Homer's odyssey changes cat owner's outlook
Gwen Cooper was not in the market for a new kitten. She'd just broken up with her fiance, had move into a friend's spare bedroom, and already had two cats to care for. Cooper said she was "consumed with self-pity." • Her veterinarian knew about Cooper's circumstances but still called her about a special kitten available for adoption. No one else would take the pet. • "She was clearly desperate if she called me," Cooper recalls.
The 2-week-old kitten had special needs. He was found wandering the streets of New York City, blind. Clearly, the people who brought him to the vet saved his life. But when they learned a raging infection prevented saving the kitten's sight, and that his eyes would have to be removed, they were no longer interested in adoption. It seemed no one wanted the kitten, including the vet, who had a toddler at home who was allergic to cats, as well as a couple of big dogs.
"I really didn't know what to expect," says Cooper. As it turned out, the kitten "was so happy," Cooper recalls. "The first time I met him, he walked right up to me and tried to nuzzle under my chin, walking around with an Elizabethan collar larger than him, eyes still stitched, probably in pain, and purring. I instantly realized that my worst week was like Disneyland compared to what this little kitten had gone through."
In moments, they bonded.
"Oh for God's sake, I'm taking him home," Cooper told the vet.
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