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A kitten's life: God's Miracle Healing

Forum: True Life Stories
Date: 2001, Mar 23
From: T

Four weeks ago, I adopted an orphand kitten of about 3 weeks old from the basement carpark of our apartment.
I then took him home and layed hands over him and prayed. I dedicated him to God and prayed that God would teach me how to care for him. I cared for him for another 3 weeks and I saw him take his first steps to running and toppling down. I saw him make his first meow and how he would hold down the page of my book when I turn each page and read next to him on the floor. The first week itself tired me out because of the constant feeding (3 to 4 hourly feed) and I became sick. I went around looking for people who could help me care for him but no one availed. I then had to ask God to give me strength to pull through and for the Holy Spirit to guide me through caring for this orphan kitten. After recovering from being sick, I found myself tired everyday. But I still prayed because orphan kitten of this age, don't normally make it well to adulthood because of the need for their mother's milk and care. Human care is just not enough.
On the third week of the kitten's life with me, he started to look tired and wasn't feeling too good. He didn't pass motion for a few days and I gave him some baby laxative up his rental area for him to pass stools. Then things got worst when I changed his milk formula to one that is expensive yet more nutrious. I brought him to the vet and had some medication given to him. He then started to have seizures on last Thursdays night. By now I already bonded with him and him with me. My heart just sunked in saddness and I couldn't countrol my emotions.
Friday morning, while he had his seizures, I laid hands over him and prayed that God will do HIS will on this kitten's life. I prayed that God would send an angel to watch over him for me while I hospitalized him. I then brought him to the vet crying along the way. He was awarded and didn't stop seizuring even after given medication. He got worst and the seizures just came like every few minutes. Then the clinic told me that they do not have night care for the kitten and I had to care for him during the night with his seizures. I couldn't do it because emotionally I was not strong (crying alot) and I had to make sure not to break down because I still have a handicap father-in-law and 3 kidney patient cats to care for at home plus the spouse. I told his vet about my problem and she volunteered to bring him home and care for him during the nights. And she didn't even asked for money but told me to see how it goes. Though she said that for a kitten of about his age, normally they don't make it when they have seizures. He had 10 or more seizures during the night of Friday while under the vet's care.
On Saturday morning the vet informed me about the constant seizures he had during the night. I cried and told her I wanted to consult some Christain people about the implication of putting him down. She strongly advised me that it would be the human thing to do for this little kitten as he is suffering so much. Immediately I called my sister up, and both of us prayed over the phone for God's will. We prayed for God's will to either take him home in peace in a quick death or to heal him completely but only that it be God's will. I cried even over the phone while praying and asked God to give me a sign of whether to put him down or not. Right after praying, my sister said to me, since we have started to pray for him, we should not take his life into our hands. And that God wants to do HIS work in him and I should not stiffle God's work for it will be for HIS glory alone.
That same morning on Saturday 17/03/2001, the vet asked my spouse for permission to put him down as he was not recovering and was most probably brain damaged by now. But my spouse told her to try her best and to evaluate his condition of whether it's the brain or the liver that was causing this problem. Somehow after this, I spoke to the vet on the phone and she sounded confident to take hold of this task of trying her best. I then decided that since the kitten has suffer so much that I should also suffer with him. I fasted the whole day right up untill Sunday morning (my unsaved spouse also didn't want to eat much at all on Saturday and on Sunday). I still couldn't eat breakfast much on Sunday morning and then the vet called and said during the night the kitten only had one seizure and she had not given him medication so far now. So I fasted on Sunday lunch and dinner and prayed aswell for God to do HIS will. Right through from Sunday morning to Tuesday the kitten didn't need any medication because he stopped totally seizuring! On Sunday night itself, God send a strong message to me and prompted me to go to the clinic on Monday morning and to spend time stroking and messaging the kitten gently. On Tuesday he started to get up and walk and eat by himself! He even passed motion by himself and urinated by himself! (A kitten of his age need to be stringe fed and to stimulate it's genitals to pass urine and motion. It cannot do anything by itself because it's still considered an infant). But he stopped seizuring, eating on his own, and passing motion and urine all on his own. He was walking but slowly.
HE was discharged from the animal clinic on Tuesday night. Today is Thurdays, and he is getting stronger and runninging around his play pan. He is even grooming himself. I have to update his vet on his condition on Monday morning. I think she is going to get so shocked that he is doing well now. ONly he hasn't meowed yet, so I am still praying for him to have complete healing. But God has already given the kitten HIS word of Healing. Amen!!
By the way, on Tuesday itself the vet and I spoke and I told her about the prayer and fasting and then I found out that she too is a Christain. So God has indeed answered my prayer which I did before awarding the kitten, when I asked for God to placed an angel to look after him at the clinic. The vet is God's angel. She didn't even asked me for money for caring for him during the night. She herself put in her personal hours to care for him at night and during Sunday which was her off day. She thus became a good samaritan to our family. Thank God for her soul and compassion over animals.
Praise God!!! What a wonderful kind and mercyful God we have! There is no other God except our God who is the Great I AM! Amen God, for you are worthy of all praises for you even look upon the smallest and insignificant being and showed compassion to him. What a God we all have!!! Thank you Jesus Christ.
I will always look at the kitten and remmeber what God has done. I will continue to praise God for HIS loving kindness and compassion and to remmeber to seek God for HIS will alone.
P.S. Along the way of visiting my kitten at the clinic, I met a young owner of another cat who is considering Christ as her saviour. I shared about God's work in the kitten to her and I shall pray that she choose Christ as her saviour. The vet herself was encouraged to look upon God in her work as she does volunteer services to others aswell on other purposes. I will pray that God saves that pet owner who's cat is also awarded and that God will strengthen the vet in her spiritual walk with Christ and bless her richly.
(I am same person who wrote about my other 3 cats who have kideny failure in the message board of this website. God had directed me to another vet whose recommendation of diet has now improved all my 3 cats life. With constant prayer, all 3 of my cats passed their blood test which was done 6 months after they were diagnosed of kidney failure, and are doing well now. I continuously pray for them and dedicate the whole family which includes in-law and spouses and cats to God, that God's will be done for them and not mine).