Injections and Steak

I went for my second round of antibiotic injection again, got poked with needles twice and poked by the thermometer up where the sun doesn't shine. My fever is down, the breathing is a little better, but the vet said don't be too happy as it's still very bad.

Ideally, he would have preferred to draw out some samples from my lungs and test to see what kind of bacteria is attacking me so that he can prescribe the most effective antibiotics. But to do that I will have to be anaesthetized, and the vet says it's very risky for me if I do that right now, and I may not be able to survive that given my condition.

Here's a clip just to show how badly I usually pant now. I'm panting like that even though I'm not even exercising, and you can hear my heavy breathing.



So, the only thing they can do now for me is antibiotics and hope for the best. I have to come back to the vet everyday for injections for a week.

My M asked if the condition is really, really bad, how long more will I have and the vet says that dogs who are badly will usually go in a week. So if I survive this week of injections, there's hope for me. He also said to make sure that I eat.

So in a bid to make me eat, my M went to the supermarket just now and got me more steak! So for dinner tonight, I had pan fried steak and chicken with vegetables, mixed with yoghurt and fried egg. And in order not to disappoint her, I finished up all the steak. But I did leave behind some chicken and vegetables. My appetite is really not that good nowadays.

Leftovers??!!

Oh, and my M's mum and colleague saw me today and they said I've lost weight. I think never has my M been so distressed that I lost weight, after all the effort she put in trying to put me on a diet. I'm now 23kg, down from 25kg. Even my skull has sunken.

Sunken


See where the 2 arrows is? It never used to be so sunken. My M nows want me to put on weight again. Talk about contradiction! You can never seem to satisfy her!

Oh, and the vet said that I should be kept warm, better not sleep in air-conditioned room, so I guess tonight I'll have to sleep outside my M and MM's room. And to make sure that I can rest fully, they have sent Helios away to stay with Scuba for the time being so that he won't disturb me resting. So I'm kinda back into a one dog household.... for now.

So pray that this household will be back to a 2 dog household for a few more years to come.