UPDATE: 4-week-old orange street kitten survives the flu thanks to a determined rescuer, becoming an integral part of an orange cat family in the process: ‘I love the kitty’

The Cat Distribution System has spoken, and we will answer. 

Cat lovers have run into their fair share of street cats in their day. Usually a little scraggly, feisty, and malmanored, not every street cat is as sweet and lovable as the feline we have curled up on our sofa at home. But sometimes we meet a street cat that steals our heart away in an instant, summoning our hooman instant to care for and love this little feline furball at all costs—and the call of the CDS cannot be unheard!

This woman in our next tale shares a heroic rollercoaster of a story about a young kitten she found crying under her balcony, sopping wet and full of kitten tears. Sick, dirty, and fighting for every second of life, she was determined to save him. Now, 4 months later, she reveals a heartfelt story of survival, redemption, and ultimate acceptance into a new cat family who all share a single, orange brain cell. 

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