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| Fredster on His Healthy Day Miracle |
Just about 10 days ago, my mind and heart were focused
around our senior mini rex rabbit, Fredster, who appeared so frail that
morning. Overnight the cold had come in, with high winds and a temperature drop
of over 30 degrees from the day before and I was afraid he had caught quite a
chill. He was huddled in the corner closest to the door as if to plea for help. I held and craddled him and I made him a big bed of hay, brought him
leaves to make it soft after holding him and telling him I loved him. Brought him some tender leaves from
strawberry cuttings, lots more fresh fallen leaves which he normally loves to
eat like paper chips, and other taste treats, checked him all over for trauma,
made sure teeth were not off, nothing choking him, no ear mites, food was fresh, water was
good,or other problems, nothing. I thought
to myself ‘he is "slowing down", which just shocked me to the core as he had never had a day of illness.
As I added his years up, I realized that he had been with us at the
Garry Farm for almost 6 years and we have been his third home. I was told from
his prior owner that she had him for three years and bought him from someone
who had him for she thought a couple of years.
So Fredster is at least at 11 years old,
maybe more. I knew on that first
checkup that he was not suffering. I
petted him and touched any areas that might have been old age issues but no
touchiness and no gritting of teeth which can come from rabbit if fearful or
hurting.
I ran, tears streaming down my face, to tell Jacque about him. And I still remember him saying “well, maybe
he just had a bad night’. He promised
to check on him. We prayed out loud over him and I know all during the day, Fredster was on my heart, soul and mind. I was shocked as I added up all the years, that he was a
minimum of 11 years old, because as late as this past Spring, he was a
Daddy. As I recall that colder morning
thinking of him, of how overcome with love and appreciation for this
rabbit. He is always the rabbit to come straight to me in the
morning, more excited to see me than feed...
He has always been a calm one to sit in laps and been quite a love to us
and many visitors to the farm.
I checked on him several times that day and by evening he
seemed better and the next day back to his hopping self. So why the change? I would say prayers were answered. I know that I would never want Fredster or
any of our pets to suffer. That no
matter how I personally feel, I want to be there and when it’s time for any of
them to pass along, I pray it will be peaceful, painfree and that each will know
that security and love. That day, I thought about bringing him inside, but that
would be selfish on my part. He has
always been outside. and if he could talk, I feel certain he would say no, let
me stay here, I see leaves, my bunny friends around me and I am ok. Right
after he first looked so sickly and sat so quietly, he looked around to his two friends on either
side as and blinked at them as if to acknowledge them.
Well,PTL, Fredster remains alive and doing well. I know that our Lord gives us many little miracles here on the farm. Fredster's return to health was not through anything we did but it was of God. Thank you Lord
for the years with Fredster and your tender loving mercies to give us these
bonus days with his vigor restored. That you have given us the privilege to tend these animals on your land. Amen
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| Here's Fredster next to his bud, CocoaPuffs |
