Bujang

Bujang asking me to go for a walk

This pic was quite a surprise for me as well as he looked so healthy and well. He is already all of 16 this year and he was losing weight. He was down with some respiratory problems - constant sneezing and sometimes wheezing as well. He went for his checkup in June and there was nothing in his tests that suggested he was sick. His creatinine levels were good and the xray of his back showed that he was not suffering any additional stresses on his spine. However his sneezing continued to alarm me and the antibiotics the vet gave him was not helping. 

A good friend of ours, Nisa, helped us with this as she also had a cat with the same problems and her vet had recommended that she used a nebuliser with 10 cc of sodium chloride solution. The steam was supposed to dislodge the dried up mucus in his nose and clear his chest.  I am glad to report that he has been on the nebuliser for about a month and I've reduced the frequency of use from twice a day to once a day. We also have the air purifier with the HEPA filter as well. He is doing so much better and has been getting quality sleep as well. 

He also gets one cooked egg white for protein in his breakfast and dinner. He eats that with his canned food as he does not eat raw at all and does not like freeze dried food as well. So he gets 1/2 of a 85g can plus the cooked egg white, his cosequin  (for his arthritis) and his Kidney herbal supplements. He eats them all without fuss. Of cos these days he gets food 3 times a day as well. He has bulked up a little and is a happier kitty overall. 

These days I do not bring him out on his stroller for a walk as we have been having a long spell of hot weather plus the haze. Not the best weather for walking for anyone. 

Megat on Monday

Megat is doing a little better yesterday. He ate his breakfast by himself and his dinner as well. It was less than usual but at least he did it himself. Our animal communicator friend Fern, spoke to him and had this to say, "Megat listened to me well but (I) felt he doesn't quite have appetite. He (was) silently relieved to know (that he had) nothing serious i.e. no lymphoma."

Several months ago Megat sounded different. Fern said - " M was in a  lazy mood and our session went well. He said he was a bit bored but he's alright. He said he's relaxing and yawned at me. I said don't worry about your health. You are still young at heart. He smiled and waved his paw and said "nah" But he's cool about it." So I hope to get him up to this mood of just relaxing.

But he didn't get out of the bedroom for the whole day and certainly there was no poo. So that is still an issue for us. He didn't take to the duphalac much, spitting it out in every turn. But alter in the evening, he was quite lively and walked about the house. Maybe its because Cousin R is around and the house is indeed livelier. 

This morning, he licked his food again and so I had to give him food in a syringe - pure beef mixture with some anchovy gravy. I also saw he had eaten some of his 20g kibble.

His routine for the morning now is (after food):

1 Vit B pill (for overall health and appetite)

1/2 C Cap capsule (for immunity, cell health and energy)

0.1 salbutamol

1 Kidney Activator capsule

9 ml food in syringes (unless he decides to eat by himself)

2 ml duphalac (1 ml in the am and 1 ml in the pm)

I have decided to retry the cyproheptidene but only 1/4 in the am. He HATES this and I have not been able to give it to him in the pill form, mixed with honey or even mixed with food. Later I will try to get 1 cm capsule and put it in there for the evening meal.

His evening routine is (before food as the suppository needs 45 mins to be absorbed):

1 Vit B pill

1/2 C Cap

1 Kidney Activator capsule

1.5 ml lingzhi extract + 2 ml colloidal silver+ papaya and pumpkin (to mask taste)

2 ml duphalac (1 ml at 5 and 1 ml later at night)

1 lingzhi suppository

250 ml Hartmann's Solution

and the cyproheptidene. (after food)

Actually the only addition now is the Vit B, C Cap and cyproheptidene. The rest is the usual arsenal that he gets for about 4 years already, after his 1st bout of lymphoma.

Its a pretty long list san. 4 years? I am getting pretty tired of it!