Sabrina
Her Tiny Body Had Already Endured More Pain Than We Ever Imagined
Loxahatchee, FL • Wild Whiskers, Inc.
When Sabrina finally got help, her tiny body told a heartbreaking story. She weighed only 5 pounds — nothing but a skeleton of a frame beneath enormous, painfully swollen tissue from severe mastitis. Her infection was so advanced that it was hard to understand how she was still alive. Even harder to understand was how long she must have been suffering before someone finally asked for help. Sabrina had been seen outside as her condition became worse and worse. For mastitis to progress to this point, she had been living in tremendous pain for quite some time. Yet somehow, this tiny girl kept surviving. When a community member finally reached out, our friends at Clewiston Friends of Animals immediately got Sabrina to a veterinarian. Her infection was so severe that she had to remain hospitalized for an entire week. When she was finally stable enough to leave, we picked her up and promised her that she would never have to suffer alone again. But we didn't yet know the full story of what Sabrina had endured. After weeks of healing in our care, Sabrina suddenly became lethargic and developed a fever. With an infection as serious as hers had been, we couldn't wait. She was rushed back to the veterinarian, underwent additional testing and was started on another round of antibiotics. That's when X-rays revealed something that broke our hearts. Sabrina had a healed broken femur. All this time, we thought the mastitis explained the suffering she had endured. It didn't. This tiny, severely underweight kitty had also somehow survived a broken leg. We don't know exactly what happened to Sabrina before she came to us. What we do know is that a broken femur is incredibly painful — and hers had already healed by the time it was discovered. That means Sabrina had been out there surviving through that pain before she ever reached us. And as if that weren't enough for one little body, Sabrina is also blind in her left eye. She isn't even a year old. At an age when her biggest concern should have been chasing toys and finding the sunniest place to nap, Sabrina was trying to survive a severe infection, an injured leg, hunger and life outside with vision in only one eye. It just isn't fair. But if you met Sabrina today, you would never know how cruel life had been to her. She is one of the sweetest, funniest and most playful kitties we have ever cared for. She plays nonstop. She seeks out affection. She runs around with the joy of a kitty discovering that life can actually be GOOD. Sometimes it feels like she is making up for lost time. For perhaps the first time in her short life, nothing hurts. She doesn't have to search for food. She doesn't have to survive outside. She doesn't have to keep going on a broken leg. She can finally just be Sabrina. For the past two months, we have been helping put this little girl's body — and her life — back together. Her hospitalization, emergency veterinary visits, X-rays, medications, follow-up care and treatment have come at a significant cost. We need your help covering Sabrina's medical expenses so we can continue saying YES when the next suffering kitty has nowhere else to turn. Every donation, no matter the amount, becomes part of Sabrina's second chance. She survived when her tiny body had every reason to give up. She survived the infection. She survived the broken femur. She survived being overlooked. Now Sabrina doesn't have to survive anymore. She finally gets to live. And hopefully, the next chapter of her story will be the one she deserved from the beginning — a forever family who will make sure this sweet girl never knows pain, hunger or abandonment again. Please help us finish Sabrina's journey from suffering and forgotten to safe, healed and loved.
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