All i could hear when i was getting ready for bed was a slight little whine from the driveway and i went out to check. Under the car i saw this little nose peaking out from beneath. I got a dish of cat food and ran out. So cautiously his limped over to me. I grabbed a blanket and wrapped him up to bring inside. Mom telling me i cant keep him, yet I knew the bond from the second i saw him. I remember looking at my mom and going “but hes wedding ready” as i giggled shower her his tuxedo pattern fur. After fighting i finally got her to cave. He curled up into my bed with my little koala. Little did i know that that koala would be all i have left of him. He would come in and out the house like he owned it. Time after time he always was home on time for me to go to bed, always grabbing his the little koala stuffy and dragging it to bed with us. And b4 he left he always put it next to the door of my room before leaving. He would get so mad when id move it because i had to clean. Come home and death stare me as he drags it the door just to drag it back to bed and climbing under the balnket with me. I can remember at about 11 at night i started to worry because he wasnt home yet. Mom told me to calm down that he just wanted to stay out. I went out searching and found him limping and whining trying to get home. I picked him up and rushed home. I set him down to get dad and came back to him trying to hide behind the couch to spare me seeing him like this because he felt the pain i was feeling. Crying as I held him wrapped in my blanket. Terrified because his eye was becoming worse and worse. Swelling and leaking fluids. Mom said i should get some sleep and to put him and his bed with food and water in the bathroom so we didnt lose him. Searching for where i threw his koala. And rushing it to him, as he pushed his head into it softly as i cried. Praying and tricking my self that he wouldnt go while i was asleep, that we could get him help when i woke up. I was so wrong. I wish i couldve just held him a bit longer. Now i iust hold his koala when i miss him