The Blind Kitten My Wife ALMOST Said No Too! by Peter Donato Allentown, PA

[Omaha Steve]

http://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ars/story/the-blind-kitten-my-wife-almost-said-no-too314?




It was a slow day at my office, And I was checking my facebook. Here popped up on my feed a kitten's cry for help! She was a Blind kitten in need of a home. I instantly fell In love, Emailed the Shelter saying I will take her! I forgot one thing... To ask my wife. That was a Fun phone call. She Said "look we have 5 cats already, this would be too much" The wind was ripped from my sails! I said "ok" In as a guilt trippy voice as I could. I emailed them back, apologizing that I couldn't take her, that my wife was right. 6 cats was a wee bit much. Well, my wife went to work that night and cracked... She emailed the shelter and said "my husbands crazy, but I'm even more crazy, we will take her!~" So now for the fun part, The kitten was 8 hours away! So we jumped in our truck the next monday, drove straight down, and then turned around and drove straight back. 16 hours, one day.. For a Cat. Our 6th Cat. We were at first really protective of her, trying to limit her travel around the house and interactions with the other cats. Well she had other plans... Fast forward to now, she climbs the stairs, the cat house, our christmas tree and everything else as if she can "see". She Is the boss of all the other cats in the house, she's like a super ninja! The other cats don't even see her coming! Their only escape is to jump up on our furniture. She loves to share food, and by that I mean... I have to share all my food with her, It's not even an option at this point anymore. She still yells at the air vents when the heat or A/c kicks on, and once in awhile makes us feel bad for moving a chair by running into it... But We love her unconditionally. We also let our friends name her... They picked "helen" Yes we have a sense of Humor.

Peter Donato
Allentown, PA


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[DarthDem]

1. Sweet Story

. . . and a beautiful kitty. Thanks, Steve, and Merry Christmas.

[shenmue]

2. Squeeeeeeeeee

[marew]

3. I had two blind dogs until a week ago!

I had to put down my blind retriever last Mon. I am devastated. But I still have a blind miniature poodle who was abandoned and rescued by some kind soul. I also have three black cats. One has one eye and two have only three legs. They are all amazing. Also have a black lab rescue who is the sweetest girl!
Sometimes I just look at them and wonder how I got so lucky to have such terrific critters in my life!

[roody]

5. :)

[KT2000]

4. So precious

and that couple are so amazing. Love the part where she rules!!

[3catwoman3]

6. If you like this story, and how

...could you not, be sure to read Homer's Odyssey. A very compelling story about a kitten whose eyes were removed surgically at about 2 weeks of age because of a terrible infection that had gone untreated because he was abandoned. He was otherwise healthy, so his vet decided to save his life by removing his eyes, with the rationale that he would not miss what he had never had - because he was so young, his eyes had not yet opened and he had never seen anything.

A very inspiring and heart-tugging story.

[Heidi]

7. Kick!