I knocked on the door early in the morning. I am drawing to cover. At the door is a woman from the neighboring house, all in tears and trying to say something. I try to figure out what they want from me, but crying through doesn’t really work. I know something happened, but I don’t know what. I try to calm down and ask what happened, but it’s more calm. In response, he shakes his hands and calls for himself.
About the neighbor I knew that I was divorced, living with a daughter and a young son. My son has some developmental disorders.
We approach her house. I see a cat lying on the grass next to the house and her children standing in tears next to her. The cat was lying still, the whole body was in blood. He seemed to have turned into a bow to hide from pain, and even from the fear of dying.
From the stories in between with tears, I realized that the cat fell under the car. The driver did not even stop, although he saw that he was screaming and screaming.
After removing the jacket and placing it next to it, I carefully moved the cat. There is a veterinary clinic nearby. I invite my neighbor to go there. Through tears, I agree.
While I carried the cat to my car, it seemed to me that I felt how he was hurt and bad, how hard it was given to him every breath... We sat down with the company and went.
The veterinarian examined the cat and advised him to sleep. To be honest, I still don’t understand what he was thinking if he could say this to crying children.
And the cat...If I hadn’t seen it myself, I would have thought I was being deceived. Like saying goodbye to the children, the cat, overcoming severe pain, slipped on the table to them. And when the supplement, the boy stretched out his hand and the cat laid his head on her.
I had somebody knocked at my throat, and my eyes were traitorily moist. I bite my lips, and in my head came the phrase of my army captain:
If you are willing to give up and drop your hands... I was wrong.
I go out and call a friend, a volunteer in the animal rescue group. I quickly describe the situation, ask about the cat's emergency. Give the phone and address of the clinic, in half an hour drive. I call and explain the situation. They say they will wait. I quickly come back and explain the situation to the neighbor. I take the cat back into the car. And in my head there is only one thought: only to survive, only to bring alive.
They arrived. We were really waiting. The doctor quickly examined the cat, looked at the pictures and quickly directed to the operation, saying only that the situation is difficult, but there is a chance.
It took several stressful hours before the doctor came out and said the cat would live, but it would require good care and long rehabilitation. For the first time in a few hours, I saw the smiles in the eyes of children wet from tears. By the face of my mother, I realized that a long rehabilitation they could not pay. He sent her to feed and reassure the children to the nearest cafe. So I had the opportunity to discuss everything with the doctor. The approximate amount was not small, but I was able to pay it. Having arranged the payment deadlines, I went to take the neighbor and her children to take home. The cat stayed in the clinic for a week.
I was not in my office that day. When I got home, I opened a bottle of whisky, but I didn’t want to drink.
The cat spent 2 months in the clinic and I visited him when he brought the money. I saw that it wasn’t easy for him and the procession was slow, but when I remembered like a cat, overcoming the pain of the children, I knew that the cat would win.
Then the wicked worshippers wrapped up and carried. I rented a house and moved to another city.
And this story reminded me recently of a girl veterinarian when I brought my cats for vaccinations. She remembered me and knew me. She could not recognize that crying teenage girl. After that, she decided firmly for herself who she wanted to be.
The cat still lives with her mother and her brother. It is already old, a little crumbling after the operations. But they love him very much. And he loves them. I saw everyone smiling on the photo. The smiling cat too.
Love and goodness to all.