Cats who teach me to fly…

Miemi has been around with me these few nights. I smiled and greeted her even though I was tired. It is always a joy to know that she is around…always. Photos of her when she was a baby.

I remember it was around 10+ that night. I was going to bed and I put her on the couch on this neck cushion. It fitted her well. When I woke up the next morning, I took a peep at her and there she was still lying still on the neck cushion. She meowed immediately when she noticed me. Miemi was such good girl.

Miemi at a playful age. I think she was about one to two months old. I had no experience in handling or taking care of cats when she first came to me. I gave her dry cat food and she didn’t seem to know how to eat. So i smashed the dry food and mixed with wet food for her. She ate finally.

She had an accident when she was in her eighth or tenth month. I think someone dragged her out from my window, she fell and broke her leg and was dumped on the fourth floor. We were staying on the tenth floor. She was obviously exposed in the middle of the stairs. Injured cats never expose themselves. They usually hide but Miemi did not. She couldn’t walk as she broke her bone on her front left foot. I went stair by stair shouting her name and looking for her. Finally I saw her and she lifted her neck high when she saw me.

I knew she couldn’t have broken her leg and dragged herself to the fourth floor. Someone dragged her out of my window, felt panicked and dumped her. I don’t know who did it. Whoever did it was forgiven. Animals never hold grudges. Miemi never and so shouldn’t I.

I had bad arthritis when I was 18. It was on my joint. Both my knees, ankles and wrists. I got better as I grew older. At the age of 24, they were 99% healed without medication except for my left wrist. It is always painful when I add stress to it. Just like Miemi, after her operation, she was able to walk normally but she could not bend her leg anymore.

It is not easy for me to forget which leg she injured herself cos my left wrist reminded me of her. The last time I felt sensitive on my left wrist was two weeks ago. I thought of Miemi. Part of me was sad because she was not with me physically anymore and part of me was happy because she no longer feels pain anymore. She is free of pain whereas I am still suffering.

This was taken when she was eight-months-old. How graceful she was! There was no ipad at that time and digital cameras were rather expensive.

Sometimes I asked myself did I love her all my life. I think I have I neglected her during her first few months and I loved her her whole life. Never once have I thought of abandoning her even though letter was sent from HDB to send her away and friend told me to give her up. I never did. She was and is a flawless jade to me.

I also remember there was an earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. One night, both of us felt the aftermath of an earthquake and we looked at each other. Without hesitation, I picked her up and dashed out of the house, just in case the building collapsed. I didn’t wear my bra as I needed to dash both of us out of the building and I used Miemi as a shield. Carrying her tightly, afraid that she might run away and go missing but she stuck closely to me without struggling.

Not even a second have I thought of abandoning her. I walked with her when she was ill. Nothing could tear us apart. Nothing. Yes, the connection between Miemi and I is never ending. A never ending love. We will be together again. She walked with me her whole life and she still chooses to walk with me. So do I.

Beautiful purple chrysanthemums for Miemi. Cashie was playful again trying to pull out the leaves but he is still lovely.

Always loving Miemi.

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Puss has finished her antibiotic yesterday and I am so relieved. I thought her wound should be ok, so I took off the collar. I was only away for awhile as I knew she was gong to gloom herself. When I returned to see her, her toe was bloody again and I had to put on the head neck protector again, to stop her from licking her wound. I continue using antibacterial spray and apply medicine on her. Guess I have to keep her for another few days. Hope her wound recover soon.

Medication used on her:
Colloidal silver for the first three days, follow by antibacterial spray and cream for open wound. Ten days of Clavamox. One tablet(62.5mg) twice a day. Collar to prevent her from licking. There was improvement after one week but not fully recovered. Still monitoring. Half tablet of Kala Immunix was given to her everyday.

*Colloidal Silver
*Antibacterial spray
*Clavamox
*Kala Immunix

Look at little Puss.

She was resting her head comfortably on the scratch board.

She has four meals a day. Morning, afternoon, evening and night. She doesn’t like dry food, that is why she is so thin. She had boiled chicken and fish everyday.

She doesn’t seem to get along well with Cashie and Monnie. Many times she showed violence. Gladly that Cashie and Monnie did not show any act of violence but only hissing. Both Cashie and Monnie were beaten by Puss. Not the serious type, a few taps on their body.

Puss’s behaviour did not affect me from caring her any lesser. I know she is a stray and need to defence herself. Life as a stray is never easy. I love and care for her the same.

