Category: Medical

The vet discussed Juno’s slow weight gain with me today. That’s when I plucked up courage to ask if Juno might be afflicted with lymphoma and she said no. What a relief. But Juno might have some underlying undetected medical issues which may be congenital in nature. Even though Juno has tested negative for FIV…

Tabs doesn’t have very good news to share, but it’s okay as this was already expected. Tabs has polycystic CKD (PCKD) and there is only palliative care for it. PCKD means that there are many, many cysts in Tabs’ kidneys and these cysts will take the place of healthy kidney cells. Nothing can stop the…

We took Ginger and Tabs for their check-up today. Let’s talk about Ginger first. Ginger’s lungs sound better now, so his inhaler can be reduced to twice a week and slowly tapered off. Blood was taken for his CKD check-up and his SDMA is an amazing 6 (I was shocked!). Two months ago, it was…

We visited Juno this afternoon when we took Tabs and Ginger for their check-up. Juno has been moved out from the isolation ward to the normal ward now. But she’s afraid of the barking dogs. Luckily one particularly noisy dog went home today. Eating on her own again! This is great. Husband stayed with Juno…

As I was on my way to visit Juno this morning, the vet texted that Juno is alert, but still had pasty stools through the night. And while she is willing to eat the ID when syringe-fed, she is still not eating on her own yet. When I arrived, Juno was definitely very happy and…

I changed all the cushion covers last night. Tabs slept in Juno’s special place amongst Jayden’s books. This morning, we changed all the bedding covers and the rest of the cushions. Everything is clean now. These stick toys are Juno’s favourite toys. They are worn out due to daily use, but I’ve just added in…

Just received good news from the vet! Juno’s temperature has come down to normal! Yay! She also struggled a lot and it took three tries to take her temperature but it was normal! Since being hospitalised, there has been no diarrhoea or vomiting. But also no faeces, so we don’t know if she has well-formed…

I spent about 1.5 hours with Juno this afternoon. She really perked up when she saw me. And I think she looks better than she did this morning. The drip and antibiotics must be helping. The vet assistant fed her and gave her her IV-medicines. She finished all her ID without much struggle, syringe-fed. I…

The vet advised me to bring Juno in this morning so I did. The fecal examination showed no more coccidia today, so this might mean the Baycox did its work. But no test gives a 100% certainty since it was just a sample of fecal matter. Yesterday’s test showed “a few” coccidia. Today, no more.…

I was hoping to share good news, but my wish did not come true. There was vomit on the bathroom floor this morning. At least I think it’s vomit, because Juno would defecate in the litter box and vomit on the bathroom floor so this was on the bathroom floor. There was no diarrhoea, no…

My wish didn’t come true. Juno woke up at 8.15pm, went to the litter box and still had diarrhoea. The only difference is that the fecal matter is now more brown and not yellowish like yesterday. Also, I think there is some “matter” even though it’s still quite liquid. Thicker liquid. So I still have…

I had some time to read up on coccidiosis. All the articles I found pretty much explains it the same way. Here’s one: https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/coccidiosis-in-cats Some excerpts from the article: What is coccidiosis? Coccidiosis is an intestinal tract infection caused by a one-celled organism (protozoa) called coccidia. Isospora species are the most common type of coccidia and are…

I had a text-chat with the vet just now and she says if Juno still vomits tomorrow, I would have to bring her in for some anti-vomit medication so that we can continue giving her the Baycox. I gave her the rest of the 0.5ml of Baycox at 4.00pm today and it’s coming to 7.00pm…

Juno’s diarrhoea seems to have stopped for now, but she has vomited twice now. I read that the side effects of Baycox (the drug that she needs for the coccidiosis) are vomiting, diarrhoea and loss of appetite. Sigh. And she has to take both Baycox and Kaolin-Pectin; both of which are so, so unpalatable. I…

A fecal examination showed that Juno has a coccidia infection. Coccicida is a protozoa. This infection could be from a contaminated environment (from fecal matter) or even from raw food, the vet explained. The vet thinks that for Juno’s case, since she is totally indoors and nobody else has this infection, it could be from…