Rijja

For the past 2 days, I wake up & I’m scared that I would see Rijja dead. Rijja has been dehydrated, thanks to this damn heat. And she has developed a swelling in her intestine. Although we have been giving her ORS every hour for the past 2 days, I haven’t seen any improvement.

Rijja has never been closed to me. She only comes to me when she’s not feeling well. She’s friends only with cats of her own age & she goes out of the way to care for her brother Tasha & her pals. I often say that Rijja takes care of Tasha just like Zara takes care of me.

Last year a family wanted to give away Persian kittens to reliable families & our name was recommended to them by the vet. That’s how I met Rijja & Tasha.

I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. Whenever I pray for my cat, he/she dies for sure. Naturally it leaves me with no option. Today I’m just telling myself that Rijja is also God’s baby & He’s going to take care of her.

I always wanted to name my daughter Rijja & when I saw Rijja for the 1st time, I decided this is the right time. And I think I must shut up now.

Hot KHI

It is so damn hot here in Karachi. The humidity is even worse. The moment you get out of an air conditioned place within seconds it becomes unbearable. Your face is all weird and humid. You could feel and see everyone looks soooooooo hot and wet and uncomfortable!

Yesterday, I was writing something on the blog and was in the middle of some research when the electricity had gone. It was so sickening to end the write up without the fan. And the UPS too wasn't at its best because there are no fixed timings of this loadshedding so the fan was not really working either. And we can't get it fully charged these days.

Our cats too are just so restless these days because of the heat. They just keep on sleeping on the floor because it's cooler. Fluffy, our Persian cat is the worst one ... he can't take the heat at all because of his longer hair. Minnie too had a surgery at a bad time because the weather is so bad.

I don't complain about such things that often but this year it's really bad. I wonder what's it like in other cities...

I am sure we are still better than so many others. But if things are so unbearable for us...imagining how things would be for people who'd be homeless or living under difficult circumstances is so painful. I hope it rains soon here!

- Zaira