A different black cat.
Hello all! This post isn’t about me. Can you believe that? All this time and she writes about another cat! Well I don’t mind because it’s about Sheba, and you know that me and Sheba are almost the same cat.
MB was looking through old photos and she found some photos of Sheba. She thought that you might be interested in this story. I said that was OK, but I want to tell the story.
Sheba went out to play one day but, you know what it’s like. One smell here and another smell there….. she didn’t come home. She was missing for three days. M&M thought something bad had happened and that they would never see her again. Then MB went upstairs to the bathroom and there was Sheba, laying at the door! She gave a little meow to tell them that she was hurt. MB called to MM and they quickly wrapped her in a towel and rushed her to see the vet. He said she would need to be put to sleep so he could check her over and that M&M had to come back the next day.
Later the vet telephoned and M&M knew it was bad news. Sheba had been hit by one of those big metal things. He said it must have been going really fast because her back leg had been smashed into so many pieces that he couldn’t even count them! There was no way he would be able to put it back together again. He said he had to cut her leg off (amputate). A cat with three legs? I think M&M were very sad.
Guess what else? The garden had a six foot high brick wall round every side and that was the only way Sheba could have got home. She must have jumped the wall and then dragged herself up the stairs to the bathroom. Well, us cats are very brave, so I don’t know why M&M were so surprised by that.
The next morning the vet telephoned again. He had been thinking about Sheba and he said she was such a beautiful cat that he really didn’t want to cut her leg off. I should hope not, I say. He said he wanted to experiment on her (there was a procedure that would be experimental but that he would like to try). Thank goodness M&M agreed. A three legged cat is not good.
He put a big lump of metal in her leg (metal plate replacing the thigh) and then he stuck a giant pin in her leg (a clamp that would remain in for six months). I ask you – what was that all about? As if that wasn’t bad enough, she had to live in a cage too! (After a week or two we could let her out for short periods) After a while Sheba got used to the pin and she was allowed out of the cage. I should think so too.
Anyway, a long time later (six months) the vet took the pin out of Sheba. I don’t know why he stuck it in her in the first place!
Don’t you think Sheba was beautiful?
MB: This was many years ago so was quite an operation. Sheba had no limp and no problems at all from her leg in her seventeen year life. The operation and all the after care was totally free. Sheba was taken care of by the PDSA, and what a wonderful job they did.
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The Purries
| 6 May 2009 at 16:51
That is a wonderful story!
Kudos to that vet, and to your family for taking such great care of Sheba! We’re glad she got to live a rich, full life with lots of love!
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Daisy the Curly Cat
| 6 May 2009 at 18:27
Oh my, Sheba was stunning! And it sounds like she was very, very brave. It’s wonderful that the procedure was a success and she recovered so well.
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Chica & Pumuckl
| 6 May 2009 at 21:32
oh what a brave cat she was! and so so beautiful!
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Black Cat
| 7 May 2009 at 3:38
What a wonderful, miraculous story! I hope the innovative surgery led to many more life-giving procedures for cats who otherwise would have had amputations or been “euthanised”! Thanks for sharing this inspiring story
xxx
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Eric "Speedcat Hollydale"
| 7 May 2009 at 4:34
Wow … quite a story!
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JB
| 9 May 2009 at 4:39
This story brought tears to my mom’s eyes. What an amazing story and Sheba was beautiful. But do you know that I know a 3 legged cat and she gets around quite well? Her name is Libby and she is the sister of one of my doggie friends, Pedro. Here is their blog:
http://voteforpedrotheche.blogspot.com/
She lost her leg in a dog attack.
http://voteforpedrotheche.blogspot.com/2008/06/turkey-lurkey-libby_04.html
Thanks for sharing your Sheba story!
–JB
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Lady Banana
| 9 May 2009 at 21:47
That’s an amazing story about a very beautiful cat
Sunnys Mommy
| 11 May 2009 at 22:36
Wow! That’s amazing what the vet did to save Sheba’s leg from amputation. And great that she had no problems later in life. She was gorgeous girl kittie
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Vampy vic
| 12 May 2009 at 11:27
What a beautiful story and a very beautiful girl. Thank you so much for sharing.. mommas eyes were just a little wet at not only Shebas courage but also her mommas.. what a terrible thing…
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But we has to say the peoples that fixed her is amazing, but we know what really got her through it all… the loves that surrounded her
V-V
Patrice
| 12 May 2009 at 14:35
What a brave black cat,Sheba. Nice Story.
The Cat Realm
| 21 May 2009 at 6:01
What a great story!!! We need those stories….
We have a story going on too right now, the latest CCSI episode. But to be honest – it can not compete with your story…..