At approximately 8.30 pm this evening, Ham Ham left us.
It was all too sudden. It was only this afternoon that dear told me Ham Ham was looking listless and he took him to the vet. The vet said there was nothing much he could do but give him antibiotics and liquid food.
We tried to feed Ham Ham with a syringe but he had great difficulties keeping it down. As I watched him struggle, I couldn’t hold my tears back. He was choking and wheezing so badly, as though he couldn’t even breathe proper. Our poor baby was reduced to skin and bones, a vast difference from his chubby self just a few days ago. It pained us so much to watch him suffer.
But when I was holding him and stroking him to sleep, I even told dear that his breathing wasn’t that heavy anymore and there was hope that he might get better. But little did I know……
And when dear buried him, all I could do was to watch and cry……
Ham Ham when he was still a teeny weeny lil baby.
All contented in his lil TV set, which was getting a tad too small for him.
Last July… Ham Ham doesn’t like no brand boxes k?
I decided against posting Ham Ham’s last parting shot, simply because its too painful to look at him in that state. I want him to be remembered in his best moments – that cute, cuddly, greedy lil ball of fur.
Ham Ham, I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with you when I had the chance. I just want you to know that I really love you very very much and I miss you so much. I don’t know what happens to hamsters when they move on, but I hope you’re in a happy place now. And I hope that you will remember us coz we will never forget you. Goodbye.
