Sunday, May 24, 2020

D-Day (Heart worm results)

This week, we received a Whatssap reminder for Hiro's post heartworm treatment check up. 

As usual, the boy was happy for the vet visit because of all the attention he gets from the doctors and nurses. Also, all the doggy friends he meets in the waiting room.






















With the conditional MCO, we had to still wear our face masks and wait outside until the earlier patient exits. The boy was mighty kan cheong to go inside on arrival.






















Pre-consultation weight-check (Left-Before in Feb, Right- Today)


Since January, he lost a lot of weight due to his prolonged antibiotic medication. At its lowest, it was 32 kg. Now, he has truly gone over the opposite end of the scale. With the MCO, they could not go for their regular walks and increase meal frequency (my fault). Dr. Doris says he has to get back to 32 kg. I agreed too.
The good news is the boy is tested as heartworm-free! He will need to take his monthly heartworm tablets.

So now, everyone is strictly on 2 meals a day. Intra-day snacks are limited to fruits until further notice. We need to go to the vet soon enough for his annual vaccination. He has to go for the full complete 9-in-1 version to cover additional exposures.... since he already has a record of eating rats!


Boy waiting with wagging tail to approach friend
Boy waiting with wagging tail before meeting new friend


2 comments:

Chris said...

Ha! Ha! Great writeup! Yes, me too (n lots of other people). Gain weight. No exercise too, though lots of house work n pet clean up don't count. So good of you to take such good care of Hiro and his siblings! Thank you! 🙏

beeworks said...

Good to hear that you are doing well.

The boy is doing his daily evening walks with his Kong Kong. His morning walks with me hasn't restarted due to my busy schedule. Hopefully, we can resume next month.