Bella

This is Bella,

my parents sweet little kitty.

Poor little Bella was hit by a car on Saturday.

Luckily she survived

but not without some harm :(

Gilbo found her Sunday morning

bleeding and scared in my old bedroom.

He yelled for Milly to come and see.

They immediately loaded her up

and headed to the emergency clinic.

They kept her overnight until my parents vet

opened on Monday morning.

During her brief stay at the emergency clinic

she underwent some surgery to help

attach her mouth back.

Bless her heart,

the jaw skin became "unattached" from the jaw

so they had to do a surgery

and everyone is praying that the skin takes.

If it does not they will have to do a graft.

She can not go home until she begins to eat

but with the mouth injury she isn't interested

(can you blame her!!)

So she is still hooked up to an IV

until she eats something.

They then realized that her right front paw is numb,

nerve damage.

They gave her a cortisone shot

but are not optimistic about the nerve healing itself.

On Monday morning,

Doctor Dave confirmed what everyone thought,

sweet Bella was hit by a car.

Unfortunately,

he agrees that he does not believe that the nerve will heal itself in the shoulder

meaning Bella the 4 legged cat

will soon be Bella the 3 legged cat,

or "the tripod".

They say animals adapt well to amputations

but soon Gilbo and Milly will be able to confirm that.

My poor parents,

didn't even ask for this cat.

She found them

and she is now depending on them

and is so thankful for them more than ever.

Most would give up on her

but not the Murphy's.

We will try and save any animal.

Please be careful while driving.

I am hopeful that whoever hit Bella

did it accidentally and didn't realize they had hit something

or else they would have stopped.