Karwi

❗️KARWI. He wasn’t supposed to survive the first night. Today his cat mum gave him blood, and his brother is standing by❗️

Karwi isn’t even a year old yet. He was found lying in a ditch, extremely dehydrated and drained of blood. He couldn’t walk. He had a very deep wound, serious damage to his muscles and pelvis, and damaged hip joints. He was probably bitten by another animal. When he arrived at the veterinary hospital, his temperature was only 33.5 degrees, his mucous membranes were almost white, and his blood pressure was so low that at first it wasn’t even possible to draw blood. So the vets didn’t start with the question of whether Karwi would ever walk again. First they had to make sure he survived at all.

And Karwi began to respond. His condition was stabilised. Feeling returned to both hind legs, he started trying to get up, move around his cage, and later even eat small amounts of food on his own. After the state he had been found in, the vets started talking about surgery. About treating his damaged joints, about what could be repaired, and later about rehabilitation and getting back on his feet. For a moment it really seemed that the worst stage was behind him.

And then everything collapsed a second time. Karwi suddenly became very weak. Severe anaemia developed, his blood values dropped dramatically, liver problems and fluid in the abdomen appeared. On top of that came severe swelling, periodically bloody urine and extensive necrosis of the thigh and groin. His body wasn’t ready for surgery. The operation that was meant to be the next step towards regaining mobility had to be postponed, because once again Karwi’s life itself had become the most important thing.

His haematocrit was falling so fast and so low that the vets decided on a transfusion. And that is when his cat mum joined the fight for Karwi. Blood groups were checked and a compatibility test was done. She was a match. She gave him 45 millilitres of her own blood. The transfusion went without complications. After it, Karwi was given a little more time. His results were still very bad, but his body responded enough for the vets to start thinking about further treatment again.

Just in case, his cat brother was also tested. His blood is compatible too. If Karwi needs another transfusion, his brother can be the next donor. His cat mum has already given him her blood. His cat brother is ready to do the same. And Karwi keeps doing his part. He lies at the clinic, undergoing more tests, wound treatment, intensive care and a fight against necrosis, anaemia and the effects of a massive injury. If his condition allows, the vets want to remove the necrotic tissue and return to surgical treatment of the injuries that from the very beginning have prevented him from standing normally on his legs.

And that is where we are today. Not at the end of this story. Not at the moment when we can say everything has worked out. We are exactly between the next crisis and the next chance. Karwi has already shown once that he can get back up when it seemed his little body had nothing left to draw on. Then he fell again. His cat mum gave him blood. He responded. Now the vets are once again trying to open the way for him to surgery, treatment and rehabilitation.

I don’t want to promise you that in a few weeks Karwi will be running. Nobody can honestly promise us that today. But I can tell you something much simpler. He still has a chance. And since his cat mum did everything she could for him, and since his cat brother is ready to stand by him if needed, I would like us, too, not to leave them alone now.

Help us give Karwi more days of treatment, more tests, care and the chance to have the operation if his body allows it. Because sometimes a cat’s life doesn’t come back with one big miracle. It comes back bit by bit. With one mouthful eaten on his own. With one better result. With another day at the clinic. And sometimes with a few dozen millilitres of blood given by his mum.

She has done her part for him. His brother is ready to do his. Karwi is still fighting. Now let’s try to do ours. ❤️