Gracie
nGracie was a rescue kitty found by a dumpster in downtown Sioux Falls left in the freezing cold, below zero temperatures in mid-December. A lady (angel) trapped her and brought her to a vet. All Cats Rescue (also angels) took her in and cared for her. She had frost-bite on both ears and her tail. She lost the tips of her ears over Christmas break and all but three inches of her tail in January. In addition to severe frost-bite, she had an upper respiratory infection, ear mites, round-worm, severe eye infection, undeveloped eye lids, was malnourished and dehydrated. When the folks at All Cats Rescue saw her, they cried...they had never seen anything like this. Who could have possibly let this baby with fur suffer so badly and unnecessarily? It is incomprehensible to us.
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nWe adopted our sweet Gracie on February 24, 2011. In June that same year, we consulted with a surgeon in Minneapolis to see if he could construct eyelids for Gracie. Our local vet said her eyelashes were wicking up all of the moisture in her eyes. She was squinting, so we knew it had to be uncomfortable for her to open her eyes (it's painful for us to have an eyelash in our eye, much less eyelashes!). He said if we didn't do surgery, she could end up with cornial abrasions, which would be quite painful for Gracie. We went ahead with the reconstruction and are very glad we did. It was a slow healing process, but she did great through it all.
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nGracie is a very loving cat. She LOVES to lay on our laps. She sleeps with us and cuddles with us at night. At dinner time, she lays on our laps. She enjoys being brushed and held.
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nGod truly blessed us with a very special baby with fur! <3
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