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I always check rescue sites on Facebook, and that’s when I came across this poor kitten. She had been found near a steel plant, covered in oil, and bot flies had burrowed under her skin. When she was dropped off at the Hamilton Animal Services, Ontario, they were not sure she would make it.
After I saw this little one’s picture, I could not stop thinking about her, and even though we already had three cats, I contacted a rescue group I know and asked them to get her out. We had to wait a week to see her because she was so sick. When she was ready to come home, we were so excited. However, she was not eating and was very lethargic, so we took her to our vet the next day, where we learned she was running a fever and had an infection. We spent three weeks medicating and force feeding our little girl, and I decided she would be named Coco Chanel, a classy name for a baby who had such a rough start.
Coco is now healthy and happy, racing around like crazy doing kitten things. She has no fear and plays with both the cats and dogs alike. She just fits right into our family perfectly. We are so happy she came into our lives. I am sending you a before picture of Coco Chanel. She has come so far, and through all of her sickness, she still purred. She knew we were there to help her!
Story submitted by Linda Carpenter from Milton, Ontario.
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