Abby's Condition III

Abby is back at ARC today. After hearing my update on her eating habits for the past 2 days, Dr Lee called for barium test to determine the cause of her painful swallowing/difficulty with swallowing. Abby is made to drink some barium preparation and then put through a series of x-rays to track its path through her digestive system. And the results were bad: a LARGE obstruction was found in her esophagus. The vet opined that it could be a foreign object or a structural defect. Operation is out of question as it is a difficult area to operate upon and the prognosis is usually bad. The only option now is to do an endoscopy to view the obstruction. Whether or not it can be removed is another matter. Abby is now placed on drip to replenish her bodily needs in readiness for the endoscopy scheduled for tomorrow morning.

Abby's Condition II

Abby's appetite is still very poor today. Her diet today consists of cereal with raw honey, chicken porridge, winter melon soups and a little salmon. When she had enough, which is very little, she will walked away from the food dish. The good thing is that she does not nauseate as much compared to yesterday.

She passed out very soft almost jelly-like stools today: twice tinged with blood and once with an undigested piece of meat. Could her medication have caused the soft stools?

Abby: Bad Scare II

This morning, I fed Abby some oats with raw honey. She showed little interest but at least there were no signs of nausea. Just as I began to relax a little, she delivered another shock - soft poo with bright red blood! So there goes my stress levels again - UP! Will monitor her and see if need to bring her to vet later...

Abby's Condition

Abby's appetite was bad today, she hardly touched her chicken porridge. And when she does eat, she would become nauseous and then she would reject her food. I tried to whet her appetite with a small piece of pumpkin. BIG MISTAKE. She puked it out, together with some porridge she ate earlier. The good thing is that there is no blood streaks in the vomit. Seeing her interest in Uno's regular dinner, I fed her some steamed salmon. ANOTHER MISTAKE. She puked that out too, probably too oily for her tummy to handle.

Poo-wise, she passed out a hard piece (dark brown) followed by some jello-like light brown stuff. The former is probably from her lunch/dinner yesterday, wonder where did the latter come from?

Abby finally FARTED!

Abby finally farted! Never before was I this happy to smell her fart ;) As I happily announced to the rest, she farted again! With the release of gases, her tummy feels much softer compared to last night. Way to go gal!

Abby: Bad Scare

Abby freaked all of us out on Friday evening. As usual, Uno and Abby gobbled their dinner of salmon, brocoli and sweet potato mash with chicken breast bone as dessert. As I was cleaning her up after dinner, she made soft squeaking sounds and looked nauseous. Then she puked out a gooey liquid mass tinged with blood. She was restless and started pacing the room, in obvious discomfort. Then she puked again, and again. As I was speaking to the staff in ARC to fix an -appointment, she puked the fourth time - again tinged with bright red blood.

We rushed her to ARC where the vet Dr Lim x-rayed her throat and tummy. The bones were pictured nestling in her tummy and there were no perforations or bones stuck in her throat. Then what caused the bleeding and blood in her vomit? Dr Lim suspected gastritis or abrasions caused by the diatomaceous earth that I started feeding both pooches just the day before.

It was almost midnight when we reached home. Despite being given a pain-killer jab and fed medicines to soothe her tummy, Abby slept fretfully throughout. Her tummy was also very bloated, the vet said there is a lot of air inside her stomach. As I slept next to her, I was hoping to catch a whiff of her fart. Unfortunately, there were none...

Buddy: Jan 2008 - 10 Feb 2011

Time flies...it has been slightly over 2 years since Buddy flew into my house. This morning, he left us, as sudden as when he first appeared in my house. No illness, no signs, no symptoms. As I gather him in my hands, visions of him keeps flashing before me: eating his first meal from my hands, hopping and semi-flying around the house, enjoying his bird bath, singing at the top of his voice...He was buried near Pudding by the river; hopefully he is happy to be reconciled with Pudding once again.

Thanks Buddy, for giving us a chance to care for you. Thanks Buddy for bringing joy to the family. Good-bye Buddy, we are gonna miss you much.