Leo is a pale caramel coloured cat I rescued from the road and rushed to the emergency hospital around 9.30 tonight on my way home from late shift at work.
He had been hit by a car and I pulled over and walked back to pick him up, signalling to the traffic to slow down and let me get him. I actually saw two more cars go over him as I tried to get to him. It was horrific and sickening.
He was stunned and each time he tried to get up another car went over him.
Eventually a car stopped so I could walk into the road and scoop him up. His nose was bleeding and I feared the worst.
The first driver that hit him, a female, stopped to help. We read his collar tag and I called his owners and left a message on their answer-machine then I called the vet number on his collar, which referred me to an emergency hospital about 10-12 km away. Another car, a family, stopped to see what was going on and offered to help. The female driver had to go to attend someone at home who was sick (well that was what she said, she didn't want to help me take Leo to the hospital though to her credit she nursed him and checked him over for broken bones while I was frantically ringing every number I could and arranging with the family to get him over to the hospital). The mother in the family car agreed to come with me and hold Leo on a cushion I had, with a towel round him, and her dear husband and children accompanied us behind.
I just rang the hospital and they have administered painkillers and he was just going to sleep. He appears to be OK at this stage, bodily/systemically but one eye appears to be damaged. They haven't been able to reach the owners yet.They think he's about 3-4 years old, and well taken care of/loved. So he stands a good chance.
I will call again tomorrow morning. He's a lovely boy, I do hope he will be OK. Please everyone send a prayer for this little boy whose Mummy and Daddy are not with him at the moment. I will update you.
I am going to keep a cardboard cat carrier in my car from now on so I can always take a cat or any small animal to the emergency hospital on my own if necessary, should I ever witness anything like this again.
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