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In Loving Memory Of Ross
On July 21st, 2015 we got a call about a very sick kitten. She was found outside in a feral colony. When I first saw her, she was tiny, cold, pale, lifeless. I drove straight to the vets office with the heat on. Dr. Freiberg saw her right away. She had a bad upper respiratory infection. Her eyes were glued shut. She was wheezing. She had a heart murmur. He said “Take her home, love her. I don’t know if she’s going to make it 24 hours. Prepare yourself. She needs a miracle. Work a miracle Shira.”
I never had a doubt in my heart the she wouldn’t make it. Sissy didn’t think she’d be alive the next morning. I brought her home. I prepared a bottle, made rice socks and cozied up a carrier. I gave her a warm bath with Dawn Dish soap, carefully putting a ring of it around her neck so the fleas could not race to her head. We put towels in the dryer to warm them up. She refused the bottle, but did gulp down some warmed up canned food. I held her throughout the night, listening to her faint cries.
I don’t know why, we just assumed she was a boy. She was a dilute orange tabby. 80% of tabbies are males. I named her Ross. That same day, a musician that I know, his father passed away. His name was Ross. Joey Ramone’s middle name was Ross. And this little one would need some divine intervention to help her along. Many moments I just thought, breathe little one. Just keep breathing. She did not stand. She could not lift her head. She was beyond weak. I was attempting to feed her every 2 hours. She got so weak she could not eat, so we’d syringe feed her a little at a time.
