WHAT A STORY!!! How lucky that your dad found you!!!! Despite your problems, what an absolute beauty you grew up to be!! It is stories like yours that makes my heart happy to know that there are great humans out there that go above and beyond the call to rescue, care for, love, and give homes to creatures that had terrible things happen to them. That is a very special person!!!!
Hugs to you and your dad!!! HAPPY COTD!!!!