Mary the miracle kitten

A woman walked into my office late on a Friday afternoon. She said I was told you helped and worked with strays. I said yes I do. She said I have a kitten outside that was caught in a car fan. I do not know where to take her as I need to leave for an out of town appointment.  She said I did try animal control but they were closed for the weekend. I said I will take her and see what I can do.

The lady went out to her car and brought a box in, inside was the smallest tiny black kitten that appeared to be only 5 weeks old. She appeared to be feisty, I picked her up and then saw where she had indeed encountered a car fan. Her front leg appeared to be broken, her back foot had some torn skin and one toe was a mess. One of her ears also had been cut and was missing the tip. The lady asked will she be OK, I said I’m not sure but I will do what I can to save her.

Here it was close to 5:00 pm on a Friday night and my main vet was closed.  I took her upstairs to my apartment and went to work on fixing her up. I called a friend to help. We cleaned up her cuts and set her leg using a Popsicle stick. I then placed her in a small animal cage with a heating pad, food and water.

It was touch and go for three weeks, she did not do much, although I was able to get her to eat. I kept her cuts cleaned and made sure her splint on her leg was stable. After about a month she showed really good improvement. I had been calling her Miracle as it was a miracle that she survived the car fan.

With the daily care I had given her she had captured my heart, so I said little miracle you are going to stay with me. As she grow the feisty attitude I first noticed started to show even more. She was her own cat. She became very independent and soon was scampering all around the house. She really did not care to be cuddled very much, she just wanted to do her own things.

Today Miracle is 9 years old and still as feisty as ever. I now have shortened her name to just Mary, but many times I call her Mary B short for Mary Bitch. She has a sweet personality on her own terms. One minute she is sweet and lovey dovey and the next thing you know she is flattening her ears and growling at you. She is a good cat just very indepndent.