1/2022 Mr. Betty came to us approximately the same time of Betty White’s birthday. We though he was a she and was named Betty. When we discovered she was a he we decided to keep the name and add the Mr. thus his name is Mr. Betty. Mr. Betty came to us on a Sunday morning as the morning staff was leaving. A FedEx truck came down the drive way like a bat out of hades and screeched to a stop. The young driver got out crying with a cat that she had found on the side of the road. She saw the cat, and bless her, stopped to make sure the cat was in fact dead. He was not. She found a very emaciated cat that looked like it had no eyes. In fact they were very filled with pus from infection and one had a huge ulcer. He also had a horrible upper respiratory infection. The driver said she didn’t know where to take him, it was Sunday, she was on her route and there are zero emergency vet clinics in our county. She couldn’t drive 45 minutes to Fayetteville or carry this cat all day with her. So that is how he ended up with us. We started him immediately on antibiotics, fluids and syringe feeding. I was in contact by text with out vet all day. He would have not have survived another night outside, the temperatures we in the 20’s. The next day we took him to the vet where he was put in the hospital for several days. He is a senior cat, needs a dental, we weren’t sure at first if he was going to lose one of his eyes or not. Right now it appears the eye may not need to be removed. He had a feeding tube placed to make it easier to manage his nutritional needs and medicate him since he was not eating at this point. It took about 2 weeks for him to start feeling better, he finally started eating on his own and has gained 2 pounds so far. He is a sweet old cat that still needs more medical care before he is 100%. We are going to let him stay with us. He will never again find himself starving, almost dead on the side of a road.

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