Blizzard

Blizzard is the first cat I had.  Well, tak jugak.  Masa kecik dulu penah ada 1 kitten ni, black and white nama Tompok a.k.a. Batman sebab mask dia cam mask Batman tapi dah hilang sebab biar dia main kat luar.  Memang sedih sangat tapi my Dad dah tak kasi bela kucing dah ever since.  Up until the beginning of the year.  His reasons: I have sinus and my Mom geli furry animals.  Oh sungguh tak maksud akal sungguh alasan tu Dad.  So how did I managed to convince him to keep cats?  Well, I didn't.  Blizzard did.

On Jan 6th 2012, tak ingat dah kenapa tapi pagi tu kelam kabut la cari lilin.  Tengah syok cari lilin tu rasa ade mende bulu kat kaki. Seram jek tp bila tengok, wahhhh!!!!  Comelnya!!!  Camne la miaw ni masuk umah nih?  Terus la lilin itu hilang sebab syok main ngan miaw tuh.  Orang takde miaw la katakan.  Dah puas main ngan dia lam setengah jam kot, tetiba teringat my Dad tak suka miaw terus I letak miaw tu kat luar dan tutup pintu.  Tapi miaw tu tak pegi pun, dia tunggu kat luar mengadap pintu.  Time tu dah melt giler2 dah hati nih tapi takot kena marah ngan Dad so biarkan je la miaw tu kat luar.  Sekali my Mom balik dari dia jerit "Eh, cantiknya kucing ni!!  Jom, jom kuar tengok kucing nih!"  Once again, miaw tu masuk umah dan menjadi 'mainan' dan 'bahan gomolan' kitaorang.  Then my Mom popped the question " Taknak bela ke kucing ni? Cantik nih. Putih."  I pun ape lagi, terus tanam tekad azam baru 2012, my Dad marah ke apa ke the kitty will stay.  Petang tu my sisters and I terus pergi nearby petshop nak beli cage la kononnya tapi kedai tu takde cage so kitaorang pun beli la catfood untuk dia, RC Babycat kibbles & wetfood (I will make a special entry for this topic).  Then pergi kedai lain beli cage.  Tapi sebab cerdik sangat, kitaorang beli cage yg paling kecik yang ala2 saiz carrier tu (sebab kucing satu je kan so beli yang kecik je la).  Then beli litter box kecik satu, scoop satu, bowl satu, pasir satu.  Pastu OTW balik umah, risau plak bila teringat orang petshop tu kata kitten kena train dia poo/pee kat litter box, if not dia buang sepah2 jek.  Tapi nasib baik bila tuang je pasir lam litter box tu, miaw nih terus masuk and pee.  Wah lega!!!!  And he never miss his litter box.  Even nak muntah hairball pun dia muntah lam litter box.  Pandai kan dia?  Tapi Mommy dia plak ingat muntah tu diarrhea! Aiseh!  On that first night, I caged him in that oh-the-litter-box-is-even-bigger-than-this cage and put him in my room.  BIG MISTAKE!!  Dia meowing tak henti2 sampai tak boleh tido.  Dah la next day ada morning class so I pun letak cage tu kat living room.  The next morning I bangun, he was gone!!  Seriously gabra gila.  Sekali nampak my Dad tido kat living hall and miaw tu main2 kat kaki my Dad.  WHAT???  Terus I woke my Mom up and asked her.  Rupa2nya my Dad tak sampai hati tengok dia kena cage so my Dad keluarkan miaw tu and slept with him.  Auww, Daddy you're so sweet.  Orang yang paling tak setuju I nak bela miaw jadi orang first yang tido ngan miaw tu hahah.  And I suspect he loves the kitty more than he loves me.  Evidence #1: Every morning upon waking up he will ask me "Kucing dah makan belom?"  Hello, anak dia tak tanya pun dah makan ke tak.  Evidence #2: Tak payah la kurung kucing tu.  Kesian dia.  Kalau nak jugak nanti kita buat rumah untuk dia.  Anak dia ni takde rumah pon =(  Evidence #3: Balik dari surau mesti tanya "Mana kucing? Tak bawak dia pegi main2 ke?"  Takpe la Dad, as long kucing boleh tinggal kat sini pun dah cukup.

