Updates on Snowy:
This morning Snowy's condition was better. His temperature is now normal. So the vet was able to give him antibiotic injection (Marbocyl) and to take his blood. The in-clinic test shows the WBC is very high indicating infection. The lab results will be available in the evening. After the blood taking, he has to go back to his oxygen bubble to rest.
When I went to see him this morning, the vet said he was stable enough to travel for x-ray to be done. We rang Gasing first coz their machine is digital so would give a sharper image. But all their vets were busy and would not be able to attend to us. So we went to St Angel's in Puchong instead in spite of the longer journey on a Friday.
The vet explained that the x-ray shows clearly there is a lot of fluid accumulated in the chest cavity. This condition is called Pleural Effusion. The fluid could be water or even pus. The heart is not visible at all and only a part of the diaphragm is faintly visible. There is also fluid in the abdominal cavity.
He was very tired after the journey back and the vet put him back into the bubble to rest before carrying out the drainage of the fluid by means of a catheter which does not require sedation. The fluid will then be cultured for a lab test. This procedure will not extract all the fluid. If he's able to undergo sedation later on, then a tube will be inserted right into the cavities to flush out the fluid. The vet said the procedure is highly risky with 50/50 chance. He's so unwell he's not eating on his own and any forcefeeding or drip will stress him further. Will have to take one step at a time.
Btw, Snowy's neutering was sponsored from the funds of AnimalCare more than a year ago. Notice the tipped left ear in an earlier photo? All the cats around Maria's area whom I fetched for spaying/neutering with AnimalCare's sponsorship had their left ears tipped, both male and female. While still a kitten, Snowy was scalded by the owner of a coffeeshop infront of Maria's flat...thus the scars on his back.
Before going for X-Ray
After X-Ray
Tired after the journey
The old scald scars.
We hope Snowy will get well soon.
Andy Koh, of PetFinder.my and I have been working together on a few medical cases ever since PetFinder.my launched its medical fund. Andy has asked me to recommend needy, worthy and genuine cases to him so that the case gets more exposure through PetFinder.my's publicity and other sympathetic animal-lovers can also share in the cost of the treatment by donating through PetFinder.my. That way, it also won't be so taxing and heavy on us to sponsor the entire cost of the treatment.
PetFinder.my encourages the rescuer to raise funds on his/her own through friends and family as they will sponsor only up to a maximum of 50% of the cost.
We agree that this is only fair as all animal NGOs and NPOs work very, very hard to raise funds to support our objectives of helping rescuers and their animals. I am sure the rescuer herself/himself can also raise some funds from friends and family as evidenced by Winnie Low (Brownie, ex-parvo puppy, now very happy and healthy!) who raised enough funds from her family and friends and received some support from PetFinder.my such that she did not even required our funds towards the end. Janz from Penang (Puppy, the puppy with tick fever) also raised her own funds with some help from MDDB Northern and had enough towards the end. She did not even have to apply for PetFinder's funds.
I have contacted Agnes to apply to PetFinder.my's Medical Fund on behalf of Maria. We hope the readers of PetFinder.my will help out.
We also hope Maria will also try to raise some funds on her own.
We will top up the balance of the cost.
The cost of this treatment is going to be VERY high because the oxygen bubble costs RM20 per hour! This is going to be one complicated and costly case.
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