I got this email from a friend in VA yesterday:
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Hi Donna,
Thought I would share the events of the past 12 hours!
My brother called in a panic yesterday afternoon. He found a tiny little kitten on his patio in a box. The complex that he lives in has a feral cat population and he has been leaving food out for them. That's probably where this little guy came from. He begged me to come over and have a look at this little kitten. I stopped by Petsmart to get some kitten milk and when I arrived, I thought he was dead. He was totally dehydrated, his eyes were glazed over and unresponsive in every other way. He was just limp, and I told my brother that he might be too far gone.
ANYWAY, we warmed the kitty milk and put it in a tiny baby bottle and started force feeding him. I took him home and my husband and I have fed him around the clock and kept him warm and massaged him to keep the blood flowing. This morning he is alert but still not strong enough to take food on his own, but hungry and enjoying being warm. Our resident cats weren't too thrilled about him, but as he will be going back to my brother's once he is well enough, they won't be inconvenienced for too long. I feel like I have been up all night with a sick child!  Yawn!!
We decided to call him Lucky Louie!
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I emailed today to get a progress report:
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Louie lives another day. He kept us up last night, but we learned that he can use a litter box. He is also eating solid food...we added some kitty milk to some Iams kitten chow both wet and dry and he munched it down. My father is babysitting today...said he just ate half a bowl of food and then went over to the bathroom rug and peed and pooped...told Dad, he should have lifted him into the litterbox. He knows what to do in there...but he's only a few weeks old...still needs a little direction.
He is also purring....
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More pics coming tomorrow.
I want Louie! He be so kyooote!