Please - I need prayers & vibes sent to my grandson & a kitten!!This is tragic - my grandson's father accidentally stepped on his kitten Midnite about 15 minutes ago. my daughter just phoned me to alert me to the crisis. My grandson is only 9, and lost his cat Icy only a couple of months ago. I'd gotten another kitten, Snowy, who instantly bonded with my grandson, and I let her go live in San Diego with him. Midnite came into their lives when Snowy was at the vet's getting immunizations; Midnite, only a couple of weeks old, was dumped off at the vets, severely dehydrated & anemic from fleas. Midnite was doing great,responding to all the TLC, till tonight; my grandson & his father are currently enroute to the emergency vets. My daughter said that Midnite could still walk, but his breathing was erratic & he was holding his head very still; she's unsure about the condition of the cat because they didn't want to wait to see if he's okay, they're gonna rush the cat to the hospital & let the vet decide that. They had to wake my grandson up to hold Midnite for the ride to the vet. This is just so awful!!!! Those kittens are so precious to the family, and they have been so careful with them - but being raised around Nature, both of my grandson's parents (like me) prefer PTS to suffering, and my grandson is so emotionally fragile lately. He had been having trouble adjusting to San Diego, esp. school, because he's mostly white in a predominantly Hispanic/African American school population, and is tormented cuz of it; however, when Snowy & Midnite entered the picture, his attitude really changed and he's been feeling much better. Sorry to be so long winded, but I am so distraught for them both. My grandson is one of those sensitive kids - his teacher last year said that he'd never seen such a compassionate boy to even substitute teachers - and he really loves visiting TCS, and he loves my cats & hens as much as I do. He reads at a very advanced level, and really spends alot of time studying about animals, esp. marine mammals & cats. Anxiously waiting for news
Susan
