Just Because

This is a miracle cat!

Megat waiting for Dr L to see him.

He waited for some time as Dr L had an emergency. But Megat was used to waiting and sat quietly. He did not even attempt to get ut of the carrier. I read to him from my book Angelology but he was more interested in the room :) Megat at home waiting to be given his meds for his lymphoma (now in remission), his kidney issues and his asthma. He is used to this and he has been eating the meds intensely for about 2.5 years. It was only after he was in remission that I actually decided to change the number of times he takes the suppository.

Megat's meds.

He eats this combination 5 days a week with Saturdays and Sundays off after his remission. So we are now on maintenance doses.

from arvc he has:

1. 2 ml of collidal silver (the dark bottle)

2. 0.8 ml of sang hwang liquid extract 6.5L (the bottle with the gold label)

3. 1 sang hwang suppository (in silver foil)

The syringe on the bottom right is 1 and 2 combined with mashed and sieved papaya pulp. If not, he would not swallow it at all. No 3 is given in his butt before the rest of the concoction as it needs about 30 minutes to melt. If not he would run to the litter and pop it out again. This is the most expensive combination in this arsenal. The sang hwang is a linzgi/mushroom that directly deals with the immune system and lymphoma. I give him the suppository 4 times a week. he gets 2 rest days from all of his meds. When he gets his Sub Q every Monday, he does not get his suppository or he would be very unhappy and would spew out all the rest of the meds.

4. Nature's Sunshine FOUR for asthma

The 3 bottles on the top left are supplements from Petsalive, the same as Toro's -

5. Immunity and Liver Support,

6. Kidney Support

7. Runipoo Relief.

8. Amaze Pet for his asthma. ( not in picture)

His blood test that Dr L ordered as I told him Megat was not eating as much as he used to. Dr L said "But he is FAT!". Dr L said it could also be a liver or kidney problem but as we can all see, his liver and kidneys are just as right as rain :) His PCV is 36%!

Megat slept quite early last night as he was rather tired from his vet visit. "He is a miracle cat," was the final verdict. Dr L also said that unlike in humans, the lymphoma in cats is due to a virus. But they have no for lymphoma yet. However, he added that once a cat has remission from lymphoma for about 2 years, there is a likelihood that a cat may die from old age or other diseases and not from lymphoma itself. "I'll see you in 4 months" Dr L sang out and he went to see another patient!

All is well in our household. We hope that all is well in other cat households also :)

Good News at the vet for Toro

This morning I went to the vet. I knew it cos san did not let me eat eventhough I kissed her in the morning so that she would wake up. I was furry hungry and she locked me up!

Then I saw the 2 carriers in front offur the cage. I know Tanaka and Bujang would not be going as they were too curious and they gotted to eat. It must be me and Megat, although Megat gotted to eat too. No fair!

Here I am shaven. All my nice fur gone! BUT san said Dr P gave her some good news for me so I will tell it all here.

Dr P said that one of my 6 mm crystals is now 4 mm and one of the 5.3 crystals is now 2 mm and she said the other smaller crystals are stable. This means they have not grown smaller nor bigger!! HURRAH! HURRAH! But the bad news is my 8.8 mm crystal is now 8.9!! My kidneys are now no longer swollen and I am not in danger of going into surgery like I was 3 months ago! More HURRAHS for us. We now have to see Dr P in 6 months and not every 3 months like before! Dr P said that this was what she had hoped for and san was to continue doing what she did with my medicines. That is the yukky bit cos I do NOT like medicines!

This is me every evening when I have to eat meds. san says she should tell everyone what she did so maybe it would help another kitty. san says she is not sure now if I have oxalate crystals as she thought these crystals could not be dissolved. Dr P told her 3 months ago that I had oxalate crystals although our test was not conclusive. san did the test 3 times with my help but there were only grains of sand and no one was able to tell us anything clearly.

This is what I have to take everyday although the Sub Q is only 3 times a week. I am on sodium chloride 0.9%. Cousin R always helps san with the Sub Q though. I have the following from the vet at arvc:

1 capsule of Nature's Sunshine Kidney Activator
1 capsule of Azodyl
1/2 tablet Fortekor
1/4 tablet (2 times a day) Alutab
1 capsule Nature's Sunshine Cranberry and Bucchu for my UTI
(when I ate only this, my crystals were stable)

Then san went to the internet and boughted the following from Pet's Alive because she is a little desperate to make me better:

4 drops of Kidney Support twice a day
1 capsule Immunity and Liver Support
3 drops of Runipoo Relief for my digestive system
A few granules of UTI Free in my breakfast and dinner

From the pet store:
1 capsule of BURP Omega 3 (she used to give me 1/2 teaspoon of Omega 3 from Probiotics Salmon Oil but decided on the capsule as was easier to give me)

I take all these 7 days a week with no off days! san gives me some sieved pumpkin and papaya as a reward for each capsule that I take. Also the pumpkin keeps me regular :) So you can see why I do not like the meds much as I have to take a lot. san is now contemplating shilintong to allow my crystals to pass out of me but she will blog about that when she gets it this Friday. She tells me she will try to get it in Chinatown. I have yet to approve of this!!

