1/15/24 – Your support and attendance at our events makes it possible to give so many stray animals a second chance at life. Xena is one of those who was fortunately rescued but she needs our medical assistance. Here is what her rescuer sent to us on January 10:

“Two kittens had been rescued with upper respiratory infections. The woman at the construction site gave them antibiotics and some sort of eye medication. The one kitten ended up healthy and has ultimately been adopted, but the other one, a female, appears to be blind in one eye, possibly not completely blind, but the eye tears quite a bit and periodically the appearance of the eye changes. It almost looks like her third eyelid is floating around in her eye, if that is possible. She also doesn’t breathe quite right, which makes me wonder if maybe she has a heart issue or perhaps her lungs didn’t develop properly or maybe even just damage from having had the upper respiratory infection for so long. She is approximately 4 months old and has been named “Xena,” since she is such a little warrior. Let me know if you have any available funds to have her eye and her lungs and heart checked out. She has been dewormed & treated for fleas and appears to be otherwise healthy under the circumstances. She just seems to be so appreciative to be alive. The appearance of her eye seems to change on a daily basis. Sometimes a vertical slit appears, usually in conjunction with the eye weeping tears. Hoping she will not ultimately need to have the eye removed. – Julie-Kitty Kat Rescue”

Prayers for sweet Xena who has her appointment January 18 at Orion Animal Hospital. I will keep you updated. – diana

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