8/17/24 – Hope, Love, and Joy were found abandoned; their mom could not be found.
Thankfully, a kind woman brought them into her home and contacted us to see if we could help having them seen for what appeared to be upper respiratory infections.
They were taken to All About Animals in Flint where they received oral antibiotics and eye drops.
Another rescue will be helping the family with the kittens’ vetting when they are old enough. – diana https://4paws1heart.org/donations/
8/17/24 – Meet Toast. She was seen hanging outside of an apartment complex. In late July, we were contacted by a concerned person who wanted to catch her and take her in but she needed assistance to have Toast vaccinated, tested, and spayed.
We were happy to help but it took awhile for Toasted to be convinced she would do better as a pet. Toast is now safe and scheduled for her medical on August 23. –
diana https://4paws1heart.org/donations/
Donations continue to be slow while the need continues to be non-stop. Every penny will help save a life!
8/17/24 – Kitty was rescued by a very kind couple who found her wandering, declawed, and with an eye infection or upper respiratory infection.
Her finder, Bridget, contacted every resource in the community to find an owner but no one stepped up. Bridget will examined and treated at West Flint Animal Hospital.
Bridget and her husband hope to give Kitty a furever home. – diana https://4paws1heart.org/donations/
8/16/24 Asher update. For everyone following his story and my posts, I want to let you know the swelling around his elbow was an abscess. It ruptured around 1am Wednesday morning and fortunately I was able to get him seen as an emergency. Thank you Moore Veterinary Hospital especially Dr. Henry, LVT Trisha, and all who assisted yesterday.
Asher lost a large portion of skin from his elbow down and this will hopefully heal without a soft tissue surgeon specialist. The staff are doing wet to dry bandages daily and he is on meds for pain.
We added in a special ordered antibiotic for broader spectrum coverage. This poor guy has been on antibiotics for 1 month already! We don’t know the cause of this abscess and we won’t know how he will do until we take it day to day. As much skin as possible was closed. Please keep prayers going and please send in a donation if you can. https://4paws1heart.org/donations/ Gina Asher is 13 weeks old and he has been through so much.
8/11/24 – Unfortunately, we don’t know what is wrong with Asher. A lot has happened since he was found a month ago. He got over what we think was toxoplasmosis and now he has a painful swelling in his front right elbow. I spent a large portion of Friday talking with doctors from 4 different hospitals.
He may need to go to an internal medicine specialist or orthopedic both of which we cannot afford.. Tomorrow we will be adding in another antibiotic that has to be special ordered. He is on pain and anti inflammatory meds. This could be an infection in the bone or joint but he is not responding to the antibiotic that treats bone infection. He is very painful.
Any help for Asher is greatly needed and appreciated. https://4paws1heart.org/donations/ Gina
8/10/24 – Continuing to help in making a difference in the lives of the abandoned, stray, and abused. Each year seems to be the worst when it comes to the dangers so many strays face and this year is no different. It certainly takes a Village and without your donations babies like these would die on the streets. Thank you to everyone involved. – diana https://4paws1heart.org/donations/
8/10/24 – Smoke appeared to have been ‘dumped’ and was being fed by a friend of 4 paws 1 heart. This past week he showed up with an abscess on his cheek. He was taken to our partner veterinary hospital,
Groesbeck Animal Hospital, where he had extensive blood work and treated for the abscess, and infection. When the infection is cleared he will be vaccinated, tested, and neutered.
Our friend found a great home for this very sweet boy who loves attention. – diana https://4paws1heart.org//donations/
8/8/24 -Prayers needed for Asher. He was in on Monday for limping on his front leg. It has gotten worse on meds. At this point he might need an orthopedic but we cannot afford that. He will be seen again tomorrow for a follow up exam. Gina https://4paws1heart.org/donations/
8/7/24 – UPDATE: Posey, Lily, Ginja, and Bowie have found homes with Lisa’s family members and they will take care of their vetting when appropriate. As the other three our bonding to Lisa and each other, the remaining three may be foster failures.
It started with an email from Heather of the Kitty Catfe. Heather reported that a man in Detroit, who had multiple litters of kittens, couldn’t feed them and they were dying. He was posting videos. He let 15 cats go in the woods. Two had died in less than a few days and 7 were left.
Based on Heather’s facebook post someone went to the site and rescued the seven. That person contacted Heather and said she was willing to foster them but asked for Heather’s help in placement; unfortunately, the KItty Catfe is still looking for a permanent place and their fosters are filled so all but they will help in promoting them.
The rescuer, Lisa, then asked if Heather knew of any organization who could help with medical and that’s where we stepped in. This is Lily, Posey, Batman, Tini, Ginja, Bowie, and Bones. All were very thin with fleas and Tini and Bones appeared to need special care. Tini needed to be seen by one of our partner vets because she was so dehydrated otherwise all are waiting to be ready for their full vetting which we hope will be done at the Humane Society of St. Clair (SNAP). – diana https:4paws1heart.org/donations/
8/6/24 – Meet Wym. It was about one month ago when a very kind couple saw a cat almost get hit by a car. The car swerved around her and she didn’t even flinch. The couple was able to capture her and discovered that she “had no eyes”.
The couple felt they just couldn’t leave her on the streets in her condition so they brought her home to live in their backyard. The other day when going out to feed her they noticed an “abscess on her cheek” which was very swollen.
We agreed to help with medical as long as the couple guaranteed that very sweet Wym would be kept inside from now on. They promised to give her a furever home.
Wym will be going to our great friends at Five Mile Animal Hospital. Update to follow. – diana https://4paws1heart.org/donations/
Thank you for making a difference in the lives of so many orphans.