All that thinking about my meds have made me sleepy. san says she will blog about Megat tomorrow....zzzz....
PS: san says she will put this on my sidebar so it would be easier for others to see and of cos sometimes san needs to refer to the list to make changes if there is any need to although now Dr P said she should just follow this regimen closely for now.

Indeed we did!

san and I went down in the morning. Ok so it was about 1045 but still quite early here. There was no one about and san told me she was worried that it might rain. But as we were already downstairs, san decided to let me walk. It was rather dark and we could feel the breeze that carried raindrops. But I got to eat some grass and then it started to rain! I told san that 5 minutes downstairs was better than no minutes :)

When we got up to our flatt, san took a picture of the rain...
It was a good 5 minutes anyway.

Goodnight Friday from Ms Akira

Ms Akra came out of her Princess Room on the warpath! She meowed and complained and told me in no uncertain terms that I had yet to spend any time with her (of cos she meant she wanted a lap and where was mine?). She followed me to the kitchen and then to the living room and finally I just had to give in to her Royal Highness. What is Midsommer Murders when a little cat wants a lap?

zzz....

Another walk this morning? Hurrah!

The morning was very quiet. san and I went down about 9.30 before she had to be at work. We usually have no one downstairs at this time. We met a small woofie but his owner walked him away quickly as I guess he did not want me to get spooked. san told me I was much bigger than the woofie though. WROARR!!

I thought it was time to look at another scratching post.

This was another BIG tree. It is the tree closet to us in the 1st picture. The tree I used yesterday was the on eon the far right. I must say it was good to have a choice.

I also decided to take a long walk at the void deck.

I do not know why this birdie was making a lot of noise when I was under the tree. SQUARKK!!! he said. There were no birds and I am a peace-loving kitty. I did not chase any birdies this morning.

So I sat quietly in case he decided to attack me! Then when he was quiet, san told me we had to go home. I said ok. I think if I behaved well and do not scratch san when she puts me back into the carrier, I might get to walk again tomorrow. I hope so. I think I behaved very well this morning.

Just Because

Tanaka and the Outside

san brought me down early this week but I did not like it...it was furry scary...

But I thought I should at least try to see if I can make it outside. I tried putting one leg out...

san was furry excited when she saw me putting both my forelegs out. She said' "Good boy Tanaka!"

But I decided it was too much so one leg in...

Both legs in!

Then I heard some scary sounds and decided to tuck myself inside my carrier. san then closed the door and we stayed here for a little while with me looking out from inside. san said it would take some time for me to get used to the noise and the OUTSIDE. I think so but or this week, I told san, enough already.

Morning Walks!

On Tuesday I went down and ate grass. I was very happy to get out of the house...

I explored some drains that were dry. san would not let me in a wet one as she said I would then have to take a whole body bath. I think dry ones are best as I get to roll o dry leaves. I like the crunching sounds that come with it.

I sat looking at people walking. It was quite restful. I went down for a whole 45 minute walk. Then I had to go home as san had to go to work.

Yesterday I told san very loudly that I wanted to go out but san said she had to take Toro to hospital. Then suddenly san took Toro out of the carrier and I got in. I don't know what happened but I was glad to be out a_g_a_i_n.

I stalked some birdies!

Sniffed at this tree. It was quite interesting.

Then I used it as a BIG scratch board. WOWEE!!

I also got to roll about on the hot pavement. I didn't mind san wiping me down a bit. It was worth it!

Ms Akira in action

I sometimes play although quite suddenly so san would not have time to take pikshurs. But this morning I decided to play for a longer time so she could take a video :)

Vet appointment postponed!

Poor Toro had to fast from 10.30 pm last night until 9.15 am when the hospital called to say that Dr P had an emergency and had to cancel his ultra sound! I felt very sorry for him as he meowed the whole morning as he was hungry and he stared at me quite puzzled when he did not get any breakfast this morning. He would usually get breakfast in the cage so I can give him his meds quite easily without having to run after him. He would also be away from Megat who is always wanting to eat his food! Anyway poor Toro has another appointment on the 7th with Megat. I would just have to juggle trying to meet with Dr L and Dr P. I hope things do not get worse although I know for Toro it would not get any better as oxalate crystals would not just disappear or dissolve. But we will see what happens next Tuesday.