Kalinda
A veterinary technician called us from Eaton Animal Den on Friday, Aug. 13th because someone had walked in with a kitten and requested it be euthanized. The people found the kitten as a stray and it was in bad condition. The vet clinic agreed to perform this procedure and took the kitten into the back and set it up in a cage.Well, although this little ball of fire was very ill, it definitely wasn't ready to cross the Rainbow Bridge. The kitten was crying repeatedly in the cage and the veterinarian couldn't bring herself to euthanize her when the kitten still had so much spunk left.
So they called FCCR and we agreed to take the kitten. Well, to say that we were shocked when the kitten arrived is an understatement. As you can see from the picture, one of her eyes was so horribly infected that you couldn't even tell that it was an eye any longer. Her other eye was being held shut due to an ulcer that made it so incredibly painful that she didn't want to open it. She was dehydrated, starving, had an upper respiratory infection, and was filthy.
My first thought was, "This kitten needs to be humanely euthanized!". However, after spending a little time cleaning her up and giving her fluids, I also recognized that she had a lot of life left in her. I called Dr.Gloria who was kind enough to come in on her day off and look at the kitten. We also called one of our amazing foster moms, Jane Seik, to see if she would be willing to take the kitten through the weekend to see how she did. Jane obliged and arrived around the same time as Dr.Gloria. The kitten turned out to be a girl and Jane quickly named her "Kalinda". We put together a treatment plan for over the weekend, took a deep breath, and crossed our fingers.
Amazingly, not only did Kalinda survive the weekend, but she is doing AWESOME!!! She gained half a pound (yes, half a pound!), both of her eyes look ten times better (although she will still be completely blind), she is eating like a champ, and she is even playing with toys. When she came in for a recheck today she purred the entire time I held her.
I have to say that she is truly a miracle kitty. It is absolutely amazing how resilient animals are!!
To get back to the point of my story though.......Kalinda is alive because of YOU! The generous donations that were more than Gandalf needed for his treatment, will now go towards all of Kalinda's treatments.
We cannot thank you enough for your support. You are truly saving lives!
I will continue to keep you updated on Kalinda's progress over the next few weeks. Thank you for supporting FCCR!