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I am moving into a new flat soon. With an extra room, bathroom and storeroom. For me, these extra spaces are a luxury to me and it is not a “want” thing but a “need” thing. I need extra space for Miemi, Cashie, Monnie and occasionally some animals to roam around. Especially, when I am saving animals now. Puss is on her way to recovery. Her wound is getting better and I am so happy for her. Actually, the reason that I am doing all these is not because I want them to remember me, it is because I want them to know that somebody care for them and they are loved.

I went to the sample flat to take a look again. I want to know how I want to design my flat. I want it to be cozy and spacious. Not crowded with furniture. I hope to make my common room a comfortable study room, where I can rest as well.

I remember I wanted to make a “Miemi’s Haven” for Miemi at the corner of the hall where she will have a beautiful bed and some bonsai. It is heartbreaking. I don’t know if Miemi would come back to me on time to move to our new place or… Whatever it is and wherever I am…she is with me. There will always be a place for Miemi. Will always remember her…

I love yellow. It always represents sunshine to me…

Hope Miemi loves it.

I should begin to browse for some interior design ideas and borrow some magazines from the library. Hmm… I love to have dim lighting that feels comfortable and cozy. Mel always says that I am not practical. She is like a mountain, so practical like the mountain that it is impossible to move. She always suggests things that are easy to wash and maintain. Things that are easy to wash always don’t look nice and attractive, example, the mountain. Mountains have one straight figure, easy to wash. Flowers have petals, have to clean one by one and be careful of the curves and are fragile but they are beautiful. So she likes things that are easy to wash and maintain. Always dark in colour, example, dark brown, black all the dark colours that do not look dirty. If she were to design my house, it would be like entering into dark woods.

I am so excited about my new flat. I hope to make my place like any comfortable cafe where I love to sit and read.

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Puss seems to walk better, however, I still see raw wound. I am not sure If she has improved but definitely not worsen. Mel said when she fell when she was kick scooting that day, it took two weeks to completely healed. As long as Puss’s wound does not worsen, I think I should be patient to wait for two weeks and see how her wound is. She definitely is walking better but somehow when I try clean her wound, she still feels pain.

She sleeps a lot in the day and make a lot of noises at night and I had to wake up in the middle of the night to pacify her by letting her out the cage for a while and cook for her. I know she wants to go back to where she belongs. Once her wound is fully recovered, I will release her.

Little Puss jumped up of my shoe rack which is about four feet high.

She was fine and didn’t seem to be in pain when she jumped. She is not fully recovered. The base of her foot look normal to me. Unlike the first time when I saw the base of her foot, it was wounded but it all seem ok to me now.

I didn’t heel the advise from the vet to use iodine on her, I use collodail silver instead. I think it works.

I hope she recovers soon, so that she can have her freedom again. Yes, she will… soon!

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Two days ago, when Mel and I were on our way to feed the strays in Hougang, we saw our familiar cat limping towards us below our block. Her leg was badly cut and was bleeding badly, I told Mel that I would bring her home when we got back from Hougang.

It was quite late that night. I asked Mel to go home first while I was looking for her. I walked around my block and the opposite block looking for her and when I was walking back to where I usually feed her, she appeared happily in front of me. She is always so happy dashing out from nowhere and right in front of me when I brought food for them. I quickly grabbed her and carried her home. Mel was already preparing the cage for her. Luckily, there was Mel.

Today is the second day. I applied antibacterial spray on her foot and cream. This medication was last used by Miemi with the same condition. Mel named the stray cat “Puss”. Her wound has dried up a little. However, the pus worried me. I brought Puss to “clinic for pets” at Geylang East. The vet said that the best way to treat her is with iodine. I wish it could be something better. The vet said the wound is so raw that by simply touch her would cause her a lot of pain. Well, to apply iodine on such a raw wound is going to be very very painful and it really hurt Puss. She jumped down from the table and ran off after the nurse dripped some on her wound. I can see blood stains along the trail where Puss jumped off and ran. I don’t know if this is the right way to heal but I am going to apply what I have been using tonight.

This is Puss and her injured leg.

I will use iodine on her when Mel is around tomorrow evening cos I am afraid that I might not be able to handle her.

The medication fee is $60. Oh… I actually crushed the antibiotics tablet and mixed it in the wet food. She knew it and refused to eat it. So I prepared another fresh one for her. After her meal, I tried to hand feed her the tablet. I thought she would struggle but it was all so easy. She actually just swallowed it. I hope she will eat the remaining ones the same way.

She didn’t meow when I brought her to the vet or at home. Looks like she is a tough cat. Hope she recovers soon and I can release her.

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