Been rather busy with work and Tiger's condition so haven't got much time to blog. Just a general updates to keep those of you out there who are concerned weith Tiger in the loop since Tiger can't sms you and tell you he's in the ICU or when he's discharged.
Tiger's fine except for some sort of permanent damage to one of his kidneys but all in all, he's healthy and running. In fact, the blood test shows that he's fine just that he may need to be on special diet for the rest of his life. And considering his tender age, it's not going to be easy for him. Please don't ask me if he's a girl or guy because i have no idea of how to reply. Just see it for yourself. I'm sticking to using him for now.
As for me, i'm fine. There's some new colleague at work and she's been great. Very sweet Aussie girl. Will update once i get to know her better.
Showing posts with label Pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pets. Show all posts
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Could Be A Miracle...
Tiger went for an ultra sound scan last night and Singapore's top vet, Dr Jean-Paul Ly, told us that neither his kidney nor liver is severely damaged and would not be fatal. All he needs now is a sex change operation. I'm not trying to put neutering into a joke, the fact is, he seriously needs to change his gender. That would entails removing his whole male reproduction system and not just his balls. Well if that does him good, i guess we're happy. The only thing now is the cost. As alot of you may already know, this whole hospitalisation has burnt this huge hole in my pocket as well as my parents'. I don't think we can afford the operation anymore. But no matter what, we have to do it, else we risk his kidney and whole urinary tract having stones again. Wish him luck and pray hard that my Dad strikes lottery now. My old man is severely stressed over this whole saga financially and i wish i could help him. There's only so much i can do and i'm at my wits end. We need more than this miracle but even then, we're already extremely lucky to have Tiger back and running. Thank you... Everyone who has helped in his recovery or was there for me with your ever generous emotional support.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Updates On Tiger
Just a quick update.
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Tiger's problem could just be the liver and not kidney, which is fantastic news. At least it's not terminal or fatal. Our liver constantly heals itself so it goes the same for dogs.
We'll see how the test today goes...
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Tiger's problem could just be the liver and not kidney, which is fantastic news. At least it's not terminal or fatal. Our liver constantly heals itself so it goes the same for dogs.
We'll see how the test today goes...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Don't Take Tiger Away From Me. Please!
Tiger might die anytime.
His kidney has failed. Treatment may not be sufficient.
I think it could be my fault. If i had brought him to the vet earlier, he might not have died. To look at him now, after losing all that weight, it pains me to send him back to the hospital. He's not eating nor drinking. He's in terrible pain.
The vet was being optimistic to my parents but i was afraid that she's actually giving them false hopes. Tiger is like my Dad's companion. I don't know how is my Dad going to take this since my Grandma just passed away recently. No other person nor dog is going to replace Tiger. He's my first ever dog and he's like my best friend. When i'm upset, i'll go home and to se him wag his tail to welcome me home, all the pain seemed to have disappeared for that moment. He'll smile when i speak to him. I'm not crazy, dogs do smile, if you have tried to pay attention to them. Tiger is like my best friend.
Tiger is not old. In human terms, he's merely into his 40s. My heart is in pain. I wish i could save him. Let alone the hefty medical bills, the pain is killing my heart slowly. i don't know if i have the heart to love another dog again. He's the best to me and will always be such. He's been there for me throughout my exams, my loss of kin, my disappointments with life and in life. Tiger means the world to me and he's leaving me soon.
Please allow a miracle to happy. I want to see him walk to me to get sayang-ed and kisses, jump and doing a million of other silly things just to ask for treats. Please don't take Tiger away from me. Please...
His kidney has failed. Treatment may not be sufficient.
I think it could be my fault. If i had brought him to the vet earlier, he might not have died. To look at him now, after losing all that weight, it pains me to send him back to the hospital. He's not eating nor drinking. He's in terrible pain.
The vet was being optimistic to my parents but i was afraid that she's actually giving them false hopes. Tiger is like my Dad's companion. I don't know how is my Dad going to take this since my Grandma just passed away recently. No other person nor dog is going to replace Tiger. He's my first ever dog and he's like my best friend. When i'm upset, i'll go home and to se him wag his tail to welcome me home, all the pain seemed to have disappeared for that moment. He'll smile when i speak to him. I'm not crazy, dogs do smile, if you have tried to pay attention to them. Tiger is like my best friend.
Tiger is not old. In human terms, he's merely into his 40s. My heart is in pain. I wish i could save him. Let alone the hefty medical bills, the pain is killing my heart slowly. i don't know if i have the heart to love another dog again. He's the best to me and will always be such. He's been there for me throughout my exams, my loss of kin, my disappointments with life and in life. Tiger means the world to me and he's leaving me soon.
