'Can we keep him?': Recovering from an operation, mother finds little furball on her walk and convinces her husband he's crucial to her healing

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Aug 26, 2026 1:30 PM EDT

Cats are one of the most healing pets, so it's never a bad time to decide you need a little extra love. 

We all need love and hope in our lives. No one goes through life's tumults unscathed. Even if you think someone has the perfect life, they're also having ups and downs like everyone else. This woman just had a major operation and needs to recover. Part of her recovery instructions were to take a walk a certain amount of time each day. One day, she was walking with her husband and child at a local park in the small town where they live. They were walking across the parking lot, and suddenly a little black furball appears at their feet meowing loudly and demanding attention. They didn't see any mama cat around, and he was only a kitten. He started to follow them on their walk so they promptly took him home. They wanted to find a home for him because the mother was mildly allergic to cats, but then their kid said, "can we keep him?" and the rest was history. 

The husband went to the store still under the impression that they might rehome the kitten, when his wife calls him and says, "his name is Kai and he's our cat now." He's now gotten all of his shots and he's their big boy and furrever friend. They even have a dog, and the two get along swimmingly. Sometimes the best thing we can do for ourselves is go with the flow. 

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    It was July of 2022. My wife had just undergone major sur ry and was recovering. Part of her
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    recovery instructions were that she was supposed to walk a certain amount each day. One day we
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    were out walking in the local park in the small town we live in. Walking across the parking lot,
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    suddenly a little black furball appears at our feet meowing loudly and demanding attention.
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    We looked around and tried to see if we could get him back to his mama, because he was clearly a
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    tiny kitten...but there were no other cats in sight, and he was just a tiny kitten. He insisted on
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    following us. We took him home, and were thinking of trying to find a home for him (because my wife
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    was mildly allergic to cats)...but then our kid said "Can we keep him?"...and that was that.
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    I was literally at the supermarket getting some litter and food to keep him a few days while we tried
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    to re-home him when I got a text from my wife saying "His name is Kai and he's our cat now." She'd
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    put up with the mild allergic reaction because our boy wanted to keep him.
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    We took him to the vet to make sure he got all his shots and was
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    okay. He quickly grew from a tiny little black ball of fur into the stout fella you see there.
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    . .and just like that, the problem we had with mice in our house ended. Our little dog now had a
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    friend (and they got along wonderfully). He's a sweet, loving furry friend the CDS brought us.
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  • This little guy is adorable. Despite the woman having a cat allergy, she thinks it's worth it to take the kitten in. Her son fell in love with the kitten, and that means the world. She's also recovering from a major operation. For anyone who's had an immensely difficult physical injury or recovery, you're just softer in those times. You're more vulnerable, and you become soft to the world around you because your whole body is in fight or flight. Having to survive after something major isn't a small feat, and it really makes for someone to be into more wholesome activities. 

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    Booooooooo-urns You got picked! Glad you're so enamored with your sweet boy, and he with your family!
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    pabrocjb He looks like a sweet chocolate and vanilla cookie! Congratulations!
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