Baby miaw ni takde nama for quite sometimes jugak la before I decided to name him Blizzard (ribut salji) sempena bulu dia yang putih and keributan dia lari ke hulu hilir.  Tapi my Mom called him Uteh and he only responded to this name if it's my Mom.  Kalau orang  lain panggil dia Uteh, memang buat dek je la.  Atas sebab2 cute factor dia jugak la we made him as a housecat.  Tak boleh kuar rumah sebab nanti orang curi.  Dah la ade neighbour yang suka curi kucing orang kat sini.  Kereta motor pun laju2.  Sebab my Mom babysit my neighbour's little girl, miaw ni dok dalam my room during the day and malam after maghrib baru dia kuar dari bilik.  So officially nama dia Blizzard tapi panggil Jert.  Jert kalau jalan mesti senget and bila kitaorang gelak dia akan pusing and gave us death stare.  So cute!  Unique nya Jert ni ekor dia separuh panjang bentuk 'J' so kalau dia jalan selalu la tersangkut kat ekor.  After a week or so, kitaorang pergi vaccinated him kat satu klinik haiwan 'terkemuka' kat area2 sini.  He handled the needle well, even better than I could be.  Tapi vet dia langsung tak educate kitaorang apa2 pasal cat care pun even kitaorang bagitau kitaorang nih first time bela kucing.  Dia cuma pesan jangan mandi kucing ni seminggu and datang balik after a month untuk 2nd injection.  Sebab kesian Jert takde kawan time siang2, kitaorang pun adopt another kitty, Mimi.  Jert ngan Mimi memang kamceng gile.  Kalau main takde bunyi pun even though si Jert ni ganas cam Hulk.  Kalau main ngan kitaorang memang conform la tangan berparut2.

Then on 9 February 2012, Jert cam tak aktif.  My Mom kata dia jatuh and kaki dia cam limping sket.  Sebab takut punya pasal, I called vet yang kitaorang pergi hari tu and begged them jangan tutup lagi sebab I da OTW.  Sampai sana vet kata limping sket je and kasi dia injection painkiller and some painkiller pills to be given at home.  Sebab vet tu kan pakar so I pun ikut je la.  Malam tu Jert jadi aktif balik. Siap main lompat kerusi ngan Mimi.  I thought he was ok dah tapi the next morning tu dia muram balik.  Then asyik menyorok bawah katil je.  Puas nak tarik dia keluar.  Jert dah tak main ngan Mimi, even bila Mimi ajak main pun dia cam marah.  Then suka bawak diri.  Then on Feb 11 Jert start muntah dua kali.  I ingat dia muram sebab bosan dok dalam umah so petang tu i pun bawak dia jalan2 yang depan umah tapi asyik nak masuk longkang je.  Nasib pakai tali.  Geram punya pasal I dukung dia and showed him around.  Ni pokok, ni bunga, tu motor,tu rumput, tu burung.  Masa jalan nak balik umah, he looked at me and i could see his eyes teary.  Sebak sangat time tu.  Lama dia pandang muka I.  I told him nanti Jert sihat kita jalan2 lagi.  Then masuk umah terus dia pergi bawah katil.  Makan pun taknak.  That night, around 3 am time tido I tersedar sebab Jert make this weird sound and then dia muntah.  I woke my sister up and we took him to Animal Medical Hospital.  Dah la taktau jalan.  Siap sesat2.  I hold him on my lap and he slept soundly.  Sampai kat hospital, vet tu kata Jert dah over dehydrated and suspect parvo virus and tahan Jert.  Chances untuk survive is 50-50.  No cure just monitor his condition for few days.  If he can fight the virus for 5 days, he'll be cured.  Vet tu tanya you tak vaksin your cat ke?  We told her we did and his booster is scheduled on Feb 15.  Time nak tinggalkan Jert tu sayu sangat sebab dia mengiau2.  Yela dok umah tak kena cage sekali datang sini kena cage pulak.  Vet tu siap cabut kolar Jert and kasi kitaorang.  Sempat pesan kat Jert kitaorang tinggal dia sebab nak dia sihat, nanti boleh balik main.  Balik umah terus gogle pasal parvo virus.  It said only 2 out of 10 kittens infected with parvo virus survived.  That's 20% chance!!  Small but I did hope for the best.  Next morning kitaorang datang visit Jert and bawak Mimi untuk vaksin sekali.  Vet kata Jert parvo positif and chances Mimi dapat jugak was high so balik kena scrub whole house.   