How can people be so crule?

[akaangela]

Today I went to the hospital to get a blood draw. I pulled into the parking lot and saw a box with a towel over it. I thought abandoned kitten. A woman was walking in about the same time I saw it and we both took a look inside. A cute kitten was in the box. What I saw next made me sick. One front leg look like it had been RIPPED off. The bone was sticking out of a bloody stump. The other leg had half the skin off from half way up to paw. It was obviously broken. I was surprised the kitten was alive. The stump was not bleeding so it was not a new wound. I told the lady that if someone else had not taken the kitten to a vet before I got finished with my blood work I would take it.

Keep in mind I have just been told I might get laid off and didn't have the money to spend on a kitten but how could I turn my back on such desprate need? I couldn't.

Well the kitten was still there when I got finished, so I took it off to the vet. When we got to the vet they where not opened. I sat in my car and held this tiny kitten, who was shaking so bad. I held it over my heart so it could hear it beating and crooned to it and massaged its poor neck. Waiting there in the car the tiny black kitten stole my heart. It finaly fell asleep and it's shaking eased up a bit but didn't stop. When it opened it's eyes it looked so despondet. When the vet opened up, I walked in. The staff was horrified at the condition of the little thing. The vet said the wounds where at least 3 DAY OLD. I couldn't belive it. It has been 90+ degrees outside. How could it have survived that long with such a huge wound? I so wanted to save him. The vet said he had a stemic infectiion, most likely he was hit by a car or a bike. The vet didn't give him any chance at living, so we put him to sleep. I felt like I had betrade the kitten. He was working so hard to live and here I come and take him and kill him. The shot was not even 1/4 the way in him and he passed, surrounded by people that cared for him. Getting petted and told how brave and beautiful he was. The vet said this tiny kitten had been in pain for at least 3 days maybe more. He didn't have much fight left in him. The vet and the girls at the front desk said I was a good sameritan for bringing the little guy in but I feel like if I hadn't he would still be alive. Maybe I could have saved him. If only I had tried. He only dribbled a tiny bit of urin when he passed so he was dehidrated on top of verything else.


Sorry for such a long drawn out post. Life has been hard lately and this just hit me harder than I thought it would. I can't seem to stop crying.

[python.princess]

That's sad! I don't know how people can be like that sometimes. Good for you for taking him in! Even if it didn't end the way you had hoped- it doesn't sound like there was much else to be done. My aunt's (healthy) dog got a stemic infection after surgery and almost didn't make it. I doubt a little kitten with so many other problems on top of it would be able to pull through!

[starmom]

My father got a systemic infection and he had to wait and wait and wait for death to come.
What you did for the kitty was brave and compassionate and responsible. I honor your empathy.

[LadyOhh]

Angela,

You did the right thing, and I would have done the same..

Its doubly tough to see what some people who have personal problems take them out on a poor defenseless animal. This may or may not have been the case, but still..

REMEMBER THIS:

You are your own person, and YOU can make a difference in the world.

You did with this kitten, and you should be proud thru your sadness that you helped.

[catawhat75]

akaangela, you sweetie are an angel. Thank you so much for being there for that kitten. What happened to that poor thing is horrible, but you have shown there is good in the world as well. Know that you made this kittens last moments on earth be filled with loving compassion.
You did a wonderful thing

[frankykeno]

If you hadn't found him dear and taken him to that vet he might well have lived. Another day maybe - a day spent in the baking heat, in pain and distress, abandoned, starving, thirsty and alone. That's no way for any animal to pass from this life is it.

What you did was a kindness to a poor creature by giving it the dignity and peace of a gentle ending surrounded by caring people.

You did good.

[_Venom_]

That's sad.

[akaangela]

Thank you all. When I was sitting in my car I named him Midnight. I thought he should have a name. The vet was very wonderful. I am still overwhelmed to know he was that way for at least 3 DAYS. He was shaking so hard and staring at me with those huge green eyes when I picked him up. It keeps playing over and over in my head. I don't think I will ever forget him looking at me when he was on the examing table. He looked so tired. I could feel his ribs and backbone. Midnight will never be forgotten and forever loved.

[TheMolenater2]

You did the right thing..The kitten will no longer suffer.

[crystal]

im so sorry about midnight. you did a good thing. you are a good person and that kittie probably loved you more than anything for letting him out of his misery.