Rosies 26th Day
AnimalCare 
Mar 16, 2017 
AnimalCare, NGOs 
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Today, Rosie seemed a little perkier.
She is more willing to come out of the room and sit in the hall upstairs instead of hiding under the bed.
But when she hides under the bed, this what I have to do in order to get her out to give her her meds and supplements.
And mind you, the king size mattress is very heavy…
Maybe a consolation is that after this, I might develop some biceps, something which I’ve failed to achieve all my life!
She’s right smack in the middle.
And I have to prop up the other side of the mattress so that some sunlight goes under the bed.
Time for this evening’s subcut…
The hibiscrub, the povidone iodine and the alcohol swab.
I bought the 500ml bottle, so we will be finishing this bottle today (first round done at the vet’s, second round yesterday, today’s the third – 150ml each time).
The cable has to be changed every week.
My trusty assistant, Heidi.
I still don’t dare poke the needle in! My husband did it.
There, it’s in.
Rosie was so comfortable, she wagged her tail repeatedly and I think she fell asleep too.
We didn’t even have to hold her.
Done!
Today, I learnt about the needles. Usually three types are used for subcut.
The finer it is, the more damage it might do to the cells because the same volume of fluids is going out of a small orifice. The pressure would be greater. The green one is the most commonly used as it’s the medium size. It’s also not painful when poked. The pink one is the biggest and if you’ve got the skill (like the senior vet), you might want to use this – skilful enough to poke without pain (which he did, with Rosie), fast transfusion (2-3 minutes it’s done, less stressful) and causes the least damage to the cells. But it sure looks frighteningly thick!
We’ll go with the green needle for now…
Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2017/03/16/rosies-26th-day/
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