8/22/23 – You might remember Kizmet, if not you can see her story on our website or our posting of July 26. The short story was that she was found after being accidentally run over by a hi-lo. Her siblings were dead but Kizmet was alive although her little leg was nearly hanging off of her body. Our great friends and doctor at Orion Animal Hospital took her in right away and part of her leg was amputated. She was then put into the excellent hands of our friend Emily K. There have been so many cases lately that I failed to give you updates as has provided by Emily but here they are:

8/2/23 – Emily reported that sweet Kizmet was doing much better although had a few rough days. For the first few days fluid was filling up around her chest wound under the skin. Emily had to “poke” and drain a huge pocket of fluid on a nightly basis. Everything done was with Dr. Zalac’s permission and guidance. The fluid appeared to have been a seroma probably from the trauma the baby’s body suffered. Kizmet’s leg was healing beautifully but finally she was showing interest in being bottle fed after being tube fed during the first week.

8/15/23 – Kizmet was well enough to get her first vaccine.

8/16/23 – Kizmet continued to be improving but her little stump was very irritated so Emily ordered silicon thimbles to protect the stump until she’s big enough for full amputation of her leg. Emily was also going to check in with Pawsitive Steps Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine to see if there was anything else we should be doing. Emily also said her “purr motor is on point.”

8/22/23 – And today I spoke with Courtney at Orion Animal Hospital and she reported that Kizmet was just at the office for another follow up. Here she is with her little thimble. Kizmet is still doing great but Dr. Zalac confirmed that Kizmet’s leg would have to be amputated when she is big enough.

Continued prayers for this little girl who’s been through so much. Only with your donations can we continued the work we do. Thank YOU. – diana

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