Beautiful Bindi

This is Bindi, one of our beautiful adoptable kitties. Bindi has a very special story, she died and came back to life, or so it seems. Bindi had a grand mal seizure and stopped breathing. Amazingly enough she survived! She is truly a miracle!

This is Bindi's story.

August 17, 2011- Bindi is a 5 year old kitty who was surrendered to our rescue in June because her owner was moving and couldn't bring her along. She's been caged the past couple days with a cold and conjunctivitus that we were treating. While caring for all the kitties yesterday afternoon, I checked up on Bindi, brushed her long fur, and gave her some medication. She was not happy about being brushed but was otherwise acting normal.

Around midnight, my fiance, Shawn, went to fix a light in the basement and said Bindi was doing fine. At 2 am, we were in the living room putting the couch back together when we heard a loud banging and scrapping sound coming from the basement. I went down to check on the cats and found Bindi panting and breathing heavily. She appeared to be having difficulty catching her breath, her eyes were glassy and she was bleeding from her nose. I panicked and called my fiance down. We checked her over and tried to determine the cause of her sudden change in condition. Just two hours earlier she had been fine.

Shawn thought that Bindi was having an allergic reaction, perhaps from a spider bite. Antibiotics were the quickest way to counteract the allergic reaction so we mixed some amoxiccilan and attempted to force it down her throat. Bindi started choking so Shawn picked her up and tried to do the Heimlich manuveur on her. While doing a finger sweep of her mouth, Bindi bit down on his finger and locked her jaw. We pried her off and discovered she had bit right through his finger! He raced over to the sink, bleeding, to wash it out and i checked on Bindi who was twisted and convulsing on the blanket. Her breathing was so labored and her body was so limp I feared she would die as I watched her. Shawn's finger needed medical attention so we raced to the closest ER.

The doctor said the incident would need to be reported to animal control and they would do an autopsy on the body to check for rabies. Bindi was up to date on her shots so we didn't think rabies was a concern. But we figured Bindi would most certainly be dead by the time we arrived home so we agreed to give up the body if animal control called.

By the time we arrived home, our fears were confirmed. Bindi was not breathing. She was lying limp and still on the blanket in her cage. I covered her up and cried. Shawn and I went upstairs to wait for animal control to call.

We fell asleep around 8 am. At a quarter to 11, Shawn woke me up to tell me that he went downstairs to check on Bindi and she was alive! She was meowing and trying to walk but appeared to be paralyzed on one side. I called the vet right away and made an appointment for the afternoon. A few hours later I went down to get Bindi into a carrier and she stood right up and walked to the front of the cage, meowing and purring the whole time! It was the craziest miracle! Not only had Bindi come back from the dead, she was walking and purring as if nothing had happened! I took her to the vet where they determined she had experienced a seizure and could not pinpoint the cause. It could be a number of things ranging from herpes virus, to cancer, to kidney disease to toxoplasma. The vet prescribed antibiotics and suggested further testing if Bindi's condition did not improve. He also said there is a strong chance she will not survive this.

We want to make sure Bindi DOES survive this. She went through hell last night and she came back from the dead. She is a fighter.

UPDATE 12/10/11: After several tests, the vet determined that Bindi did not have herpes or cancer or kidney disease or FIV or FeLV. She was negative for parasites as well. We do not know what caused her seizure but since that night she has not had another episode or been sick at all. Her eye cleared up (she developed an ulcer from the seizure) and she is healthy and as beautiful as ever! Thank you to everyone who donated to help us cover her vet bills. Bindi is now looking for her forever home and a family. Can you make this beautiful girl's dream come true?

Say hello to Ebony!

This is Ebony.

Ebony is a super sweet, super sleek black female kitty who wandered onto someone's porch a week ago. She was emaciated, hungry and weak. All she wanted was a good meal and a warm place to sleep. Unfortunately the people who took her in could not keep her and threatened to put her back outside if no one took her. So our rescue stepped in and brought Ebony to our safe haven! She was quite lethargic when we got her here, collapsing in our arms. We gave her some yummy canned food, applied some Revolution, and set up a warm cage for her with blankets and a fresh litterbox. She slept a lot those first two days but with some nourishment in her belly she was perkier then ever!

At the vet Friday we found out she is not spayed and is just shy of a year old. Today she tested negative for FIV/FeLV and we introduced her to the other kitties at Haven House Cats.

Ebony will be spayed soon and will then be available for adoption. If you are interested in giving this beautiful girl a home, email us today at havenhousecats@aol.com for an adoption application!

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