MANY MANY Prayers Needed For This Poor Tyke :-(

[QueenScoopalot]

After a busy day (as usual) I got home to a message from my friend and neighbor Barbara. Her sister works the next city over at Stop & Shop and while Eve was at work today, she saw employees chasing something all over the store. She thought at first a bird got in, and then saw it was a kitten of about 3 months old. She gave the employees a piece of her mind when they said they were trying "to get IT out of the store". There's a highly traveled road basically a highway there not far from the place. Eve managed to get the garbage encrusted little guy in a box and as usual I ended up with him. Good thing though. Leslie came down, and was helping me look for other kittens behind the store, though we found none. I checked the kitten out, and he's very malnourished, filthy with garbage all over his fur, and SEVERELY anemic! It gets better. While Leslie was still here, we tried to get some baby food into him with an oral syringe, and while opening his mouth I saw a weird thing. Turns out he had a huge glob of who knows what lodged underneath his tongue! It took a bit of work to get it out, and then uncurl his tongue which was headed down his throat. Poor little thing is so weak. Apparently he got into the store yesterday, and has been being chased all over by the idiots who work there. Luckily he wasn't chased out to certain death. I'm so afraid he won't even make it till Tues. Gave him some sub-Q fluids, and a heating pad, and have to hope he'll recover. The anemia is waht's going to kill him I'm afraid. I think even the fleas have left his weak little body.



On Leslie's lap getting warmth and loving



The mystery gunk from under his tongue! Bigger than a half dollar coin!



Poor infant kitty...say lots of prayers please.

[jazzcat]

Oh my, that poor little guy. He looks so pitiful. I wonder what that stuff under his tongue is? How bizarre.

I'm so glad you have him in your wonderful care Jan. Prayers on the way.

[rg_girlca]

OMG Jan, that poor, poor precious kitty.

Big time prayers for this poor soul that he makes it til Tuesday and gets the help he needs.

Hang in there sweetheart, you are in the best hands any cat could be in.

Whatever was under his tongue Jan, looks totally disgusting.
Do you think that was stopping him from being able to eat.

Oh my heart is aching for this poor guy.

I know you will try everything you can Jan for him and bless you and Leslie for helping him.

[AbbyMom]

Oh, wow...oh my goodness. Heartfelt prayers for the little guy. Hang in there! I'm so glad he came to you cause I know you'll do everything possible.

[catcrazylady]

OMG! That poor poor precious baby. What in the world do you think that was under his tongue? Was it sticky and that was why he couldn't move it around, you think? I have never heard of such a thing. It sounds like he would have suffocated on his own tongue if you hadn't found that.
He is so cute and he looks so pathetic. You know you have lots of prayers coming from us. God works miracles through PT all the time and I sure hope this will be the next one. What a horrible thing that baby has been through.

I'm so glad your friend called you from the store. Those IDIOTS would have surely sent this little one to his death. I have no more to say about those people because I wouldn't be allowed to post it!

Jan and Leslie, I don't know what to say to you other than THANK YOU and GOD BLESS YOU both for being so caring. This little one will know peace and love thanks to you two. You removed the pain from his mouth and offered him food, warmth, and most importantly kindness.

I'm praying that this precious one has many more days of love coming to him.
Please keep us posted.

[K & L]

OMG! Thank goodness you rescued him. Please keep us updated on this poor guy.

[leslie]

I do hope he makes it through the night. Jan gave him a heating pad, he was not normal body temp for sure but not cold either.
Initially, when she picked him up at Eve's house, he was given pet tinic. That was later found all over the bottom of the carrier... (not swallowing). So when we pulled him out later to force feed and just try to evaluate the problem, of course the first thing is to open his mouth. That black crud looked like it was stuck on the roof of his mouth and I thought it was a tumor or absess and reached right in to touch it- it was gooey so i searched for tweezers (what I was trained to use in CPR) while jan yelled for qtips. qtips worked for the most part, then the tweezers got out the rest of the gunk. Luckily, it was all under his tongue. When he swallows, he swallows hard, like a dehydrated kitten would. He fell asleep in my lap wrapped in that towel twice. first time waiting for jan to get the fluids warm, second time, waiting to get the heating pad on and just right. He was simply exhasted and I hated to move him! ps pics taken on toilet! most comfortable seat in bathroom!

[Uniqueviking]

Oh no, poor little guy

...and what CCL said!

[QueenScoopalot]

Well the little tyke made it through the night (the good news) the bad news is vets aren't open today, it's a holiday. Looking at how incredibly anemic he is, I would say a blood transfusion's needed. Poor little guy. CCL...no idea what that gunk under his tongue was. Looked to be part dried leaf, and some other gooey matter. Whatever it was it stunk, and I'm so glad we spotted it! At first I thought he had a cleft palate and it was debris wedged into the opening into the nasal cavity, but once it was out it became apparent it was stuck under his tongue. Off to offer him more vitamins chocked full of iron, and liver etc. from the vets. And more food.

[Laura's Babies]

POOR LITTLE GUY! I am speechless! THANK you and Leslie for helping this poor starved baby, NOW he has a chance in this world and no matter how long you have him, he will have love and care like he has not experienced before. Thank God there are people like there are here on PT! You are just the greatest bunch of people in the world!!

Good luck little kitty, you have the prayers of PT behind you and a lot of people who care about your prescious life. Get strong, get well and let us watch you grow into the beautiful baby we know you are!

QSL, is he able to eat better with that gunk removed out of his mouth?

[catlady1945]

Is there an emergency vet service available?

Poor little kitty.

[QueenScoopalot]

With a lot of encouragement the baby ate quite well for me. Almost half a jar of baby food mixed with KMR powder, and vitamins with iron etc. I cleaned the excess off his face and discovered he has a small hole under his chin! No idea if it was perforated from inside or outside, but I'm going to be starting him up on antibiotics after he recovers from eating breakfast. He is still seething with fleas so I put several drops of Advantage on him to kill those nasty evil creatures. He's snuggled up on his heating pad now, and I'll let him rest for a few hours and then give him more Sub-Q fluids and antibiotics and another meal. Poor little garbage covered baby boy. It's tragic seeing him.

[sirrahbed]

Jan & Leslie - as always I am in awe of all that the two of you do. Thank you SO much for caring for this poor little baby...no matter what happens - this baby is now being loved and cared for. Don't you wish you could have them talk to you? If they could, I bet you would hear the sweetest words of love and gratitude.

[catcrazylady]

Oh Jan my heart is breaking for this little guy. I'm so happy to know he made it through the night and is eating but I'm so sorry that he has had to know so many horrible things in his young life.
I know he's going to make it Jan, I just know it!! He is going to live and be loved for the rest of his life. God Bless the little fellow and we are still praying hard for his full recovery.

Thank you so much for keeping us posted. I worried about the little guy all night.

[QueenScoopalot]

I too was worried I'd find the worst this morning. I was up way before the alarm went off, and had to check on him. Poor little thing is so weak it's a wonder he did make it through the night. Keep those PT prayers coming..they seem to work wonders! Now I have to worry about that hole in his chin. Burst abcess? Or internal punture from the crud under his tongue?