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  • I used to sing him a special song to calm him down.

  • And one day, I guess I sang the wrong song.

  • He got so mad.

  • Azeem is my little goat.

  • He was really sick when I got him, and the only thing that comforted him was this one song I sang.

  • And he absolutely loved it.

  • And it almost sent him into a trance.

  • I tried singing him other songs to see if he reacted the same way, but that was clearly not the case.

  • He got so mad when I changed the song.

  • So now we have a specific playlist we stick very closely to.

  • He was actually scheduled to be euthanized within hours when I first laid eyes on him.

  • And at first I thought it was just a little box shaking, but when I looked inside, I realized it was a kitten.

  • His little body was shaking uncontrollably, so much that he was shaking the box too, and I just knew I couldn't leave him there.

  • I had to do something.

  • I took him in my arms and brought him home.

  • He was living with his mother, siblings, and older brother with his humans, protected and loved, but on the night during a party at his home, he was stepped on, and that's when everything changed.

  • Azeem suffered severe brain trauma and permanent disabilities.

  • His past owner decided that Azeem's new fate was too hard to handle and decided to give him up to the clinic.

  • The clinic became his new home, a dark and lonely box where he was placed to keep him safe from further harm.

  • Days passed and the vets were giving up on him.

  • Because he wouldn't eat and he had multiple seizures a day, and the vets were planning on euthanizing him that day that I walked in.

  • He was so small, just 20 days old, and was already facing the end, and I just knew I had to help him.

  • When we got home, I tried everything to get him to eat and drink.

  • He was so fragile, so scared, but I didn't give him up.

  • I held him close, feeding him drop by drop water and wet food.

  • When that first bit of food went down his throat, tears flowed from my eyes.

  • He cried and I cried.

  • We both knew this was a turning point, a sign that there was still hope.

  • We went to clinic after clinic, and each time the doctors were telling me that he wouldn't survive and that the trauma was too severe.

  • They suggested putting him to sleep, but I refused.

  • I couldn't give up on him.

  • Slowly, Azeem began to show signs of life.

  • He had so many attacks, sometimes six in just one hour, but he fought through each one.

  • I sang to him to get him through it, and he loved it.

  • I dedicated my entire life to him and other disabled cats, singing to him and making sure he felt loved and safe every single day.

  • I was his mom, and he was my special little boy.

  • Three years later, Azeem's defied all odds.

  • He is still partially disabled today, but he's here, he's alive, and he's happy.

  • And as long as I'm here, I'll keep singing his favorite song, the one that calms him down, and I'll never stop fighting for him.

I used to sing him a special song to calm him down.

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