Category: Medical

There has been no improvement in the department of yowling. It’s sort of getting worse because Gerald seems to have developed a habit of taking long naps in the day time (when he sleeps, he doesn’t yowl, of course) and then, he’s wide awake at night, so that’s when he yowls. Last night was quite…

I found some vomit beside Juno’s litter box this morning. However, I cannot be sure if it’s urine or vomit. But I’m inclined to think it might be some vomit of undigested food. Something to monitor closely. But she’s as active as ever and ate her breakfast heartily. The incubation period for parvovirus is 2-7…

It’s been four days since Gerald was disharged. Today was his check-up. As usual, Gerald was yowling at the vet’s while we waited and he ended up with a temperature of 40.2 degrees. The vet said we’d let him cool down first and retake his temperature. The wounds are healing. But the shoulder wound is…

The lab test results finally came back with the identification of the bacteria. It is the alpha haemolytic streptococci (heavy growth) and Clindamycin is one of the suitable antibiotics. So we shall continue with this course. Gerald has already finished the Baytril. Today, he didn’t yowl as much as usual. He took long naps, which…

Poor Gerald, I know how much cats need to groom themselves, so I let him have collar-off time to do it, under strict supervision. I had to watch him very carefully because he can easily reach the shoulder and paw wounds. And he will try. Time off from the plastic e-collar, but also under strict…

Gerald yowled all night. I’m exhausted. I don’t know if the Blondies are too. I let him out of the cage this morning and he ate his breakfast. But even when out of the cage, he’s yowling. This morning, I found that Gerald had toppled everything inside his cage, not just the platform but also…

Juno had her dinner of Cubgrub this evening. As usual, she doesn’t each much at one go. She would eat a bit, then play, and I’ll have to offer the plate of food again. Repeat. After eating, she went into the litter box and urinated into the cat sand. A milestone! Good girl, Juno. The…

It was easier than I thought. I was able to do it singlehandedly, for today. This is the paraphernalia – a big syringe, iodine, normal saline, Fustadin cream. Flushing with normal saline for a few times, then followed by diluted iodine (1 part iodine to 19 parts normal saline), press out pus (there was none),…

Finally, Gerald can be discharged today!! His temperature is normal, his blood test shows all readings within the normal range too, including his liver readings (yesterday he was slightly jaundiced). His blood glucose has normalised to 5.39 (what a relief!). So, the vet says he is fit to go home!! But we would have to…

The vet updated this evening that Gerald’s temperature is 38.3 degrees (normal) without the aid of any anti-inflammatories the whole day. I guess that’s encouraging news. He is still refusing to eat on his own, but when food is placed into his mouth, he willingly swallows. I’ve noticed that every day too. Maybe the clinic…

It isn’t exactly good news. Gerald’s temperature was 39 degrees this morning, but when I arrived at the clinic, the assistants were doing his wound cleaning and his temperature had risen to 39.3 degrees. The wound cleaning was done without sedation, but Gerald is on painkillers. He was very brave. This is the shoulder wound.…

The vet updated this evening. Gerald’s temperature is finally down to 37.5 degrees now. But his glucose has gone up to 12.3. Could this be due to the stress from the wound cleaning? I hope so. A PBF has done this evening and Gerald’s WBC is still elevated. The vet would like to do another…

This is the right shoulder wound. Initially the wound felt hard, but today, it’s fluidy, which means there is pus now which can be drained. The draining of the pus in progress. A sample of this pus will be sent for culture to determine exactly what types of bacteria is present. The vet is also…

Last night, at about 8.30pm, the vet texted to say Gerald’s fever had normalised to 39 degrees. That was after he was given the anti-inflammatory jab. It was a small mercy that the fever had come down, because the bigger question is what was causing the fever to fluctuate and we still did not know…

The vet just called to update. It’s not good news. Gerald’s temperature is spiking and it is now 40.1 degrees. The vet found that his left back leg is swollen now and it is probably caused by another wound there which was previously undetected. The whole leg is swollen. Either this wound was not detected…