22/07/2026
Please keep Shock, one of our long term residents, in your thoughts. She’s battling an infection of unknown origin and we’re on our way to take her in for hospitalization and further diagnostics as her oral medications don’t seem to be quite enough.
Shock has always been one of the good ones. She’s a sweetheart and has always welcomed every single foster baby as a friend and has helped teach them “how to cat”.
If you’d consider donating to help aid in her care costs -
https://www.venmo.com/u/kittennuggetrescue - or you can contact Tomorrow's Veterinary Care to donate directly to our vet account.
If you’ve been following us for a while, you may know Shock as the kitten who had to go to the cardiologist at 8 weeks old due to a heart murmur. It was ruled a minor issue at the time, no impediment on her quality of life and could live a normal, long life. The stress of being sick and dehydrated currently is causing some strain on her heart.
***UPDATE : We immediately did X-rays when we arrived to the clinic and found the source of her illness. Shock did something naughty and decided to swallow a whole ni**le from a kitten feeding bottle. We have no way to determine how long ago she ingested it, but is has been … months … since we’ve had bottle babies around (the Gotham Goblins). It is now stuck within her intestine and causing all of the issues. But this will require surgery. Due to her heart condition, this is a very high risk surgery. I have full faith in our veterinary team, but anything could happen. Crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. 🤞🏼😔💕
—- UPDATE : 7/28/2026
I’ve delayed updating because my heart is hurting. As we were stabilizing Shock to hope she could survive surgery, she took a turn for the worse. New signs showed she has likely perforated and was not likely to survive even emergency surgery at that exact moment. I had to make the heartbreaking decision to say goodbye and let her go peacefully so she wasn’t in any further pain or distress.
I’m carrying an unbelievable amount of guilt. I’m always so careful about keeping bottles away from being snatched up. All kitten supplies are in a room my household cats don’t go into. I can’t recall a recent time having one stolen. If I would have even thought she had eaten one, I would have taken her in so much sooner. She chewed on a houseplant around the time her symptoms started so I thought it was only a little tummy upset from that. She was in my care to give her an amazing, long life. It’s not fair. It was a horrible accident that I’ll never allow to even possibly happen again.
I miss her every single day. I keep waiting to see her greet me at the door. And my heart breaks again every time she’s not there.
I’m so sorry, my sweet Shock. ⚡️
