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 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SMALL RESCUE BECOMES THE LAST PLACE LEFT TO CALL.
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 One by one, they came to us.
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 The sick ones.
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 The injured ones.
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 The terrified ones.
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 The medically complicated ones.
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 The ones who had already been through more than any animal ever should.
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 The cases that were too expensive, too difficult, too time-consuming—or simply had nowhere else left to go.
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 Kai’s Place said yes.
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 We kept saying yes because the alternative was leaving an animal to suffer.
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 But this week, all of those yeses came due at once.
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 And now, we desperately need our community.
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 We said yes to a cat whose entire world was shattered by violence.
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 Last week, a horrific double murder in Litchfield Park made local news. In the aftermath of that tragedy was another victim who couldn’t tell anyone what he had endured: a cat who had reportedly suffered abuse and was now left without a home.
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 He came to us terrified.
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 He is safe now, but safe is only the beginning.
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 He needs X-rays and further medical evaluation to determine whether he has internal injuries. And beyond the physical wounds, there is a frightened animal who needs time to learn that hands don’t have to hurt him and that he is finally somewhere he can rest.
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 We said yes to a tiny kitten dumped on our doorstep.
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 No warning. No plan. Just a sick baby who needed somebody to help.
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 His temperature was 104 degrees. He had severe green diarrhea and was incredibly sick.
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 Someone left him behind.
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 We picked him up.
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 Because what else were we supposed to do?
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 ❤️‍ We said yes to a cat with a massive polyp growing from his ear and extending down into his throat.
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 This isn’t something that can simply be treated with a medication and forgotten.
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 He needs surgery.
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 He needs veterinary care.
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 And he needs it urgently.
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 ️ We said yes to two cats whose eyes are so badly damaged that they need enucleation surgeries.
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 They don’t understand what a surgery costs.
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 They only understand that they hurt.
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 And of course, we said yes to Aslan.
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 Aslan came to us after what appears to have been years of neglect—emaciated, severely underweight, his body depleted and almost every tooth in his mouth broken away.
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 He has one tooth left.
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 And that tooth is severely infected.
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 Despite everything his body has endured, Aslan is still here.
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 Still eating.
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 Still accepting love.
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 Still discovering soft beds, full bowls, gentle hands and the strange realization that maybe this world can be kind to him after all.
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 He needs additional bloodwork to determine our next steps and, if his body can safely tolerate it, dental care to finally remove that source of infection and pain.
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 We don’t know how much time Aslan has.
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 We said yes to a mother who survived something we can’t possibly explain to her.
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 She watched a coyote kill her babies.
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 She survived.
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 But survival and healing are not the same thing.
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 Now she hides.
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 There isn’t a surgery that can erase what she experienced. There isn’t a medication that can tell her she doesn’t have to be afraid anymore.
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 Ranger survived.
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 These are the animals sitting behind the doors of Kai’s Place right now.
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 Not numbers.
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 Not “cases.”
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 Lives that hurt.
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 Lives that are frightened.
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 Lives that have been failed by people, circumstance, illness or simply terrible luck.
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 We wish love alone could fix all of this.
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 We wish a warm bed could pay for an X-ray.
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 We wish patience could pay for bloodwork, anesthesia, diagnostics, medication and hospitalization.
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 Not because we regret saying yes.
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 We would say yes again.
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 We’re asking because we want to KEEP being able to say it.
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 If you can donate $5, $10, $20 or anything at all, please know that small donations become lifesaving veterinary care when enough people stand together.
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 ❤️ If you cannot donate, PLEASE SHARE THIS POST.
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 One share can reach hundreds of people.
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 One person can’t save them all.
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 Every dollar will help us provide veterinary treatment, diagnostics, surgeries, medication, food, rehabilitation and safe housing for the animals currently depending on us.
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 …but is waiting for someone to say yes.
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 Please donate. Please share. Please help us keep saying yes. ❤️
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