Sunday, April 4

Anita-Vitoria

Anita tinha mais ou menos 1 mes e meio quando foi resgatada de uma enchente pela amiga de uma amiga, que precisou viajar a trabalho e a deixou conosco por 3 dias. Por ter sobrevivido a tragicas circunstancias recebeu o nome de Vitoria, mas eu so conseguia chama-la de Anita, Ninita. Entao ela passou a ser Anita-Vitoria para mim. Anita chegou aparentemente saudavel mas comecou a apresentar problemas, parou de comer, beber, e quando chegou ao veterinario ja nao havia muito o que fazer. Tomou soro mas teve febre, convulsoes, e nos intervalos olhava para mim. A causa provavel levantada foi Leptospirose, mas nao houve tempo para os exames. Anita faleceu dentro do carro, do meu lado. Dois dias depois viajei para Bogota, o que foi muito apropriado pois se eu ficasse passaria mais dias chorando. Mas la eu ainda sonhei com ela e comecei este retrato da pessoinha que passou como um raio pela minha vida. Anita was about 1 and a half month when she was rescued from a flood by a friend who needed to travel for work and left her with us for 3 days. Because surviving from tragic circunstances she was named Vitoria, but I just could call her Anita, Ninita. So she became Anita-Vitoria.
Anita arrived apparently healthy but started having problems, stopped eating, drinking, and when she arrived at the Vet there wasn`t much to do already. She took serum but had fever, convulsions, and in between she looked at me. A Leptospirosis was presented as the possible cause but there was no time for exams. Anita passed away in the car, by my side. Two days later I travelled to Bogota, which was very appropriated because I would have cried for days if I had stayed. But in Colombia I still dreamed of her and started this portrait of the baby who passed through my life like a gleam.

1 comment:

Kat said...

I hate when that happens. Sorry.