Mia's Miscarriage

I have never really been an animal person. I have just never felt a strong bond with animals and could never understand why they were so loving towards me even though I didn't do anything to deserve their love. I actually avoided them best I could.....but this just one day changed for me in the start of 2013.

I woke up one day just knowing I needed a little kitten in my life. I told my family and we started looking for a cat who could easily fit into a household with 4 dogs. It didn't take long and we found a litter of 3 kittens. We called and said if we picked her up today we could have her. We immediately went to get her. 

She was 6 weeks old and completely scared of us. She wasn't use to people around her. I felt a connection to her and knew she felt the same way. She ended up staying in my youngest daughters room till we had her litter box trained and she came to think of my youngest daughter as her mother. She felt safest with her, but this didn't mean she loved me any less. I might not have been able to save her out of a high tree, but she did seek cuddles from me daily. 

I'm not a dog person and I'm not a cat person, but I'm most definitely a Mia person. She is 3 years old now and in the end of last year she became pregnant. She had been carrying the kittens a bit over 2 months and my youngest daughter had become worried about her as belly had started taking a weird shape. But when she started to bleed from behind she immediately went to the vet around the corner from us to make an appointment for as soon as possible. They told her to bring Mia in immediately as it sounded like an emergency.

I sadly wasn't home at the time and couldn't go with Mia. The doctor informed my daughter that Mia had to get a c-section as soon as possible and it would be quite expensive, but if she didn't get it she would most likely die. The doctor also said when he does the operation he could sterilize Mia to prevent any infection there, but obviously this would up the price even more.

I'm not really sure who loves Mia more me or my daughter, but she told the vet she didn't care about the price. He should do whatever would be best for Mia. I'm not gonna say the exact price, but it cost her a few thousand rand to save our precious little girl and she is definitely worth every cent.

Mia had to spend 2 weeks inside the house and she absolutely hated it and kept crying to go outside, but the day we finally went to get the stitches removed and she could go outside .....well she chose to stay inside....well that's cats for you.

Light and Love

Annelie Jordaan