Hello everyone. Meet Remi. Hannah and I just rescued her. She was left by somebody in a pile of rubbish with a horrible closed compound fracture in her back leg. The intention was to let her slowly starve to death under the hot sun. Another person obviously put a piece of wood to shade her, but took no other action to prevent her death. This is a very common treatment for cats here in Vietnam; the idea is if they can't catch mice or if they can't be sold for money, they are no good. People also don't like to bring a cat in because it is bad luck, and I'm sure no one would want to start off the New Year with bad luck.
Why Remi?
Remi is short for Remiendo which means to mend in Spanish. It is also ironic because of the man named Remi that Hannah just met that swam the Mekong River for 6 months and inspired both of us.
The photos on top and bottom are of Remi after I cleaned her ears, eyes, and body and also gave her a heating source. The right and left are right when we got her to our shelter.
It is now 2 in the morning and I just reheated the water bladder she uses to keep warm. Every time I would go to leave she would meow her little dinosaur meow and try to pull her body toward me even though she really couldn't really walk. I'm sure she is just scared that if I leave maybe she won't be protected. Luckily, I'm not working tomorrow morning so I can put my full attention on her.
As far as her leg goes, we are not quite sure what will happen. I was told at our regular vet that she is too small for their skill level in surgery. Hannah and I were recommended to a new Japanese Vet clinic in District 7, though we were told they may be very expensive. We'll see what they can do; I figure the least they can do is put a cast on her leg and let it heal naturally. She most likely won't have the ability to use that leg. Whatever happens, we are glad to bring her in and simply give her Love and Safety instead of letting her die out in the pile of rubbish.
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