Category: Medical

Tomorrow is Zurik’s check-up at the vet’s.  It would be 77 days after diagnosis. Two weeks ago, we took another bold step and tapered down his steroids to 2.5mg once in two days. Tomorrow, we shall see if there is any further fluid build-up or it is status quo (as it had been for the…

Today, Bunny and Indy also tagged along to the vet’s with Zurik. For the two of them, it’s their 2-month’s review. Both Bunny and Indy was discovered to have early kidney degeneration two months ago. Bunny’s SDMA was 18 (high) while Indy’s was 15 (borderline high).  For the last two months, both were on their…

Today is Zurik’s check-up. The vet did a very thorough ultrasound on both lung cavities and the abdomen. As before, the left lung cavity has no fluids. The right has some tiny pockets of fluids, but it was even less than before! The abdomen has a small spot of fluids, but it was an insignificant…

First, let me apologise for yesterday’s typo in the subject of the post about Zurik’s breathing pattern. I used “beats” and that led to the confusion that I was talking about his heartbeat. The word should have been “breaths” and not “beats”. Sorry! I am monitoring Zurik’s breathing pattern to check if there is any…

There are a few “vital signs” that I should monitor for Zurik. Besides his appetite and weight, I must also monitor his breathing pattern as this would be an rough indicator of accumulation of fluids in the lung cavity, if any. Previously, Zurik’s number of breaths in 15 seconds was 15 or even 16. But…

I couldn’t wait until 10 days. Today is the 9th day since Zurik’s steroid dosage was halved and I was already too anxious, so we took Zurik for his check-up.  It’s just one day earlier.  Beat the weekend jam – that’s my excuse!  But I was actually very anxious and wanted to be sure that…

It’s been 4 days since Zurik’s steroid dosage tapered down to 2.5mg once a day. I must admit that I’m anxious about this. I was told to watch his breathing and I’ve been doing this, but my untrained eye isn’t sure whether there are changes to his breathing pattern. He has always had a bit…

I took Indy along for a check-up today, with Zurik. Last night Indy started eating quite a lot of canned food, which was all good, but this morning, he jumped up onto the ledge (Cleo’s observation ledge where she does all her battles with intruders) and refused to come down for breakfast. He was up…

Today was Zurik’s check-up at the vet’s. This is after 19 days from the last pleural effusion aspiration (drawing out of fluids from right lung cavity). My heart was beating so fast when he was being checked with ultrasound. I tried to look out of the “black spots” indicative of spots with fluids. Even my…

I woke up this morning, came downstairs quickly to check on Indy and got a mini shock of my life when I could not find him anywhere at all! Last night, I left him on the chair and this morning, that same chair looked like it had turned a somersault and landed 180 degrees off.…

I transferred Indy from the carrier into the cage. He was relatively calm at first…. Tabs visiting… I offered him some Recovery, but he just licked the surface and didn’t want any. He was calm for a few minutes only, then he started flipping and toppling his water bowl over. I guess he is still…

It was an unexpected and hugely massive job! Indy had SEVEN teeth extracted. I reached the clinic at about 4.10pm and found Indy still asleep. The vet assistant told me it was a massive tooth extraction and many teeth were extracted. Indy was waking up but growling, obviously in pain. Maybe even angry at what…

We reached the clinic at 11.40am. Waiting for our turn. The vet checked Indy and discovered he has an eye ulcer in his right eye.  He must have either got into a fight (again!) or he accidentally scratched himself. An eye gel will be prescribed later for this. Indy was put on drips. I waited…