Odie in the Vet

I went to visit Odie right after my office hour. I have called Dr Lim twice today to check out about Odie’s status. He is still not eating, so doctor has put 24 hours dripping for him. Good that he drinks water. He did not vomit during the day, but vomit once in the evening and the time when I went to visit him.

Dr Lim did an ultrasound for Odie today and notice the object appeared in the intestine. He can’t really tell what the object is. It could be a fruit seed (I hope it is a durian seed, at least it is not harmful) or a tumor. Dr Lim advised that before the operation, it is better to do a colored X-Ray, where he will let Odie drink some colored media, X-ray will be taken every 1 hour as and when the colored media flow through his body. I have reviewed each and single piece of the X-ray, normal X-Ray and colored X-Ray. We can pin point the exact location of the object with the colored X-ray. (“Colored” x-ray is still in black and white form, just that it is more define and cleared). It appeared that the object is moving slowly in Odie’s intestine. This could be a relief as tumor don’t move instead it will spread. The bad thing is since the object is moving slowly as and when the intestine pushes it. It will cause pain and even hurt the surface of the intestine.

Dr Lim suggests scheduling Odie for an operation tomorrow. I agreed with his suggestion. Dr Lim said he will cut a hole in his intestine to take the object out. He asks me not to worry because he is not cutting off his intestine. However, he will need to check how bad his intestine has been hurt so far.

Odie probably needs to stay in the vet for at least another 4-5 days after his operation and until he can eat normally. Odie lost his weight. Tears coming out from his eyes when he sees me. I pet, hug and kiss him. I company him to do his colored X-ray when I am there. I spent more than 1 hour to company and talk to him. He is really tired……

Get well soon Odie…..