From Nickie B.:

My sister and I found a poor kitty my sister’s dog had it cornered near her garage. Anyway, the poor thing had a leaf stuck to its face, so I knew something was terribly wrong with it. I tried to give it some food so I could get a better look at it, and that’s about all it took. As soon as I saw the condition it’s face was in, I immediately took it to the vet. The kitty basically has a terribly infected abcess on the side of his face — probably from a fight with another cat since he is an unaltered male. His eye is unrecognizable and he can’t eat normally (I’m guessing from the pain — he was able to lick some wet food – as you can imagine, he is VERY thin). The first thing we did was run a Feline Luke test that came back negative. At that point we named him Clem. The vet is keeping Clem over the weekend, treating with antibiotics and fluids. As long as things go well over the weekend, he will perform surgery in which Clem will likely lose his eye. Fortunately, our vet is working with us and giving us a discount, however, it’s estimating the cost to be around $250 after treatment, surgery and neuter. I even asked the vet if he needed an office kitty! Unfortunately, he doesn’t. Clem is a super sweet, nice and beautiful bow-tie kitty which is why I couldn’t resist him. He showed no aggression towards us or the vet at all. Was very patient during what I’m sure was a painful exam. Clem’s recovery and subsequent adjustment to being a one-eyed cat will take some time and patience.

Please donate via Paypal to jackie.koerner@stlpetrescue.com for Clem’s care!  Thank you!

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