Abby: 6 weeks after The Accident

It has been 2 weeks since Abby returned to her raw diet. Managed to maintain her weight at 5.7kg and general well being thus far ;) She is back to her old self pretty much, including terrorizing Uno ;(

Abby's heat is due in March, but nothing happened so far. Wondering if her body system is still in chaos after the incident...

The taste of raw meat

Finally Abby got to taste yummy raw chicken after 4 LONG WEEKS!
Starting her slowly so as not to cause any tummy upsets. So far so good :)

Good news

Yay! Abby cleared her review today :) Dr Lee was so pleased with her progress that she finally agreed to put her back on her old diet (minus the bones). Bet she misses the taste of raw stuff :)

Abby is putting on weight

Abby lost almost 0.5kg since her bone choking incident. Last Thursday, she weighed 4.94kg at the vet's. When I weighed her this evening, I almost jumped when the machine read 5.6kg! She has never weighed this heavy before! Hopefully this is a sign that her body is absorbing all the good nutriets from her food and recuperating well.

Abby's Diet

Abby pooped in the common washroom early this morning - part undigested food from her RX meal. Think I'll need to review her total food intake to avoid overtaxing her digestive system and my pockets :)

Abby's Appetite

As I prepared Abby's breakfast this morning, it suddenly dawned on me that I had computed her RX food intake wrongly! She should be fed about 130g instead of 60g daily! No wonder she was so hungry last evening :p

Besides RX, her daily diet also includes porridge, 3 egg whites, mashed papaya...and she has been polishing her food dish really clean.

With the revised amount, she had pooped undigested food once. Could she be overfed? Wished there was a more scientific way to compute

Abby's 2nd Endoscopy

Abby went for her second endoscopy yesterday and we left with 2 pieces of news. The good news is that the ulcerations in her esophagus are healing well and are less inflamed. Vet has also removed her feeding tube and put her back on oral feed to get her esophagus working after such a long break. The bad news is the vet found ulcers in her stomach.

This piece of news came as a shock to us as there were no signs from Abby at all. She has always been feeding well, was fed well ... even during her tube-feeding days, she eats up to 4 meals a day. The vet said that the ulcers could have started during the few days when she couldn't eat due to the bone lodged in her esophagus , and her condition could have been worsened by the stress she experienced throughout her ordeal...

When Abby tasted her first dinner last night after being tube-fed for 2 weeks, I could feel her joy and excitement. I couldn't help smiling just watching her lick her food dish clean, wiping every bit of food from her mouth and the look in her eyes asking "Any more food?". Until I realised that she was tearing. She teared again when I fed her her second meal, her third meal...in fact, she teared after every meal. She can't tell me where she hurts, how much she is hurting...but the fact that she actually teared so much is enough for me to know how bad is her pain. And each time I see her tear, I can only hug her and cry with her...