Guardians angels are indeed everywhere. This morning, my students came up to me and told me excitedly that they saw a little kitten with red eyes at the five-foot-way. I went down to look and there it was, this little tiny ball of fur, looking very sick with red bulging eyes. The eyes were definitely infected, and the kitten looked very lost. I held him and he felt feverish.
I got my students to bring me a box, and I brought the little kitten to the vet’s for treatment. When I picked him up later after work, I was told he also has diarrhoea and a bit of flu. His eyes are totally infected but will heal with medication.
I have eight cats at home and I should not be bringing this little kitten home because what he has is highly contagious, but I could not find him a fosterer, so I had no choice but to bring him home and quarantine him at the back portion of my house. And, hope for the best.
I named him Felix. Felix will be on antibiotics, and eye medication for three weeks. I hope I can find a fosterer soon because the colony in my house is already “saturated” ie. one of my cats might run away if I bring a new cat home.
While I was waiting for Felix at the clinic to get his medication, I noticed another lovely little orange-white kitten in a cage. There was a label which said “Kitty. Own KD”. (KD is the special food for those with kidney problems.)
Kitty looked healthy and very calm. Almost serene. When the vet saw me looking at her, he told me she is suffering from kidney failure and is “terminal” already. I could not believe my eyes. Poor little thing….so young, just starting out in life, and she is already reaching the end of her lifespan. My heart cried and went out to her instantly. I opened her cage door and placed my hand over her to send loving thoughts to her. “You’ll be ok, Kitty, you’ll be ok,” I told her. And she looked at me with penetrating eyes, so full of soul, as though saying in return, “Don’t worry about me, I’ll be ok. This is my fate.”
I kept looking at her while waiting for Felix, and she kept looking at me with an incredibly calm and serene face. It was almost angelic.
I sat there looking at my guardian angel, and wished there was something I could do for her. But this is reality. Some of us die young, for some reason.
Let’s pray for a miracle, and hope her kidneys heal…somehow.
As I nurse Felix tonight, I will think of Kitty.
Felix and Kitty are my guardian angels for today.