Abandoned Kitten Needs Your Help!

Orphan kitty Edie, who needs surgery to remove one of her legs. 

As we all know, every life contains some of hardship. However, one tiny Lakewood kitten has already suffered enough hardship to last an entire lifetime. The six-week-old was abandoned on the streets of Lakewood, and suffers from a medical condition that will require amputation.

A Good Samaritan found the kitten stumbling across a Lakewood road, and brought it to the Lakewood Animal Hospital. The veterinary examination revealed the nerve fibers on her right front leg had been severed at some point. She has radial nerve paralysis in that leg and is unable to walk on it, move it, or feel it. This type of nerve damage is called “neurotmesis” and there is no chance of regaining any function. She will need to have the leg amputated at the right shoulder. The tiny kitten, weighing only 1.6 lbs, is too small for such invasive surgery. She will need to wait until she’s three months old and weighs at least three pounds. Once the leg is amputated, she will need several weeks of care, but she is expected to bounce back and live a full healthy life as a 3-legged kitty.

CCLAS, the volunteer group that works with Lakewood Animal Shelter, has stepped in to help. The kitten is now in foster care, and her foster family have named her Edie. She will be available for adoption after her surgery, probably near the end of August. However, CCLAS needs to raise $900 to pay for Edie's surgery. You can help the cause (and learn more about Edie) at the group's website www.cclas.info