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Miri (After 11/9/2014) A short life from May 2011 to 1/19/2019

Miri got back to home on 11/9/2014 from Best Friends Animal Society

Her birth month was estimate as May 2011. It is too young and too short for a fully loved life like her. the following is her first year been rescued by her foster mom and a vet.  the Vet also a friend of her foster mom.

=====Melanie====

Morning dear soul. I hope you managed to sleep. I’ve still not stopped crying. I hope you’re doing okay.

Several months ago I shared Miri’s story on Facebook and wrote the below post. It is a brief story of her beginning.

“The story of my beautiful Miri - her memory popped up in my newsfeed today ❤️

Miracle was a few months old when she came into my life. She was hit by a car outside a Holiday Inn and the manager instructed an employee “to get rid of her”. Terrified, in pain and feral she bit the employee. Fortuitously a physician friend of mine Dr Anteneh Roba was on duty at the ER hospital that night where this employee had taken himself to be treated for the bite. Dr. Roba persuaded this man not to “get rid of her’ but to get her to an ER vet and then called me and asked if I would foster her and meet her at vet specialists called Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists on Monday. . (Gulf Coast Veg Specialists are the most phenomenal veterinarians.

The ER vet had said she was FIV positive and perhaps euthanasia should be considered.. (FIV is never a reason to kill a cat). I said absolutely not. That was never an option for Anteneh and I. On Monday I met Miri for the first time at GCVS. After an examination by the orthopedic surgeon she needed to have a pin placed in her pelvis. I brought her home after surgery a few days later. I had to give medications to this terrified little feral and my heart melted when ten days later she was purring and had decided that not all humans are scary and mean. Then we hit a roadblock. Miri developed an extremely high fever and she had to be readmitted to the specialty hospital where she stayed in intensive care for ten days. Initially they thought there may be a possible infection to the pin in her pelvis however it wasn’t that after all. No matter what they did they couldn’t keep her extremely high fever down. She had IV fluids and tons of tests, medications yet nothing seemed to work. I visited her daily and Anteneh visited her too. Nothing seemed to work and she was released after ten days with a slight drop in temperature. I had to administer shots to her daily including medications.

I kept her mostly isolated from my other nine animals and for the next four and a half months she was in and out of vets - my personal vet and Memorial Cat Hospital - Cat vet specialists over an hour from my house who even saw her on Sundays. She would have a high fever, little appetite, and was lethargic. The vets were bewildered they couldn’t cure her. All the different vets were giving up and finally my vet said there was nothing more they could do, and to accept the fact that I had done everything possible. That Friday I took Miri home from the vets crying my eyes out. She and I were so bonded; I carried her everywhere with me in a little “doughnut” and I loved her with my whole heart. She had a wardrobe of clothes now as her skin was constantly raw, furless in places; I had to still keep her isolated but only at night now from all my other animals as she at times ate her cat litter and I had to use paper litter for her. The unthinkable (euthanasia) was scheduled for that Monday after Friday’s vet visit. Anteneh came over to say goodbye to her on the weekend and we both resolved we were not giving up on her. I held Miri tight and said sweetheart please help me to help you; eat and get well. Miraculously that Monday morning she improved. I cancelled the appointment first thing Monday.

We continued with the skin dips for her broken skin; continued to try different foods, she had all sorts of meds and we decided to ask Best Friends Animal Sanctuary if they could help with her and perhaps conquer her health issues. They agreed after they read the reams of paperwork I had for her from all the different veterinarians. The weekend my daughters flew her up to Utah I cried so hard that I left a lake of tears and even called my girls and said turn around and bring her home. However as much as I couldn’t bear to part with her I knew this was in her best interests. She got to see Las Vegas staying at the Wynn and then my girls drove her up to Best Friends, Angel Canyon, Kanab Utah. And the vets at Best Friends did manage to heal her completely!!!! I think I drove her caretakers crazy as I called each day for a report and I wanted her back. I flew up to visit my baby girl and she came running to greet me. I took her on walks on a leash as you can see from the photographs. She spent the weekend with me sleeping in my bed and it was a very tearful goodbye but she was thriving there and I knew I needed to leave her to continue to heal🌱

Miri is now adopted and living the perfect life in California with her other mum and we stay in touch. My deepest gratitude will always go to my friend Anteneh who did everything possible too so that we could save her life because each life matters

I have a whole album of photos and videos of her throughout her illness where she looked so forlorn and was so ill but I’m sharing the photos of her now healthy and thriving. Look how beautiful she is and she loves her life.

====above was from her foster mom===

====Liling====
I will add more of her later
 

Her days with me set me like in heaven while she was in good heath and hit me down to the gound when she had health issues.  She slept a lot as a symptom of FIV.  I could feel her  happiness when she saw me.  she so loved to stay close to me.  It just an feelilng that hard to describe, a very old friend feeling.  

In fact, i am happy for her to pass on because her entire life was troubled by FIV, sleeping more than an ordinary cat BUT so miss her.

she had an agressive large cell lymphoma then two vets recomemded to let her go asap. Sigh, she was ready but not me. The growing tumor made her constipation as soon as off enema. Last time, she had to receive two enemas in one vet office visit then next day started again. She started circiling/sprining, either could not see or brain damage around 1:20pm 1/19/2019. She even stucked by an almost empty plastic bottle. Had to rush her in in order not got her suffer more. She was so peacful in my arm, not even feel those two shots then left around 2:40pm that afternoon.

I took her body back as vet office closed at 4pm, just could not tolerate/image that they put her warm body into refriigator (i could understand but hard to accept that). cremation service will pick her up next tuesday then I will take her body back early morning tomorrow 1/21/2019.

我所有離我而去的貓 如果可以選擇不再回來 就不要回來  在天上跟菩薩修行

如果一定必須再回來  (我.....還沒想好.....應該是我認為她們都不用再回來重修)

老罵子比較留戀  不過  入土後  就放下對我的不放心走了

阿發  我最心痛的一個  但知道它不留戀地走了 

劉小雞  很高興可以離開她那時常擔心受怕的身體  目前在天上當天使  但偶而在我家跑來跑去偷看我們在幹嘛

劉米粒  現在乖乖地在當天使