I wanted to share my healing with you all, since discovering PT has been a huge blessing for me! I was devastated when I lost my only kitty Lola back in May. I was actually so lonely and desperate for some feline companionship that I visited one of the shelters in my town. I figured I would give some loving to the adult cats in the cat room. As soon as I walked through the door though, a small crate of kittens caught my eye. They were so tiny and extremely sick. There were four total, but two of them were clinging to life. A dark torti was wheezing and sneezing and both her eyes were completely sealed shut! The smallest of the bunch was a little calico.....half the size of the others....she was too tiny to eat the dry food and that was all they had put in there!
I can't even begin to describe how pitiful they were. I know they needed medical attention immediately or the little calico wasn't going to make it. So I told the shelter I would foster them until they recovered. I immediately took them to my vet, we endeed up going through a round of amoxiciilin and chloremphenicol (sp?), anti-bact. eye ointment, Albon for coccidia, and treatment for ear mites!!!
I had to force feed them a mixture of KMR kitten milk and canned A/D for a week before they began to eat on their own.
I was afraid to tell their story to early.....I really didn't know if I could pull them through. However I am thrilled to report I have to very healthy kittens on my hands now....which I have become very attached to. We were calling them Lucky #1 and Lucky #2, but I officially named them Vegas and Reno. So my two lucky girls have worked their way into my heart and taught me a very valuable lesson: In order to heal, your heart must first open again.
I am going home after work to experiment with Photobucket, with high hopes of being able to officially introduce all of you to Vegas and Reno!!!
ps--what do you think of their names??
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