they weren’t very…

  • Testing a new kind of toothbrush

    I bought these toothbrushes from Shopee. They are Japanese-made. It claims to have a rotating brush, but I doubt it rotates when brushing. It’s just a 360 degree brush, that’s all. Riley is the most obliging cat. Akira doesn’t like it. But she was okay with the rubber brush earlier on. Indra and Kai didn’t…