Flavio

My body is gone but I'm always near.
I'm everything you feel, see or hear.
My spirit is free, but I'll never depart
as long as you keep me alive in your heart.

Doha, Qatar February 2020, I was working from home at that time when I suddenly got bored. I thought of buying a second-hand guitar or ukulele and looking for it on the OLX website. Luckily, there was OLX in Qatar. I just browsed and browsed and found a weird category that I did not realize after, "pet" category, so I click and check what was there, many animals are up for selling and adoption. I clicked on the cats' category. Then I was amazed they were so cute. There were cats for adoption. First, I tried messaging this junior cat with around 1-year-old, maybe, a British shorthair with white and gray hair. The owner is hesitating to give the cat to us. We did not bother to ask. The second one was a stray cat. The person we were talking to told us that the cat was not there anymore. Then the last one was the owner of Flavio, who called us. She told us they were a lot of interested in him, but she did not want to give Flavio to them because they were all children. That time she planned to meet us and give Flavio right away. So I ordered a second-hand pet cage right away because we would pick him up that night. We met in the parking area of Landmark Mall in Doha, Qatar. Flavio was riding a Lexus SUV with his owner, then she handed him over to us and rode home with uber. We asked her why they put him for adoption. She said she was naughty with her cat cousins because her aunt had just given birth but they did not know he was so sweet and loving. They called him bosbos. February 25, 2020, to be exact, when Flavio stays with us. It was my first time to take care of an indoor cat. We did not know he had a very beautiful odd eye (heterochromia), golden brown and blue. That time I was struggling with things like picking the right food and litter, but I learned everything for him, gave him the love and care he deserved in the world. Around September 2020, we decided to give him a companion, a black stray kitten. Unfortunately, he did not welcome him. He was really a king and wanted to be alone with our love. He got 2 surgeries after a few months on his eyes, a rare entropion for animals. I was so heartbroken before he was in pain. He had trauma on vet visits too, but everything went well for him and he still has the beautiful odd eye. March 2021 I got a job offer in Germany on March 2021. I asked my husband if he wanted me to accept it because it would be hard for me to be away from them. But I surely check everything so that they can follow after a few months. I accepted the job and prepared all the documents for me because I needed to go first. While waiting for my visa, we prepared all the check-ups and documents of Flavio entering European countries for pets. We are so grateful that the main head doctor of the Ministry of Animals in Qatar was a Filipino like us, so he helped us a lot.
Germany
June 2021 I got my visa and needed to fly right away to Germany. Of course, I was sad and happy at the same time with a new opportunity, but I will miss my husband and Flavio for months. While packing my things, I kiss and hug them and tell them soon we will be together in Germany. After months of waiting, my husband and Flavio's documents were ready. I got an invitation for them, and I was waiting for them. In Dec 2021, Chris got the visa, so he got all the documents together with Flavio. There were a few issues in the Ministry with Chris about Flavio's export permit, but we are grateful to Doc Hamza and his friend who helped us process the documents for the export permit. Answered prayer Christmas day 25th 2021 is their flight together, I was so happy and excited to meet then and be with them finally here in Germany. I got worried about Flavio because he would stay in the cabin of the plane. I knew he would get scared. But I always pray everything goes well. I picked them up at Berlin Airport. There I saw Chris and Flavio. We are a complete family now. We rode the train back home and spent the night of Christmas together. We were all tired, so we decided to sleep that night together. Early in the morning Flavio was surprised. He was checking all over the house. It was so cute of him. Celebrated new year together. Year 2022 With so much love and care for each other, we were happy Flavio got to visit the beach in Lübeck during summer, got his new trolley too. He got his new doctor in our city and got an EU pet passport for future travel together. Year 2023 Family from the Philippines visited us they finally met Flavio during summer season. Flavio had to check out the vet for his yearly checkup. Everything went fine. Dec 6 2023 Everything fell apart when he got a sudden heart attack (HCM) in front of me after I arrived home from work. I carried him right away. He was paralyzed, then he did not respond at all. We tried cpr while waiting for the taxi, but we couldn't wait for the taxi anymore, and we drove him to the vet. We are grateful to the woman who drove us to the vet. But unfortunately, he was dead already. Painful days, crying days and nights, he was gone just like that. It feels like we lost our 3rd child. We are so grateful to him for the life, happiness, peace, comfort, care, unconditional love and time he gave us. We loved him so much. We will always love him, and he will always be alive in our hearts. His time was done on earth but not in our hearts and our lives. We love you so much, baby Flavio na pogi. We miss you a lot and until we meet again, okay. Do not be sad there and bring our love into your heart always. Hugs and kisses.

Love always Mommy and Daddy