March 2017
Bean Bean lives on
It was around this time of the year when Bean Bean lost
the fight against cancer and left us. He was 15.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we have this
practice of taking a photo with our furry child. So last year though Bean Bean
weighing only 3 kilo was almost a bag of bones, we still had the photo taken.
He was not the cheery self anymore but lying almost limply in our arms.
We missed him very much and the house was quiet without
us yelling his name or him barking for food. We couldn’t have another pet as we
worried he might outlive us. Then what would happen to him?
Soon the silence in the house started to depress me. I
must have another pet. We agreed that we would not buy but adopt. However, Mervyn
insisted that we would only adopt a Pekingese, same breed as Bean Bean. I browsed various animal adoption websites until my
heart bled. There were just too many pets being abandoned, starved and
tortured. The worst would be those abandoned by breeding farms. And I
discovered that dog owners are quite trend conscious. There were lots of
poodles, corgis and terriers but no Pekingese.
Just when I wanted to stop the hunt, sheer luck brought
Mimi, a Pekingese to us. Her owner had passed away and the other family members
did not want to keep her. She is already 10-year old, overweight with bladder
stones, infected eyes and ears.
On January 24 just before the New Year, we adopted
Mimi. She quickly adapted to us, the new bed, new pan, new diet and new ball.
She takes all medication quietly and complies with all the urination
rules.
Bean Bean lives on in Mimi! The house comes to life
again!
