MEOW Shelter's new addition "Acme". Please take a moment to visit Deb's page she's dedicated to this special kitty.

And, here's Karen's story about little Evelyn...

Evelyn, a tortie DSH, is the most recent addition to our household. While driving to a San Francisco cat show on October 22, I rescued this tiny, very recently spayed 10-week-old kitten from the middle of a freeway after seeing her get hit by an ignorant driver. Her left rear leg appeared to be broken, but she was alert and seemed quite healthy. Knowing that I might miss the first ring of the show, I drove back home with her and gave her to Doug to take to an emergency vet clinic (it was Sunday). Being new to the area, I had not developed a relationship yet with a local veterinarian. At the show, I spoke with the local humane societies and various breeders (most of whom I did not know since I was new to the area) in the hopes of finding a low cost solution. After gathering the leads and making some calls, I received estimates ranging from $500 to $1,500 to repair her leg! At this point, I decided to seek recommendations and assistance via the computer and posted a message regarding Evelyn’s plight to the Cat Fanciers’ Email List on the Internet (about 400 fanciers subscribe to this list) and to the Pets Forum on CompuServe. To my amazement and deep appreciation, these kindhearted folks (mostly strangers to me) not only supplied recommendations, they also came up with donations to the vet to help offset Evelyn’s repair costs. Highly recommended by a breeder, the caring staff at Adobe Animal Hospital in Los Altos agreed to keep the cost at the low end of the range and performed the necessary disease tests and surgery. Unfortunately, the cyatic nerve in her leg was damaged and did not repair itself after three weeks, which resulted in Evelyn having no feeling in the leg, so amputation surgery was inevitable.

Thanks to all of Evelyn’s special friends at Adobe and on the Internet, she is now a super happy, super spirited 3-legged kitten enjoying all the things a normal kitten should. We are fairly certain Evelyn was part of a feral cat colony and a member of the TTVAR program (Trap, Test, Vaccinate, Alter, Release) because of the notched "V" in her left ear and the fact that she had been spayed so young. Evelyn’s name was determined by her location on the freeway where I found her -- near the Evelyn Avenue exit.

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