Jert was placed in isolation ward, which is very dissapointing.  I thought isolation means an area yang highly secured tapi rupa2nya area store room je.  Situ la barang2 mop bagai situ la kucing sakit.  And Jert was place in a cage next to another poor sick kitty.  And there's another 2 kitties in cages on top of his!!  OMG!!  Kucing sakit of course la immune system down, letak lak ngan kucing sakit yang lain.  What if sakit kucing lain infected kat my kitty or my kitty's parvo virus kena kat kitties lain?  Common sense la.  Geram betul.  Tapi masa tu Jert dulu cam Sphinx tu.  Vet said it's a good sign sebab last night he caouln't even lift up his head.  Time I masuk store room tu I called his name.  He wanted to turn his face towards me but he stopped himself.  He rather pandang dinding than look at me.  Macam2 I cakap kat dia tapi still dia tak pandang.  I thought he was angry at me for putting him in that place.  I apologized to him and told him that I love him dunia akhirat and he will always have this special place in my heart because his presence changed not only my life but my family's life as well.  He will always be my baby.  Tapi bila my sister keluar dari bili k tu (kitaorang kena masuk sorang2) she said Jert pandang dia I terus thought sah la dia marah nih.  Balik tu terus kitaorang scrub the whole house and kesian Mimi kena duduk dalam cage kecik tu kat porch the whole day.  That night, I buat solat hajat minta Allah sembuhkan Jert.  That morning before Subuh prayer, I buat sekali lagi.  Then I pergi kelas (kelas start kul 8 tapi 6.15 dah kena kuar sob!).  Tengah syok dalam kelas, around 8.33am, my phone rang.  It was unfamiliar number.  I don't know why tapi time tu rasa sangat2 tenang.  The call was from the vet.  She said Blizzard is no longer with us.  I thank her and went back home.  I tak sure macam mana I drive sebab sedar2 je I dah at gate umah.  Went to my sister's room, and upon seeing her face I terus nangis.  My sis tanya pun I tak boleh nak jawab but I guess she knew it.  I couldn't walk, I couldn't even stand.  We went to the hospital to pick him up.  Tunggu punya la lama padahal payment dah settle.  They put him in a box.  I dapat kotak tu terus I keluar and nangis lagi.  I tengok Jert tido soundly je dalam kotak tu.  Wake up Jert!!  Please don't leave me now.  Mommy baru je nak main2 ngan Jert. Baru sebulan kita kenal.  Mimi tunggu Jert kat umah.  Bangun Jert!!  Then my sis datang and adviced me not to scream.  No wonder la orang lalu lalang pandang but who cares.  Balik tu, kitaorang tanam Jert kat area umah my Mom's friend.  I went to visit him everyday, sometimes up to 5 times in one day.  Yeah, call me crazy but I love him.  He slept with me, on the same bed, every night except for the first night and the two nights when he was warded.  I missed class for the whole week.  I couldn't do anything right.  I still visit his grave, I still do.  There were times when I questioned HIM, why must He took him only one day before his 2nd booster day?  I did vaccinated him but why he still got the virus?  There was no other cat (Mimi was tested negative), he only stayed indoor.  Why?  Then it hit me. This is a test for me.  I should be glad that Allah sent Jert to me so that I can share my love and life with him. His presence was short, only 41 days but he changed our lives.  Because of Jert, our family was able to save the lives of 13 other stray cats.  Because of Jert, I came to know some great people.  Because of Jert, I learn how it feels to lose someone who is so dear to me and how to deal with it.  Because of Jert, my imaan for HIM strengthen.  Because of Jert, I almost didn't know that I can do carpentry works.  Because of Jert, I learn what responsibility really are.  And because of Jert, I never sleep alone anymore =)  Thank you Allah for bringing him into our lives and thank you my baby Blizzard for everything you thought me.  You will always be in my heart baby.  I love you .