05/01/2026
This is the tough part of rescue 💔
These photos and videos were taken in the 36 hours we had with beautiful Katrina.
We got a call from the shelter that Katrina was brought in by a neighbor, and that they would be putting her down immediately. Katrina’s owner passed away some time ago and his landlord just threw Katrina into the street.
We rushed to the shelter to get her - no animals deserves to die alone in a cold, scary shelter, especially after all she just endured.
She was only 3 lbs, had terrible eye infections and wouldn’t eat - we needed to know if she had a fighting chance.
We rushed her to the vet. She had kidney disease, a very high thyroid, dehydrated, emaciated, either a UTI or bladder infection & a high white blood cell count indicative of another infection. The doctor told us she wasn’t sure whether she would respond to treatment or not, but we had to try.
We put her on fluids, got her on antibiotics, eye medication, thyroid meds. we had an appetite, stimulant, and anti-nausea meds to try to get her to eat and syringe fed her.
She gave us a glimmer of hope the next day, she ate and drank a tiny bit only once - but it was progress.
By the 2nd morning she was declining rapidly. Her body was as essentially lifeless, and she was making it clear to us she was ready to go. We’re rushed her to the vet again, who let us know her little body was not responding to treatment and that we needed to let her go 💔
We’re so happy we got to give Katrina all of the love and cuddles in her last couple of days. She loooved being held and petted, using whatever energy she had to purr the whole time. No animas deserves to pass alone, and we’re truly blessed we got to love Katrina and be with her when it was time.
Katrina’s couple days with us had a profound impact on us. We loved her very much and will never forget her.
Her hospital bill and cremation bill total $910.89. It not money we have. But we couldn’t let her go through this alone.
If anyone has it in their hearts to donate to help us pay her medical and Cremation bills, we would be incredibly grateful 🙏
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Zelle: 845-742-3924 Kiah (our founder)
