Lomloy

On the first of October 2026, Yeepun’s sister Mee was at an orchid farm on her flower rounds, buying cat food for the strays there, when a worker showed her a kitten that had been bitten. She was bleeding and could not stand. Mee put her in the car and drove to the animal hospital. On the table, with the vet shaving the fur around the wound, she gave her a name: Lomloy, which means something like “rich lady”. It was a hope, not a description.

The vet’s first worry was the back legs. Lomloy had no use of them. Five days later one of the hospital staff caught a hind leg moving and filmed it, because they could not quite believe it either.

On 26 October, Mee and I went to see her. The staff took off her cone and put her on the floor, and she walked. Not well. She wobbled, she sat down after a few steps, and after a minute she was tired and lay flat. But she walked across the room to Mee’s hand.

The first clip below is the newest, sent by the hospital in November. The second is that moment on 26 October, in Mee’s words. The other two are from the start: the night she came in, and the day the leg moved.

Mee paid the hospital bill herself. The full update has what it cost and what a gift does in Bangkok.

Update, November 2026

Lomloy is still at the hospital, and this came from there this week. She is eating well and using her litter tray normally. She walks well now, though at moments her back legs still look a little weak or slip. The wound on her back looks dry on the surface, but it hasn’t finished healing underneath.