Category: Medical

  • Rosie (Day 19)

    Rosie’s condition appears to be deteriorating. Since yesterday, she did not want to eat anymore and had to be force-fed. This morning, as usual, she woke me up at 4am, mewing.  I know she wants to be let out because this is the time she roams. But we cannot let her out as there’s no…

  • Rosie (Day 18)

    Today has not been a good day. Rosie ate breakfast this morning, but after that, she spent the whole day hiding under the bed, smack right in the middle so that nobody could catch her. She wasn’t interested in food either. Just managed to feed her her medicines and supplements, and force-fed her in-between meals.…

  • Rosie (Day 17)

    Today has been a long day for me. Animal Awareness day in the morning and work in the afternoon. So, Rosie was in the bedroom almost the entire day.  In between, I came back to feed her and she wanted to come downstairs, but I didn’t have time to let her down. Now, she must…

  • Rosie’s PCV (Day 16)

    Today is the day for the next subcut and also the PCV test. This morning, Rosie woke me up at 4am. Yes, 4am. She mewed loudly and by now, I have sort of learned to interpret her various mews along with her facial expressions. She wanted something from downstairs, so I had to get up,…

  • Princess, the miracle cat

    We are so thankful to everyone who has been rooting for Rosie. And also very grateful to Peggy Tiong for all her sharing about her cat, Nini, who also had liver disease sometimes ago (Nini recovered and is well now), as well as to Selina, whose cat, Princess had liver problems last year when Princess…

  • Rosie’s room (Day 16)

    We’ve been keeping Rosie in our bedroom for quite a number of days now, with the windows all tightly locked. It appears that she is now very comfortable in the room and prefers to just stay in the room than come downstairs. We have the litter box in the bathroom for her too. She has…

  • Rosie eats wetfood (Day 15)

    After her first breakfast of Go! kibble and dry Primal this morning at 5.30am, Rosie went back upstairs to sleep with my husband. Then, just now, at about 8am, she came down with him and went to the kitchen to ask for food again. So, I quickly gave her the Go! that she likes –…

  • Rosie’s dawn (Day 15)

    Yesterday, even though the blood test results gave us a little bit of hope, Rosie’s condition didn’t seem good. She seemed miserable the whole day, sleeping at the corner of the living room for hours on end. The vet had always said that while numbers tell us something, the clinical condition of the animal matters…

  • Rosie’s blood test results (Day 14)

    When I received a photo of the blood results this afternoon, I could feel my hand shaking as I downloaded the image and clicked to open it. Then I compared the numbers with the previous ones…. Yes…there is an improvement in the liver readings. But yes, it’s not time to celebrate yet. ALT: From 640…

  • Rosie (Day 14)

    We let Rosie roam freely in the house last night (instead of putting her into the cage). We had to close all the downstairs windows and sleep with our bedroom doors closed. This morning, when I woke up, Rosie came all the way up the stairs to greet me. Then she followed me down and…

  • Rosie’s PCV dropped (Day 13) – not good

    It’s not good news. Rosie’s PCV (packed cell volume) dropped from 51% (17th Feb) to 27% today (2nd March). This means her liver isn’t making blood. The borderline for normal is 28%. Update: Rosie’s other vet’s opinion on the PCV.  51% shows dehydration on 17th Feb. For normal cats, it should be around 35% or so.…

  • Rosie’s morning and last night’s supper (Day 13)

    Rosie didn’t have a good day yesterday. I’d like to think it was due to the fact that she hadn’t defecated in a few days and that she was given the Lactulose. But finally, thank goodness, she did defecate by late afternoon. However, she didn’t want food and had to be force-fed, even after defecating.…

  • Rosie’s afternoon (Day 12)

    Rosie had not defecated for a few days now. I didn’t want her to rely on Lactulose, but it looks like we have no choice, so I gave her 5ml this morning. According to Jia-Wen (who was home), she was very quiet the whole morning. When I got back, she was fast asleep. Soon, I let…

  • Rosie (Day 12, morning)

    As expected, Rosie didn’t want Go! Chicken anymore today. I got up and steamed ikan bilis tembaga (anchovies which are larger than the usual ikan bilis), thinking that the aroma might entice her to eat. Rosie sniffed at it (ikan bilis tembaga plus home-cooked chicken), wanted to eat, but decided not to. So I offered…

  • Rosie (Day 11)

    Rosie ate THREE willing meals today – but all kibble only. She’s the kibble queen, so I let her eat whatever she wants. In between, I force-fed some wetfood but only a little bit so that she doesn’t get too angry. The vet did stress that we should not make her angry as that would…