It’s been almost 2 weeks now that Miro’s gone and I still miss him.. There’s no day that passes when Im looking at where his cage was.. it’s not only an empty space on the cupboard but he also left an empty space in my heart..
Let’s go back to the week before, after the day that I found him with such a big lump at his neck.. It made me really worried, especially since his age. So I went to the vet with him on Friday. The vet told me that I would have to cherish every moment when he’d be there and prepare for the worst.. It made me very sad, knowing that the end really was coming closer for Miro..
So from then on, every evening, Miro and me watched TV together. The more days passed, the more Miro slept while watching TV. But I feel he enjoyed every moment together. When he was still very young, I had made him a blanket out of fleece material. He always liked to have it as his hole where he could hide and sleep!
On those days when we had been watching TV together, when I put him back into his hole, he was waiting until I would close his hole again with the blanket. It was cute to see but on the other hand it also made me realise how bad he must have felt himself..
One day, I was checking on the lump, to see if it had become bigger, and Miro let me know with a very tiny not hurtful bite that he didn’t like me touching the lump. So I left it alone from then on..
More and more days passed and on Friday evening, exact one week after I had discovered the lump, I went to a concert. In the evening I asked Arthur to check on Miro as I was really worried. I was very reliefed when Arthur messaged me back to let me know everything was fine with Miro..
On Saturday, the next day, in the morning I checked to see how Miro was doing. (As I always did ever since we went to the vet) The check was rather easy.. Lift the blanket a little, just so that I could see him, and then when I could see him breathe, I was happy and closed the blanket again. Only on Saturday, I also checked, and he didn’t move.. Miro was still a little warm.. my biggest fear & worry came true.. Miro had made his way to the rainbow bridge.. 🙁
It really made me sad, to see him leave like this.. however I’m thankful for every extra day he tried to stay with us and for all the love and attention he gave to us..
After all, Miro became 2 years, 9 months, 1 week and 4 days..
So he was very very old…needless to say that I miss him very much….
~To my dearest Miro;
Take good care of yourself and hopefully we’ll meet again one day at the rainbow bridge ~