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This picture of Nelly was taken in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia with her stuffed playmate, Cho Li. Nelly always enjoyed playing with stuffed animals rather than rubber
toys. Cho Li has since departed this world. His cotton
stuffing has been scattered over Central Java.
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Nelly taking a snooze with her new playmates "Cho Li II" and
"Chok Wow". This picture was taken in Chiang Mai. |
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When I moved from Yogyakarta, Indonesia to Chiang
Mai, Thailand,
Nelly had to stay in Indonesia for about six months until I could get
settled. Nelly stayed with my former gardener in a small village
about 1 1/2 hours from Yogyakarta. This is Nelly with two of
my gardener's brothers. |
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Nelly and the girls of the "Kampung" (Village). The smallest of
the humans is Novi Doki. |
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Nelly awaits the cutting of her fifth birthday
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No, it's not Nelly, and I am not the guy departing Air
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Nelly
12 Feb. 1998 -
7 Oct.
2005 |
This is the last picture taken of Nelly;
the picture was taken on 2
September 2005. When flood waters swept across Chiang Mai in late
September, Nelly apparently drank some of the floodwater and became infected with Leptospirosis, caused by ingesting mouse urine, in this case spread by
contaminated floodwater. Nelly became quite sick with nausea and diarrhea.
The vet diagnosed Leptospirosis, but more importantly identified that
Nelly's kidney was shutting down as a result. Antibiotics were
administered to counteract the Leptospirosis, but the damage to the kidney
had been done, and Nelly's condition continued to deteriorate.
Nelly died in the late
night hours of 7 October 2005 of kidney failure, in her seventh year,
seventh month and twenty-fifth day. Nelly's body was cremated at
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