You sleep, I'll watch over you

Mo (awake) + Mi (asleep). Twenty days. Female ♀


We took them in when they were about two weeks old.
These orphans were rescued when they were about one week old, by the security staff of an office building, and given to a cat-loving lady who worked in that building. She had a demanding job that required very long hours, and so didn't have the time to feed them as often as was required. After one week, they didn't put on any weight, and even started having diaorrhoea (probably a reaction to the formula they were drinking). They would surely die if things continued that way. So we took them in.

After we had them a few days, we noticed that the strange hairless patches round their mouth were getting larger and started looking and feeling damp. You can see the 'teddy bear' patches in the pic. The vet said it was fungal infection, but they were too young and the medication for that would be too toxic for them.

We were getting desperate. We couldn't just standby and do nothing while they suffered. So we went to the library to do research (oh yah, those were our pre-internet days! )... and stumbled upon the remedy as noted in pic (6) below.

Given their history, we have no idea which of these sisters was the elder; but we always felt that Mo was, as she appeared more "big-sisterly" ^^ Maybe it was just that she was a little less frail than Mi, but it sure looks like big-sister-concern in this pic and in pic (3) and (4).

This is the part of a set of five pics taken on the same day, that tells a part of their story...


(1) (2)
(3) (4)

These pics taken days later showed the improvement ...

(6) (7)