Maverick -- A Leg To Stand On...
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Maverick is a friendly stray who was abandoned by his family. Surviving on his own was hard enough and then he suffered an animal attack that nearly killed him.
When we rescued him we found he had several bite wounds on his legs. Unfortunately he had been in this condition, dragging himself to food and under a porch, for more than a week. His wounds were badly infected. Maverick was weak and thin and he was beginning to lose the battle. |
Maverick taking a "cat nap" during his acupuncture treatment
,Maverick spent the next couple of days at the vet getting intensive care as the work to give him a better life began. His wounds were cleaned up and he was stitched back together. They worked to save his leg with medications, compresses, acupuncture and laser treatments. They used a special bandage infused with an antibiotic and we finally started to see some improvement.
He was far from out of the woods, but I was able to take him home and continue his care giving him medications and and leg soaks. In all of the years I've been rescuing hard luck cases, I've never seen a cat in this much pain. Yet, through it all he was kind and gentle and accepted his treatments and care. I cried for this cat more than a few times. I was very worried he wasn't going to survive and everyone at this point thought he was going to lose his leg.
He was far from out of the woods, but I was able to take him home and continue his care giving him medications and and leg soaks. In all of the years I've been rescuing hard luck cases, I've never seen a cat in this much pain. Yet, through it all he was kind and gentle and accepted his treatments and care. I cried for this cat more than a few times. I was very worried he wasn't going to survive and everyone at this point thought he was going to lose his leg.
As the days passed, with intensive treatment, Maverick surprised us all and began walking on all 4 legs. He had a limp, but he was using the leg! The same will to live that kept him alive during the fight was helping him to get better! The vets were excited that he was responding so dramatically. We were now confident that Maverick was going to survive and keep his leg!
Maverick is now healthy and walking perfectly! He is incredibly handsome, good natured and sweet. Without generous donations Maverick would have died suffering and alone. What a shame and a great loss that would have been.
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