Blue's Story

 Blue was born in May of 2022 as an outdoor cat on Teri's porch, an elderly lady in Mulberry. Teri reached out to Hilltop Haven to help her with the mama and four babies. Blue was one of these babies. Mama was extremely unhealthy and required a lot of medical attention.

However, Blue and the babies thrived and had a very happy childhood with an indoor area as well as outdoor enclosed area which was built around an actual tree for them to climb.

Fast forward to April 16, 2024. At this time, I was volunteering 3-4 hours a day at Hilltop Haven. Jean at Hilltop Haven found Blue in the outdoor area unable to walk.

Day one of not being able to walk

The mobile vet was due in a few hours and examined Blue. However, she recommended euthanasia as his temperature was dropping and his body was shutting down.

Jean and I refused to give up on Blue and rushed him into the house, where she and I began applying hot towels to Blue to try to get his temperature back to normal. After many hours of doing the hot towel routine, Blue's temperature returned to normal and he was stable. She gave fluids as well as several other things.

 Jean made an appointment with the acupuncture vet to get a second opinion. The vet gave acupuncture treatments over the next several months, during which time we gave herbs prescribed by the vet, along with activated charcoal. At this time, we were wondering whether there was a toxin involved such as a black widow spider.

First day learning to walk again

In the same time period, beginning in May of 2024, I began massaging and stretching his legs to attempt to get mobility back. Shortly thereafter, I put a harness on him and took him outdoors and took him on extended walks forcing him to use his legs (which he totally loved and still loves to this day).

Blue started showing improvement and began walking on his own again. We attribute this to the herbs, the acupuncture and, most of all, the walking therapy three times a day for at least six months and LOTS and LOTS of TLC.

The vet's final diagnosis was that she felt he had a stroke. But Blue is very happy and able to walk normal, climb, jump, and is basically back to his old self. We do believe he can only see straight ahead and no side vision. With a lot of help from God and the people at Hilltop Haven who did not give up on him, Blue is living a very happy normal life.

Thank you for Reading our Story

I Can Walk Again!!