Elsa was saved by a good-hearted truck driver at the end of the previous year after he saw her endure two direct impacts from an approaching car while he was driving on an icy winter road in Northern British Columbia.
The truck driver was heartbroken to see Elsa clinging to life, frozen to the ground, and unable to move at the moment since he had no clue what the small black mark on the road was.
Nobody knows how this tiny kitten got onto this road in the freezing weather, but the truck driver realized she needed help right away if she was going to live. After removing her from the street, he went to the animal hospital that was closest.
Fearing the worst when they heard her story, the veterinarians began emergency treatment for hypothermia. Elsa defied the odds and responded so well to her treatment that as soon as she was able she began purring and kneading the vet’s smocks.
She would go on to get treatment for a severe fracture directly below the knee joint and skin wounds from the road rash.
Elsa, found alone on an icy, cold road now spends her day sleeping by the fireplace, playing with her “feline brothers”. She adores them.
She has warmed up to her human family as well. When she first arrived she wouldn’t go onto her new mom’s bed but now she loves to leap up in the morning and wake Kiara for breakfast and then come back for a snuggle.
“The first time she came up and snuggled into my arm, I was over the moon,” says Kiara.
Elsa loves playing with feathers and mice toys. “I can’t wait for her first Christmas,” says her new mom. “We have already started buying things for the cats. She’s definitely getting spoiled.”
Elsa can still walk on her injured leg, but it protrudes when she sits down. It’s one of her best qualities, she admits. She also chirps instead of meowing like a cat. She is exceptional.
This miracle cat, named by BC SPCA supporters, is living her best life.
“I am so happy to have our little girl,” says Kiara.
“And I am so thankful to everyone who helped her because that is what makes it possible for her to be here with us today.”