Please allow a miracle to happy. I want to see him walk to me to get sayang-ed and kisses, jump and doing a million of other silly things just to ask for treats. Please don't take Tiger away from me. Please...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Tiger Can't Pee
Everytime my parents take a holiday, something bound to happen to Tiger but this time round, it's far more severe than any of the previous times. Weeks ago, Tiger had traces of blood in his pee but we kinda brushed it off without paying much attention. Big mistake! On Friday night, he couldn't pee so i thought, well maybe we should just observe him for a day or so. In the morning, i received an MMS from my brother, a voice recording of Tiger's whining. After hearing it, i starting making phonecalls to various vets but they were all fully booked and would only see the animal in an emergency case. It didn't take long for us to know that it's an emergency because at late afternoon, i received a call from his nanny telling me that Tiger has gone into convulsion. I knew the urine will be toxic to his kidneys but i was just too dumb to link the different pieces of information together.
I then got his nanny to send him to Simei because they close later on Saturdays. I specifically told his nanny to take a cab and I'll reimburse her and this was an hour before the clinic closes. I took a cab down from town only to find that she's still home waiting for her husband to pick her up in his huge industrial lorry. I was furious but thank God i didn't blow and was able to hold my cool. My parents would have killed me if i ever raised my voice at her. They were in love with her!
The vet then tried to make him pee but his renal or whatever passage was blocked so they have to poke a hole and draw his pee out. By then he was all soft and his eyes were all blood shot. His pee were all bloody. We had to send him to Balestier immediately to the Animal Hospital and the vet at Simei would go over when she's done. While waiting aimlessly and our eyes half closing, Dr Ly (Top vet in Singapore) walked in and chatted with us. Upon hearing Tiger's plight, he declared Tiger's case an emergency and you can imagine the drama that followed. Everyone in the clinic was summoned for Dr Ly to perform the operation on Tiger himself with the help of at least 2 other vets. I knew the cost was going to be shy high since Dr Ly was pretty well known for his skills and the cost of seeing him. Just to put things in view, to get a consultation with Dr Ly takes about 3-4 weeks in queue. I was glad Tiger was in good hands and cost wasn't exactly on my mind. Well, he did tell me it will cost a couple of thousands of dollars.
That night alone came up to almost $3000 excluding other costs like hospitalisation and such but frankly, it's not expensive to save my dog's life. And for 3 vets to be operating on him at the same time, it's a reasonable price to know that he's in good hands. However, i already had problems with a shocking credit card bill. Remember i mentioned earlier about a low credit card bill last month? That's because it's all billed to me this month. How clever. How unfortunate.
Tiger is already recovering. He's still in the ICU but he can at last wag his tail. He's not moving much nor is he eating. They had to force feed him some nutritious liquid to keep him alive and he's still on drip in order to flush out the impurities in his kidney. This is the first time in my life i heard that dogs have ICU and that they are given epidurals as a form of regional anesthesia. The vets removed say 20 stones from his kidney and his urinary passage which we later found out was the thing blocking his pee from coming out.
I'm just glad he's getting better by the day. He'll be discharged tomorrow. Will update you guys on his blood test and the lab test results of the stones tomorrow.
I then got his nanny to send him to Simei because they close later on Saturdays. I specifically told his nanny to take a cab and I'll reimburse her and this was an hour before the clinic closes. I took a cab down from town only to find that she's still home waiting for her husband to pick her up in his huge industrial lorry. I was furious but thank God i didn't blow and was able to hold my cool. My parents would have killed me if i ever raised my voice at her. They were in love with her!
The vet then tried to make him pee but his renal or whatever passage was blocked so they have to poke a hole and draw his pee out. By then he was all soft and his eyes were all blood shot. His pee were all bloody. We had to send him to Balestier immediately to the Animal Hospital and the vet at Simei would go over when she's done. While waiting aimlessly and our eyes half closing, Dr Ly (Top vet in Singapore) walked in and chatted with us. Upon hearing Tiger's plight, he declared Tiger's case an emergency and you can imagine the drama that followed. Everyone in the clinic was summoned for Dr Ly to perform the operation on Tiger himself with the help of at least 2 other vets. I knew the cost was going to be shy high since Dr Ly was pretty well known for his skills and the cost of seeing him. Just to put things in view, to get a consultation with Dr Ly takes about 3-4 weeks in queue. I was glad Tiger was in good hands and cost wasn't exactly on my mind. Well, he did tell me it will cost a couple of thousands of dollars.
That night alone came up to almost $3000 excluding other costs like hospitalisation and such but frankly, it's not expensive to save my dog's life. And for 3 vets to be operating on him at the same time, it's a reasonable price to know that he's in good hands. However, i already had problems with a shocking credit card bill. Remember i mentioned earlier about a low credit card bill last month? That's because it's all billed to me this month. How clever. How unfortunate.
Tiger is already recovering. He's still in the ICU but he can at last wag his tail. He's not moving much nor is he eating. They had to force feed him some nutritious liquid to keep him alive and he's still on drip in order to flush out the impurities in his kidney. This is the first time in my life i heard that dogs have ICU and that they are given epidurals as a form of regional anesthesia. The vets removed say 20 stones from his kidney and his urinary passage which we later found out was the thing blocking his pee from coming out.
I'm just glad he's getting better by the day. He'll be discharged tomorrow. Will update you guys on his blood test and the lab test results of the stones tomorrow.
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