10/27/2024
It's National Black Cat Day so we want to introduce to you the magnificent Wednesday! This little girl created quite a whirlwind over the past month here at SoCO- she was relinquished after being found in the mouth of a dog. This resulted in her having a trip to the ER in Colorado Springs, then a transfer to the Internal Specialists for further care.
Wednesday had some significant damage to her chest/sternum which created a build-up of infected fluid around her lungs. This, as you can imagine, caused her to have a very difficult time breathing.
On the first night of her stay at the ER, the kind doctor there called to give an update and started the conversation with, "she won't stop making biscuits". During her time at the specialists, she had 2 chest tubes inserted to help drain the fluid from her lungs, a CT scan, and multiple ultrasounds. Many updates were provided daily, and the staff couldn't get over what an amazing, tough girl we had! She had won their hearts! There were also multiple staff members thanking us for stepping up to get Wednesday the care she needed, especially because they understood that we were going to have to pay for such a stay at the ER and Internal Specialists.
Some close friends of SoCO heard about Wednesday and her fight, and they jumped right in to help! Within hours we had artists and crafters in and around our city offering to donate creations of black cats for us to sell to help us cover the cost of Wednesday's medical needs! Her story inspired so many to help where they could! Classes were held at the library for felting kittens, 3-D black cats were created, paw print earrings are being made, paintings, paw print wallets, t shirts, crochet creations-we are overwhelmed with the love that is being shown for Wednesday!
We have purchased a booth at a craft event at the Pueblo Zoo on Saturday, November 9th, to sell the items donated for Wednesday! We hope to see many of you there that day!
If you would like to help us raise money for our beautiful girl, you can donate here through the Facebook fundraiser, or you can bring donated black cat creations to SoCO Mon-Weds for us to sell!
We are so grateful to say that Wednesday will make a full recovery, and that she is currently recovering in the home of her ICU nurse who will be adopting her!
This special girl who no one even knew existed has brought a huge group of people together. Their care and dedication to her story has already led us to begin a yearly fundraiser for SoCO- a Black Cat Ball (coming in the fall of 2025)! If only she knew about the amazing people who stepped up for SoCO, building a "bridge over troubled water" so we could do what we had to do to save our sweet little Wednesday.
We still have quite a bit of money to raise! Please help if you can, and if you can't contribute right now, please share!
Many thanks to all of the generous, kind humans who have already stepped up to help make this a happy ending! If only Wednesday knew how many people she had on her team...........
