We adopted my son Charlie from a pet adoption at the local pet store. We were not looking to adopt another cat but as soon as we saw him knew we had to take him home. He turned out to be very vocal & cried all day & all night, which we later found out was due to the tremendous pain he was in. We were suppose to go to Las Vegas right after adopting Charlie but I was concerned about leaving him home so soon, by not going on our trip we ended up saving his life. By his 3rd day with us we noticed he started to limp so we rushed him to the vet ER. After being told he had no injury we took him home. On the 4th day the pet adoption place called & told us that the other kittens in his litter had come up with Calci, which is a life threatening respiratory infection. Rushing him to the vet ER we were able to get him treated & found out that he was limping due to this infection, like the flu in humans calci causes pain in their joints & bones. We were told that if we had not brought him in Charlie would not have made it. Fortunately for my fur-mother intuition we did not go on our trip. We also found out that he had a bad heart murmur which is caused by a decent size hole in his heart. With continuous visits to the cardiologist we are able to monitor the hole to make sure it doesn't increase in size otherwise surgery will be needed. Charlie is now 2yrs old & loves to play fetch, not to mention he's a big mama's boy that loves to be carried like a baby.

Jenapher
Norwalk, CA