I really didn’t expect to see her alive this morning and I am smiling that she made it through the night. She slept in one spot all night, and I stayed up with her administering fluids and spoon-feeding her. She peed all over herself being that she was to weak to make it to the litter pans which weren’t all that far from her.

My greatest concern was after giving her fluids. She tried to get up after they went in- and she just couldn’t quite do it. It was the strangest thing- she would try to lift her paws but it was as if they were glued to the floor- she was in a half-crouch never fully upright, then she gurgled once or twice and collapsed! I checked her, she was still breathing, so I put her on a blanket and covered her with a sheet- it was quite warm last night. I left her with prayers.

This morning, when I came into the room, she had moved to the front of the door. She got up when she heard me coming (it’s a screen door) and then laid down so I could come in. She sneezed twice and seemed a bit “loopy” swaying side-to-side, but she was up and walking. I dumped her wet food in the plate and she came over and dove right in! There are two pet fountains up there for her and after I deliver the two spays, I will make an appointment for her and hopefully be seen today. My vet gets so busy because he is so good. Not sure how I am going to be able to do all of this- but will manage. I give Kiley her money today and then the kitty is once again tapped. But, what could I do? Tell Haley to just leave this beauty in the park to her fate? If I could do that- then I wouldn’t be who I am today. I also don’t think any of you would even like me!

Please pray that she is just suffering from malnutrition and perhaps a bad URI and nothing else is going wrong with her. She is such a beauty and when I touch her, I cry- you can feel all her bones!

Here she is her first morning with us:

Marigold