Our superstar vet went above and beyond, and even used her own dog, to save a stray cat and her kittens life.

Victoria Stafford
Vet
St. Anne's Veterinary Group

The context

A stray cat, she came in heavily pregnant, extremely anaemic and nearly dead. She wasn’t going to be alive much longer without serious intervention.

The action

Cat blood transfusions are tricky and expensive. Victoria went home and got Maui her labrador and took blood from him. Luna was going to die anyway, so we had nothing to lose. We gave her the blood transfusion and by the evening she was able to stand up and get in her litter tray. She was clearly still gravely ill. But the next day, which was a busy Saturday Victoria decided that Luna had one shot a life and decided to open her up. She had a uterine torsion, where 2 of her kittens had died and she was bleeding into this part of the uterus. A third kitten was alive. Luna wasn’t out of the woods, but her and her baby Mya started to improve. Victoria took Luna and Mya home and cared for them, having to feed Mya day and night, because Luna’s milk hadn’t come in.

The ripple effect

Victoria cared for them both for months until she found them their forever home. I’ve been an RVN for 23 years and you think you’ve seen it all. But I’m crying as I type this, I cannot put into words how close Luna was to death, but making Luna comfortable and helping her on her way wasn’t an option for Victoria, she wasn’t prepared to let her go without a fight. Without her, her and her baby would be gone.

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