so… last saturday was kinda insane. my friend's friend hit a kitten with their bike. and honestly, i still don't understand how it even happened 'cause the kitten wasn't even in the middle of the road. like??? 😭 but well… an accident is an accident, i guess. (though tbh i was kinda pissed… the person who hit it didnt even look guilty. but yeah… not everyone has the same level of compassion for animals.) right after it happened, the kitten looked really weak. most people were ready to just leave it there (which is actually crazy if you think about it) but my gf and i just couldn't. we picked it up, both of us already emotional, thinking at least we'd give it a proper burial. on the way home, i was literally holding it and crying the whole time. but then… plot twist. we got home, and it was still breathing. i just froze. like there's no way i'm about to bury a living kitten??? so i looked at my gf and asked if we could take care of it instead. she said yes (probably because i was already crying at that point 😭). we named him Bocil. we knew he needed a vet, but we were broke. and leaving him like that wasn't an option either. so we just… did everything we could with what we had. that night, we immediately ordered milk, bone supplements, pee pads... basically went into full survival mode. he couldn't open his eyes at first. his head kept tilting to the right. he didn't respond to sounds. his body was limp. it was heartbreaking 😔💔. we fed him regularly, made sure he stayed hydrated, massaged his tiny body, gently wrapped his legs and neck to stabilize him (literally turned him into a tiny mummy 😭) and kept stimulating his nerves so he could maybe move again someday. it was exhausting. and scary. and honestly… we didn't even know if we were doing things right. but we kept going anyway. and then… after three days of taking care of him non stop… he started walking. okay not walking walking (more like wobbling around like he's drunk or doing a little dance) but still. progress is progress 😭 i'm not saying he's fully okay yet. he's still fragile. still needs a lot of care. but the fact that he's trying? that he's still here? idk… it feels like hope. bocil, you got this. we got you.