Category: Medical

The daily routine of our current five special-needs cats: Gerald – medication twice a day (finishing in 9 days) – wound-cleaning twice a day (until the wound totally closes up) Indra – medication (3 more days only) Juno – medication twice daily (another 13 more days) – nebulisation (7 more days) – to monitor breathing…

Since coming back from the vet’s yesterday, I’ve actually only heard Juno cough-sneeze once. She’s been as normal and lively as ever, masking the fact that she has a collapsed lung. This morning, she ate a hearty breakfast and tipped the scales at 630g. She defecated too. All looks good. I hope we caught the…

As Jayden would say, “say ahhh, Gerald”! Last night’s yowling was a little less than the previous nights’ or were we so exhausted that we didn’t hear it or it didn’t wake us up? But I remember waking up at 2.30am and lo and behold…there was that golden silence! I didn’t even dare to tip-toe…

Indra was already as normal as can be yesterday evening. She ate a lot of small meals yesterday, from evening until night time. So far, she seems okay and completely back to herself, zooming around the garden and actively playing. There’s so much to be thankful for, most of all, to our amazingly knowledgeable and…

The vet sent these photo and videos of yesterday’s endoscopy: Pulling out the dastardly string! All out! About two hours later, already home. And eating, and being normal! Endoscopy is a non-invasive procedure, so we are so grateful that it could be done to remove that string that Indra had swallowed. A million thanks to…

The vet assistant called at 3.30pm saying the endoscopy had been completed and the vet would like to see me. I asked if Indra can be discharged and she did not know. Hmm….that sounded a little worrisome, but we quickly made our way to the clinic. At the clinic, I asked whoever was there if…

I showed a photo of Gerald’s wound to the vet while I was there and she said she would like to check the insides of the wound before it closes up. I had already made an appointment for Gerald on Thursday but the vet said by Thursday, the wound may have already closed up and…

As I was driving Juno to the vet’s for her 2-weekly deworming today, I heard her cough-sneezing in the carrier quite a number of times. It was the typical high-pitched “achoo” sneezing, it was like she was trying to get something out from inside, more like a low-pitched cough-sneeze. I managed to take a video…

I was at the vet’s this morning to see Indra, and I also brought Juno and Gerald for a check-up (more about them later). For Indra, the good news is that the food has dissipated, so this clears the way for the endoscopy. I didn’t get much time with Indra as I had to stay…

Gerald’s shoulder wound is really shrinking in size, very significantly. I see it getting smaller every day. I am giving him more e-collar-off time every day now because the wound is so small that his tongue cannot lick inside of it. Gerald is also so good that he knows there’s two sessions of daily cleaning.…

I know it is wishful thinking hoping I would have good news saying Indra had pooped out the string. That did not happen. The vet just updated that Indra is okay, showing no signs of nausea and has not vomited, which is good. She also has not defecated as well. A X-ray was done in…

I didn’t take a chance since string-swallowing is supposed to be treated as a medical emergency. So I took Indra to the vet’s. I also took along a sample of the string in about the same length as the one she swallowed so that the vet would know the material and the length. The vet…

Oh no… Not again. It was around 5th September 2023 (a year ago) that Akira had a string-swallowing episode. She had swallowed two pieces of strings and passed them out. But to be sure, I sent her to the vet’s, X-rays were taken and the first vet thought there was still some string in her…

Gerald was given an extended self-grooming session today. His shoulder wound seems to have become much smaller now and when I take away his e-collar, he doesn’t try to feverishly lick the wounds at all. In fact, he grooms elsewhere. So, he was given a long grooming session this afternoon. For his wound-cleaning, Jayden dragged…

This afternoon, I chanced upon a random check of Gerald’s shoulder wound and I saw pus flowing out! Since Gerald came back from the clinic, there had been no pus, so I quickly cleaned it off thoroughly and informed the vet. The vet said this means that the infection hasn’t cleared yet, but it’s also…