Dating back in 2009 before I sat for UPSR, your biological mother has delivered you and your two other siblings, namely Browny and Spotty in our house. I can't express how astonished I were to have seen you three little ones roaming the garden and squeaking like mice. I witnessed every single moment of your life, from a tiny little one that I manage to hold in my palm to the chubby you who has gained so much weight over the years. When we had the three of you in our house, we were forced to make such a tough decision to only adopt Browny. There, your mother took you and Spotty away from us. Browny was such an adorable, with brown spots on its snow-white fur and an incredibly long brown tail. She's so lovely that everyone of us loves her so much, and even our neighbors and any guests who visit our house will love to carry her in their arms. You were the total opposite back then, with a black spot at one corner of or your mouth, dad and bro had called you the ugly one or the one who has never wiped your mouth after eating. But I love all of you the same. Not long after we kept Browny, your mother brought you back to our house and from then on, we had never seen Spotty anymore, for we believe he has been sent to heaven. I could not blame your mother for leaving you at our house because you are assumed to be independent when you are able to fend for yourself. I will say lucky you that we have adopted you.
Since that day, we have you and Browny with us. I can never forget how we help you two to pull through the days after your mother had left. We kept you in a storage drawer where we kept all our clothings before we get to bed so that you get to feel the warmth when the air cond is on and experience the total darkness so that you can fall to sleep easily. You do have your moments by waking us up middle of the night and so we have to pat you to sleep. It was not easy to make sure that you two are in good hands. Believed to be elder one, you are more adventurous, brave and tough while Browny is always the timid and playful one. We had so much fond memories of spending some quality time with you two and even bringing you all to the park which in fact, left you all in awe! However, Browny decided to leave home and never come back again. I yearned for her return and longed to cast one glance at her, just to make sure she's alright but never once I have seen her in the neighbourhood after searching her for days. I do miss her terribly.
We are left with you only over the years. We managed to help you to pull through the days when your dearest sister has left by reassuring you and giving you the comfort when it's most needed. But, never did we expect an accident to befallen you. That was during Chinese New Year when we headed to my aunt's place few doors away from ours for a yearly gathering after dinner. It was already late at night, which I believed is 10 or 11pm when all the shops had closed. You lied motionlessly, mewing in agonizing pain as blood was oozing out from your jaw and there were injuries on your limbs as well. Your white fur was stained with blood. We were equally shocked. I could not forget how hard those days were. We tried to render you first aid treatment by apply pressuring to stop the blood flow and spent the night searching for a veterinary that has an emergency unit. I don't know whether I should be thankful or not that we managed to find a veterinary in KL which eventually helped to treat the injuries on your limbs but gave us so much dissatisfaction. They caused you to be in a worse trauma, charged us an unreasonable high amount and worst of all, they gave us the wrong X-ray which showed that you 'had' a fracture on your limb. Thankfully, we went to seek for a second advice from Gasing Veterinary Hospital and I'm so glad that you were looked after by Dr. Melissa who attended to you personally. You had a few days stay in the hospital and even after so, you were able to stare at us with your smiling eyes when we came to pick you up after the stay. You were so brave through the recovery when we had to bring you to the vet for weekly check-up and feed you food and your medications. Despite having a hard time, you have never failed to be the toughest one.When Dr. Melissa said you have fully recovered and took all the stitches out, in no time, you are out of the house to explore the neighbourhood as how you will before the accident.
I would say that accident has taught me to appreciate you and every single animal, may it be a stray cat or dog as life is too short for us to take things for granted. It was you who drive me to be a veterinarian. Now and then, I still dream to be one when I have seen so many homeless cats and dogs that can't even have a proper meal and shelter. I hope to give them the best treatment and a place which they can call home. However, that was merely a dream as I knew I wouldn't be able to perform a surgery or inject an animal as I love them too much. It hit me really hard when we found out that Tiger who was a stray cat that would come to our house daily for the scrumptious meals that we provide you with was forced to leave us. A foreign object hit Tiger right on his spine and affected his central nervous system that both his legs can no longer function. I remembered bringing him to the vet at Taman Megah and fervently hope that he only had a fracture. The doctor tried to make him walk but when we saw that he had to pull his legs to move around, we knew that nothing could turn back time. He was given an injection and was forced to put to sleep. As a Buddhist, we believed that he should live a fairly more comfortable life in heaven after he was freed from the pain
Now, you were sent to join your only friend in life in heaven. We miss you dearly. From the moment I stepped into the house, I realised how empty and lifeless it will be. I stared at your litterbox and knew that it will no longer be put into good use. For the past five years that you had accompanied me, we have developed such a close relationship that I will call family love. There were times that I would hug you in my arms and shed tears while you would stare at me blankly and not making a single noise. There were days you loved to sleep on my bed right next to my leg and I had to shift my body to make space for you. You enjoyed the air conditioner in our rooms and even if you felt cold, you sought for warmth under my comfortable. How adorable you could be. Now, I will no longer wake up to you standing at my door, mewing for me to open my door to let you in so that you could wake me up to feed you your breakfast. It will not happen anymore. I won't have your natural clock to wake me up so that I won't be late for school.
Well, it has been an incredibly memorable journey with you. You have walked the the different milestones in my life with me and your loyalty is one that I appreciate the most. If it's time for you to leave, I truly hope that you can rest in peace in heaven and join your best friend there. Poppy, I will love you forever and always.
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