Thyme

On Wednesday, while driving to work the lady in front of me hit something...looked out her window to see what it was and kept driving. I saw a little fluff limp to the side of the road. I stopped to make sure whatever it was, was okay. It was a little orange kitten. He looked just like our cat, Rocky, then we first got him. He hissed at me when I tried to pick him up. I grabbed a blanket out of the truck and wrapped him up. I went to put him in the truck. I was planning on taking him back to the office to see how badly he was hurt. He apparently wasn't wrapped very well.

As soon as he saw teddy he scratched his way out of the blanket, and pooped whatever he ate that morning,and blood all over me. So I ended up dropping him. Which of course hurt him worse. He hid under the truck...I couldn't reach him. At all. I called the office and Mom came to help me. We threw the truck in neutral and moved it. Got him wrapped up...better this time.

We took him to the office and called a friend that works at Animal Humane. She told us to bring him down and she'd check him out. They ran x-rays and found that his pelvis was completely shattered. She showed me the x-rays. That would explain the blood. Poor thing. They had to put him down. Knowing this little kitten for just a couple hours, I was already beyond attached. By the time I got to my next stop for the day, I looked like I had been in a boxing match.

Who knew such a tiny kitten could create such hysterias. The lady at the front desk at Animal Humane asked me if I wanted to name him. Naming him would make it worse....much worse. I still don't know why it affected me so much. It felt like I had this big hole in my chest...Oh odd. Anyways, I couldn't just leave him without a name. Mom wanted to name him Sunflower since he was so orange. But since we knew him for such a small amount of time I thought Thyme (time) was more appropriate.

This little kitten created such a huge feeling of compassion in me. His little green eyes said so much. "I'm mad at you for dropping me." "I'm glad you didn't leave me out there to get eaten" and after Jackie gave him some meds his little green eyes seemed to yell "Thank you!"

Heres to you, tiny Thyme. So orange and so tiny with pretty green eyes. you taught me a valuable lesson. So...Thank YOU!