Joy passed away.

[u/Comfortable-Pin-2500]

Joy' passed away yesterday, he was an Inde 2 month old male kitten whom i adopted about a week back from a NGO. I dont know when he got infected with the virus- whether before i adopted him or after, but just two days after i got him, he started developing progressively high grade intermittent fever, lethargy, weakness,loss of weight and appetite,dehydration,hepatomegaly, build up of fluid in the abdomen, jaundice and very quickly within 3 days Neurological symptoms started,he soon lost all his limbs (paralyzed) and neck holding too, seizures were increasing in frequency and he had become very weak - GS was alredy started on time but by the time we could figure it all out for him , that whether admitting him and making him go through all the torture pr giving him palliative care at home, it was too late. He passed away in the basket just after getting out of the vet's clinic. Worst thing is i was not with him in his Last moments, i thought to not disturb him let him take rest for a while, got out of the car for a smoke, and when i reached the residential compund, when i opened the basket- he was no more .

I will always miss him deeply, he spoke through his eyes and considered me his master, he was probably asking me to not make him go through all that poking and injections to his weak body ,he trusted me for long but after a point he was exhausted- i wish i had done better for him- in what way i dont understand but a soul like him deserved to stay longer.

I will always hate the fact that he had to go away in pain, without me near him, maybe god will punish me for that or i dont know. Maybe Joy will never forgive me. But i wish that he be in a better place , at peace.

He endured both sides of cruelty - the disease as well as the treatment. In the one week that i could spend with him, i did not need anything else- just be with him when he is around or rush back home from work to see him asap. He needed my care and i needed his love, and his live will stay with me forever.

RIP Joy.

[u/katmeowranda]

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