Category: Medical

  • 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 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…

  • About IV-hydration in hospice care

    This is a very eye-opening article shared by Cow Mau’s vet: https://envisionhospice.com/considering-iv-hydration-for-your-loved-one-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ Please do take your time to read it through if you are in the position to give palliative care to your animals or humans. It talks about the pros and cons of IV-fluids for end-of-life care.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 6.25am – Cow Mau is at peace

    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…

  • Cow Mau, calm and at peace

    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…

  • An rented oxygen concentrator for Cow Mau

    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…

  • Helping Cow Mau with his breathing

    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…

  • Iron Cat got up and walked!

    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…

  • Cow Mau is very weak

    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 being nebulised?

    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…

  • Cow Mau starts on RetroMAD1

    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 updates

    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…