May 17, 2020 at 07:42 pm

JJ's Health Diary 2020

Update posted by Mary Joy Gutierrez

March 4, 2020

JJ's left eye was temporarily closed to help it's bulging from persisting. He was prescribed with painkillers and anti-inflammatory medicines. His right eye was diagnosed with dry eyes syndrome. We were prescribed with gentamicine eye drops.

March 13, 2020

His stitches where removed because his eyes were healing well. He got hotspots all over his body. The doctor injected medicines to help heal his hotspots quickly. They also prescribed ointment for it.

March 16, 2020

Philippines declared Enhanced Community Quarantine in fight with COVID19

April 7, 2020

JJ's left eye is not doing well. It swell up and it looks so painful. He ate a little but we made sure that he is well hydrated.

April 8, 2020

JJ's left eye became blind. We asked our barangay captain for a travel pass and we rushed JJ to his vet. They removed his eye.

April 15, 2020

JJ's sutures bleed. We rushed him to the vet clinic. We decided to hospitalized him until he gets a lot better.

April 22, 2020

JJ was discharged from hospitalization.

April 29, 2020

His sutures were scheduled to be removed.

May 9, 2020

JJ started to sneeze blood. We contacted the doctor and she told us that it might be the discharges from his eye operation. We were adviced to observe him

May 11, 2020

He's still sneezing blood.

May 12, 2020

At night, his left eye started to bleed. He still sneezes blood.

May 13, 2020

In the morning, we rushed him to the clinic. They draw blood from him and run some tests. We discovered that he is anemic. They performed another test and it turns out that he has ehrlichiosis or canine dengue. He doesn't show any symptoms before. He was strong. We thought nothing was wrong. But it turns out to be assymptomatic or sub-clinical. He was hospitalized again. Our veterinary bills have filled up. We don't have enough funds. We were forced to close our shop since the start of quarantine because of COVID19. My mother was also struggling with her business because of the same reason. I started a fundraising for JJ to help with our bills.

May 16, 2020

JJ was discharged from the vet clinic. We managed to get funds from good people. Some of them lend their money that we have to pay in future date. Some of them donated. But from all those efforts, we are only able to pay his hospitalization bills and 5 days worth of medicines. He is still prescribed to take those medicines for 32 days.

May 17, 2020

Together with his medicines, we also incorporate herbal or organic medicines to increase his platelet. There's a plant called tawa-tawa that someone suggested to me. It is said to help his condition. We boiled it and make JJ drink it using a syringe without needle.

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