Uhura
September 1, 2009 - August 26, 2010
Adopted: March 13, 2010
My name is Alyssa and I adopted a little black marten dwarf girl named "Lucky".(renamed "Uhura", like the Star Trek character). I adopted her back in March and instantly fell head over heels for this girl. When I took her out to my granpa's car, she refused to go in the carrier, so I held her close the half an hour trip home in the backseat of the car. She put so much trust in me and would only come out of her corner in her room when I came home on the weekends from college. She was such a sweetheart and I couldn't have asked for more. At school, I was going through a really hard time and felt isolated and alone. I was just feeling this great depression. I figured a rabbit would help me get out of my depression and Uhura did just that.
We would watch "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" together on the floor on my laptop. And she of course, lived up to her name, and became as big a Star Trek fan as I am. She would lay down beside me and we would watch episode after episode of Star Trek. It was funny whenever they said "Uhura" on the computer and she would sit up and look around. She was so much fun. She was my little princess. She loved having her soft, black coat brushed and in return, she sat still as I lifted her into my lap and scratched behind her ears.
One day, my mom left the house and checked on her and said that she was fine and was tossing her favorite toy carrot around. Later when my mom came home after work, she checked on Uhura and saw that she wasn't moving. She had passed away. We're not quite sure why. She had fresh food, water, and her litter box was clean. My mom called me immediately. I was over at my dad's starting to get ready to go to California on Thursday morning. She called and told me the news and she came and picked me up and brought me to the animal hospital where she had taken her. I wanted it to be a bad dream when I saw her on the metal table wrapped up in a blanket. I went over to her and scratched behind her ears one more time, just like she liked before I had to say a tearful goodbye.
She was my very first bunny and I'm heartbroken now that she's gone. I knew I'd have to say goodbye someday, I just didn't imagine that it would be so soon. I can't even believe I'm writing this memorial page just one week before her first birthday. (I took that picture the day I brought her home. Sadly, it's the only one I ever got to take of her.) We're going to have her cremated and save the ashes.
I just wanted to thank you for bringing that sweet little girl into my life. I just loved her so much and I could tell she loved me to when I would lay on the floor and she would touch her nose to mine. I may get another bunny in the future, but right now, it's too hard and too painful to think of getting another one.
I'll say this though, the name "Lucky" ended up being so perfect for her. I was lucky to have her as my bunny for just those five and a half months.
I love you, baby. Mama's gonna miss you more than you know.
- Alyssa
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