PET TALK

Misti is a miracle cat, at least that's how we feel about her. My husband and I were walking around in our front yard and we heard this tiny little meow. We didn't see anything anywhere, but we kept hearing the meow. I went into the house for a couple of minutes and when I came back out, a little kitten was walking up to my husband. She wasn't scared at all, she just wanted us to love her. As soon as we got close enough to her to see her good, we realized she had a very serious problem. Someone had cut her tail off. Not just part of it, but all the way off. It was open and exposed. All we could figure was that someone had dumped her on the side of the road either after they did this to her, or she was dumped and them abused and was hiding till she felt she could trust someone. This was on Sunday and on Monday we took her to see what could be done to help her. She had surgery to close up the opening, but within 24 hours she was back at the vets. The stitches popped and it all opened up again. So we took her back and they did surgery a second time and then a third. Finally the fourth time, the vet tried a new way and it finally worked. It took about a month for her to get to normal. She got to where she didn't have accidents anymore. And now except for the missing tail, you would never know she went through all this. She was only 3 months old when she found us and now she's 4 1/2 years old. Like I've always believed, God sends these precious little guys to us because he knows we will help them and love them.