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7-9-15

So that happened.

I took advantage of my afternoon being chore and family free to go and hang out with Stephanie at her new digs for a while. It was nice having really not had a chance to chill with her in what seems like ages. Her place is super cute and it is awesome seeing her have her own space.

On my way home, as I took the Sepulveda exit, I noted a man emerging from the trees and plants to the side of the freeway. He had a crutch and looked to be homeless. It was already strange to see him when I noted the tiny kitten he had in the arm without the crutch. I will tell you, my mind was made up before he even got to my car. This kitten would not be staying with him. Thankfully, this man was in fact trying to find the kitten a home. She has a nasty eye infection and he was so grateful that I didn’t bat an eye at taking her off his hands.

She is very sweet. I held her on the way home and she never struggled or had issue with me. At one point she looked too relaxed and I seriously worried she had died. In fact, she just looked tired, which could have been from the infection and crazy of her short life so far.

She ate some and drank some water. When I held her and petted her, she was a purring love. Super sweet and clearly just in need of some attention concerning her eye. It looks really bad. I truly believe her eye will end up needing to be removed. Stranger things have happened, and hopefully Dr. Steinam will be able to prescribe some meds that will clear it up.

Ken got home and I explained the story. Within 15 minutes of him arriving home, we headed back out to where I got her. Ken felt that if there were other kittens, we should go and retrieve them as well. We trekked back to where the kitten came from. In an interesting twist, we came across a homeless camp. Mind you, it looked to only be the three people we talked with, and possibly a couple of other folks. One of the people was the man I got the cat from originally.

They were incredibly sweet, and I was impressed that they had been caring for this small feral colony. The main guy (hence forth known as Crutch) was much more articulate than expected. He and his two friend have taken steps to have many of the cats spayed and neutered. He even had some meds at one point for one of them. The girl was a little torn at our taking the other kitten as you could tell she was attached, but Crutch practically insisted because he wanted them to be happy and healthy. Faith in humanity was totally restored. Plus the fact that they clearly feed the cats daily and they all mostly looked pretty healthy made me feel good about these people.

We took the little grey one, who by the way is crazy soft and adorable, and that was cool since it meant that there were two of them together in the isolation. They were curled up together this morning, and had even used the litter pan which means they will be good cats for someone. I need to call Dr. Steinam’s office this morning to see about bringing them down after work. I want to get whatever eye drops I can in order to start treatment. They will adopt out so much easier if they look healthy.

My cats were quite intrigued at the goings on. I had the first one in the bathroom when I got home, which meant many curious kitty looks at the bathroom door. Although I think much of this was due to the fact that I had clearly opened a can of cat food which is a delicacy for my crew.

There certainly is never a dull moment at Steve.