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My name is Helen Valk, I am a veterinarian at the Männimäe clinic in Viljandi and I have dealt with injured and mistreated animals before. There are some cases that just get to you. I met Kati, a cat with broken bones and in pain, at the shelter in Viljandi, and was amazed by the way this kitty purred and rubbed against the person taking her blood. There was a knowing in Kati’s eyes that people are there to help an animal in need. I cannot let her down; life has been hard enough on this 2-year-old black and white cat. Some undetermined trauma has broken the radius and ulna bones of her right forefoot. I can’t send her to the land of broken-boned cats… They say that there is no such thing as chance, that everything happens for a reason. I guess I was meant to be this brave young cat’s guardian angel so that she could lead a long and beautiful life. The operation is complicated and expensive and the cat will need post-operation treatment. The price estimate for all this is 600€. The shelter does not dispose of this kind of money. The only way to give Kati a new chance at life is to raise money from donations. If my friends, friends of friends and you would all donate a little, we could give Kati a new life! Kati’s left radius and ulna fractures are very close to the carpus, which makes repairing the damage quite difficult. Furthermore, the bones have shifted out of their normal position, which makes it visible by observation and palpation that they are placed crookedly. The cat doesn’t put any weight on the paw while walking but is able to move claws and toes, which means that the movement of nervous impulses has not been damaged due to this bad fracture. This means that there is a good chance that the cat will be able to walk with only a slight limp after the operation and recovery process. The fractures have not yet begun to heal by forming a new bone but if any more time passes, we would have to break the bones again in order to fix the fractures. That is why this cat needs the operation as soon as possible. The operation is quite complicated because it’s very close to the carpus and we would need to use slabs, rods and screws. As the cat only weighs 3kg we’re facing another complication – the bones are very small. After the operation the cat would have to wear a cast during some time, to keep pressure off the injured paw and give it time to heal. We have also tested Kati for feline immune deficiency and the leukaemia virus – the results both came back negative for these diseases.