MeiMei had her cardiac ultrasound today. They confirmed she has mitral valve regurgitation and left ventricular hypertrophy. Her medications, enalapril and lasix, doses were duubled. This week, she’s also on two additional medications, an antibiotic as precautionary for bronchitis and a cough suppressant. She no longer enjoys the pill pocket, so it’s a pain in [...]
Archive for April, 2008
28 Apr
MeiMei is sad…
Fluffy had a good night rest yesterday. He was more energized today when I got home from work and had great appettite. He was very excited when Margaret fed him his chicken dinner. But poor MeiMei is not doing too good with food today. Ted had a hard time giving her meds this morning – [...]
27 Apr
Constipation
Mckayla had some problem with her #2 since we started giving her carrots few days ago. She started crying while she attempts to poop. She finally relieved herself after I slowed down on the solids and gave her more breastmilk on Friday. But she’s definitely getting more food in her mouth now than her chin/cheeks [...]
27 Apr
Tough Boy
Fluffy is hanging in there. He’s losing more muscle mass on his body while his abdomen continues to enlarge. He’s very weak and tired most of the day, but still enjoying his chicken dinners and cheese treats. He still wags his tail when friends come over to visit him and perks up briefly when we [...]
22 Apr
Bad News
Things don’t look good at all for poor Fluffy. On the ultrasound, vet confirmed the mass that she felted on his abdomen. His entire liver and spleen are filled with cancer cells. He is losing muscles on his back but is gaining weight because the tumor is getting bigger. We’re all staying home this week [...]
20 Apr
Loss of Appetite
Fluffy, who usually chows down his dinner in seconds, has not been eating his regular dog food. He still loves his milk bone breakfast and chicken jerky treats, but has completely lost interest in his food. We even mixed chicken breasts with the dog food, but he only ate the chicken and left his dog [...]
19 Apr
Rice Cereal
Mckayla had her first taste of rice cereal on Friday night. Needless to say she got more of it on her chin and cheeks than in her mouth. But she had a pretty good time “eating”. While I was feeding her, she kept grabbing the spoon to put in her mouth to suck on it. [...]
17 Apr
Ready for solids?
When I picked up Mckayla from Sophia’s house after work yesterday, she mentioned to me that Mckayla was staring at them when they were eating – yes, Super Mom Sophia takes two babies out to lunch! Mckayla’s been trying to grab my cup whenever I’m drinking water while holding her. Last night, I put the cup [...]
15 Apr
Babysitters in Training
Mckayla stayed at home today with Auntie Jackie and Uncle Ajay while I was at work. Mckayla behaved pretty good most of the day for Auntie Jackie. Finished all her bottles without any problem and gave her an explosive poopy diaper again right before Auntie Jackie had to take off for her appointment - Mckayla’s last [...]
14 Apr
Squeaky Clean
Fluffy and MeiMei went in for their spring grooming yesterday. After a full day of doggie spa, MeiMei’s now back to her famous “puppy cut”. Fluffy just had a bath with pedicure. His hair did not grow back much since his last trim in October. Groomer suggested we take him in to have his thyroid function checked [...]
