Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)

About 40 minutes after the Furosemide injection, Cow Mau was not at where he was earlier. I had placed a liner under his bottom half in case he needed to urinate, but instead, I found him walking outside. Then I saw a long stream of urine in the pantry so I suspect that must be…

I got up at 3.25am this morning to check on Cow Mau. Yesterday, after being on the oxygen, I think he felt better and he got up and walked to the garden to sit in his favourite spot. Whenever he was in the room, I did my best to follow him around with the nasal…

I finally managed to get the oxygen concentrator for Cow Mau despite the horrendous traffic jam. This is the difference between an oxygen tank and an oxygen concentrator: Oxygen tanks or oxygen cylinders are metal tanks containing pressurized oxygen. To use these tanks, a line of tubing is connected to the tank at one end…

We made it to the vet’s and back. Luckily we didn’t have to wait long at all. I’m so grateful the clinic slotted us in. The vet said Cow Mau has deteriorated and the priority now is to take care of his breathing. When we reached there, Cow Mau was struggling with his breathing. It…

After lying laterally recumbent for about 4.5 hours listening to soothing chanting, with laboured breathing, Cow Mau started lifting his head a few times. And then he sat up. And stood up. So I decided to take him to lie down at his favourite place for some morning sunshine. But he decided he wanted to…

I am writing this in the dark with Cow Mau lying beside me on a pillow. In the past few days, he had actually been getting weaker. Sometimes, he would just lie laterally recumbent for a long time, sleeping. He already has trouble walking as his hind legs are very weak. While we were concentrating…

Who is inside the nebuliser carrier? It’s Indy. He’s been having some runny nose for a few mornings now, but it is only in the mornings and it didn’t seem serious. I gave him Cetirizine and Vetri DMG and he seemed fine. But the runny nose started again yesterday, today and even this evening, so…

How could I not have thought of this? Way back in August 2011, we were the first organisation to use RetroMAD1 a year after it was developed by two Malaysian scientists: https://animalcare.my/2011/08/03/meeting-up-with-the-scientist-himself-retromad1/ Now, RetroMAD1 is under a Singapore vet and I contacted him today. He says they have used it in FCGS (Feline Chronic GingivoStomatitis)…

Cow Mau’s mouth pain came back about half a day after the first laser therapy. Since then, I have been syringe-feeding him diluted or liquid food. But even blended diluted food hurts his mouth with every mouthful. This is the Japanese liquid food that is suitable for CKD and heart patients. The powder is very…

I think it’s going to take many laser therapy for Cow Mau’s gingivostomatitis to heal. Yesterday, after the treatment, his demeanour definitely improved. He seemed much more relaxed too. He was able to eat a little bit better upon returning home. But by dinner time, the pain came back in full force. I had to…

Cow Mau perked up a little this morning so that was such a relief. We decided to leave earlier for the (new) clinic as we have never been to this area before. For the previous trips, I had been driving him alone and he would mew all the way there and back. Some of our…