Category: Medical

Yesterday, I noticed that Bunny’s right eye was swollen on the upper and lower lids. Bunny has always had eye discharge for years now, but this was different. The left eye had the usual discharge but the right was visibly swollen. Also, Bunny has been having his vomiting problem again and I needed to get…

Today was Zurik’s check-up. The small amounts of fluids in the right and lung cavity remains the same with no increase. But the abdominal fluids have a slight increase. However, these fluids are spread all over interspersed in the layers of fat, so it was not possible to have them drawn out. The vet thinks…

It’s been almost a week since Zurik was discovered to have fever, jaundice and pockets of fluids in his left lung cavity and abdominal cavity (which has caused a noticeable bulge). These came unexpectedly and it took me some time to take it all in. I had thought that Zurik’s condition had stabilised but I…

We just came home from Zurik’s check-up today. There is a minor setback. Zurik’s weight was 5.0kg on the clinic scale, which is an increase of 300g from two weeks ago. However, since Monday, I’ve noticed a slight bulge in his abdomen and the vet felt this too and it felt like a bulge of…

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…