My Ma was so in her state of blurness yesterday. She posted the 4 days birthday countdown as my birthday! *Woof* mine's on 12 Dec ok? Kopi's on 1 Dec! Anyway, problem is rectified by the blur queen! hur hur...

Since it's 13 days away, I'll post my birthday wishes lata. Don't want to SHARE my treats and excursions with Kopi. hmph!

Have I sent you my birthday wishes yet? kk.. here goes...
(1) Mango mousse cake
(2) BIG, BIG munchy bone
(3) Squeaky, noisy dog-toy
(4) Beach excursion (for me to meet & greet other doggies), every week?
(5) A female companion? (seriously, getting sick of pretending Milo is one)

All 'do-able' right, Pa & Ma? hur hur... ...

Surprisingly, I had so much fun at the pool that my water phobia vanished! It's really exhausting to be paddling around in the pool and very soon, I was trotting around with my long, wet tongue hanging all out!
Hope I look good enough to seduce the few Shetland sheepdogs around… oops!

{Kopi} I need blood transfusion, quick!

Remember I was telling you about my encounter with UTI?
It's bad... porky soup did not work to cure me.

Ma & Pa reeled in shock when I peed blood on Sunday, 6pm. I was rushed to the vet within 20 mins (they have to close their shutters at 7pm SHARP! No compassion at all!). The vet tried feeling my bladder and stuck her fingers to feel my prostate! wth.. who gave you permission to.. to.. stuck it in? Eeewww...

Anyway, cut.. cut my very looong story short.. the vet needed me to take some xray shots of my bladder for stones! She showed this BIG, fifty cent coin size bladder stone to my Ma & Pa, and that got them very worried. And you know what's the silliest thing? This clinic does not have any xray facilities. So, Ma and Pa had to bring me to another vet the next day.

Home was a place that looked like a scene out of CSI episode. Blood dripped everywhere whenever I peed.

Phew! We went for the xray the next day, and thank my lucky "bones"... no bladder stones were found. Vet said for Ma and Pa to monitor my urine the next 10 days with the heavy antibiotics and anti-swelling medication. My bladder lining seems swollen and possibly one of the blood vessels burst which resulted in the gory scene at home.

So for now.. it's a wait and see period. If blood is still present in my urine after 10 days, Ma and Pa will have to bring me for an ultrasound. YIKES! I dun want... that at all! Must shave my tummy BALD to do the ultrasound scans! Just when I thought my 'Botak' days are over...

Ma... maybe the porky soup will give me more nutrients to purge out the bacteria in my bladder? heh heh....

{Kopi}

Retribution or what??

I've been straining to pee since Wednesday... kk, in layman terms: that is to keep trying to pee but nothing comes out from the *bird*. Little trickles of urine for all the efforts.... aaargh!

Ma was extremely worried. You know how humans are forever getting urinary tract infections. She was quite sure that this was IT. Afterall, my behaviour and symptoms tally mah!

In her true Mama-style, she decided to self-medicate me.
Humans take cranberry juice for UTI... Kopi takes Porky Soup for UTI! hur hur...
Cranberry juice.. yucks! My fur will turn red from the taste!

Porky Soup (serves 2)
8 bowls of water
4 pieces of Pork bones
2 Carrots

1. Boil water in pot. When boiled, place pork bones into pot.

2. Simmer for 15 mins. Scrape carrot skin and slice them into 2cm chunks.

3. Place carrot chunks into soup. Simmer for another 20 mins. DONE!

4. Let dog have the soup. Meat from the bones & carrots can be fed.

And what's Ma's rationale for the porky soup?

Must force me to drink more liquids to flush out the bacteria in the urinary tract. Plain ol' water is blaah...no motivation to finish my bowl of water mah.
So, porky soup is such a GREAT idea! I finished my bowl of soup in 1 min! And lucky Milo, got to drink some too.

erm... Ma was wondering if this is retribution for peeing on Pa's pond? *Bird* got guilty too and infected my urinary tract???

Ma, nooooo.. it wasn't me! (die die also must act innocent) and can I have more Porky tonight?

{M: Porky Soup seems to work for Kopi, he started urining loads! Yucks!}