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So, for some background, my aunt called me abnormally early and told me about her ~70 lbs., very young lab throwing around a kitten. I immediately raced over and picked up a limp black ball. Ran some warm water over it to find no puncture wounds. Then raced it to a local vet which did some X-rays and found a "possible" broken rib, but fairly severe pneumo thoracia (organs out of place).

As stated before, she was limp and black. Now I'm happy to say she is the opposite.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They’re so fragile but so resilient at that age! I hope she continues to improve and heals up well

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I honestly thank the local vet.

She has had free access to food and the best tap water in the US. And only been eating since she woke up.

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Small Town Middle of nowhere believe it or not. Just got real lucky with the cabin I inherited.