Support Lizzy's Journey to Recovery

Everyone, meet Lizzy. Lizzy is a new addition to the family and a direct result of the cat distribution system.

Join me if you will on her journey so far.

Thursday evening I stopped at the gas station on the way home from grocery shopping. Pulling out of the station I notice a very small black ball of fur curled up on the outside wall of the adjoining car wash. Immediately I stop the car and look over at my daughter. She looks at me, we both see it, we have to get out and investigate. With a huge sigh, we get out and slowly walk up to the bundle of fur.

It's a kitten, no shocker there really. We start to talk to it and get closer, kitten is not running and is not frightened at all. Daughter and I are discussing just how much trouble we will be in for bringing home a new animal.

I should probably mention Loki here, the result of last year's cat distribution system. Loki was thrown from a moving vehicle and had to have mouth reconstruction surgery. In addition we currently have an abundance of outside cats that we care for and are working our way through spay and neutering. All were inherited when we moved and have previously been neighborhood animals. Thus our slight hesitation.

Back to Lizzy, daughter and I know we can't leave this baby here, so we grab some towels and I pick up the ball of fur. Imagine our great suprise to discover this tiny ball of fur has more than half of her front left leg MISSING!!

Let me tell you this is a Civil War looking injury. It is apparent she has escaped from a predator from the look of the injury. We are now in the car on the way home. Our thought now is that we are taking this baby home to have a comfortable place for her last days. No way is this baby making it the night.

At home we make her comfortable as possible and give her a tiny amount of medication for pain as advised by our vet. I am able to feed her a small amount of kitten milk, to my great astonishinment she eats well. I put her down for the night and say a small prayer for her.

The next morning I check on her and to my Shock, she is sitting there wide eyed and bushy tailed waiting on more food. I feed her again and call the vet. I drop her off with them and await the news.

Fast forward to Monday morning, Lizzy has captured the hearts of everyone in the clinic and is very slowing making strides in getting better. The diagnosis is that the stub will have to be amputated but due to her size (1 lb) and blood loss, we need her at 100%. The clinic was able to clean up the wound and get her on antibiotics and she is back home for a week to continue getting stronger.

Within the next few weeks she will have multiple visits at the vet to assess her health and determine when it is safe for her to have surgery.

Lizzy's current bill is $400, with the upcoming surgery expected to cost $700. This is outside our available funds right now and we need help to get Lizzy healthy. Any amount that you can contribute is appreciated.