Pull up a chair....this is a story you'll want to share with your kids, your spouse and your parents.

2 months ago, a little tiny orange kitten showed up at my door at 11pm, with his tiny litte kitty voice saying "mew...mew...mew." (It's important that you know I live in the middle of Nowhere, Pa. Literally.) I slowly opened the door, thinking, how could a little kitten live out here? We have foxes, and coyotes and the likes everywhere. But, there he sat, looking up at me, with his ginger face and his green eyes; hungry, chatty and VERY skinny. My husband supported my maternal instinct and he created a little den for him in our garage, complete with plug-in space heater. He even lifted the garage door and created a make-shift door for him so he could go in and out of the garage. I fed him and nursed his kitty-self back to health. He gained weight, was light on his feet and happy, happy, happy.

Then....this past Sunday morning, I went out to the garage to feed barn kitty. He usually rushes out of his tiny, make-shift den and tells me all about his evening adventures. But....this time was different. I went about my normal feeding ritual and encouraged him to come out and see me. He smelled the food and dragged his little body out of his den. His foot was completely SMASHED and it was 4x the size of his other cute, little orange paw. It didn't even look real. BUT, he actually tried eating!!  He wanted to live!

I called my vet, (whom now, I'm on a first name basis). I told her the story and she said, "Carly, let's do this together, bring him in." She examined him and we both knew amputation was inevitable. Ugh...It was so badly mangled. With the clock ticking overnight, I barely slept. Dr. Frost called me this morning and said "I know this is a rescue situation, so let's work together on getting him back to life. I'll charge you for the materials, drugs and some of my time, but let's work together for Barn Kitty." So...we did.

He came out of surgery this afternoon, after 2 hours. She took his arm clean off and expained he would only have 3 legs, but he will adapt and overcome. She neutered him during the surgery and he's coming back a wounded vet from the battle at Nowhere, Pa.