BB the Kitten

This blog will explore what it's like working in a veterinary hospital.. It will be about good experiences, bad experiences, good clients, AWESOME clients, bad clients, AWFUL clients...and the occasional rant about dog and cat health issues.

Let me start this new blog on a positive note! 

A man was driving across a bridge in the south side when he saw a little kitten staggering across the lanes. People were speeding past, swerving around the kitten but he just couldn't leave it there. He stopped his car and grabbed the kitten, almost getting hit multiple times. This good samaratin walked into our office with a tote bag. In that tote bag was a banged up, bloody little 5 week old black kitten. The man told us to please do what we could to help him and that he would pay for anything the poor helpless kitten needed.

We immediately brought the little black ball of fur into an exam room and assessed it. "It" was a he. He had blood coming from his nose and mouth and his eyes were almost swollen shut. It was assumed that the kitten, who we'll call BB, was thrown from a vehicle. We were expecting the worst when we took him down for x-rays, but the x-rays turned out great - no internal injuries! 

We decided it would be best to keep BB at the hospital for a couple days to make sure he was OK. After getting him on some medication, he was feeling much better and started eating like a little piggy. He looked 1,000 times better and was a purr machine! Two days later, the good samaratin returned to pick up BB and bring him to his new home in NE Pennsylvania, where his sister lives.

Unfortunately, not all stories like this end well. Most of those little kittens people bring in don't make it. They're either too young, too sick, or they don't have anyone willing to pay for their care. 

So please people, get your cats spayed/neutered and keep them inside!