Introducing Sophie!

So we all get up this morning and are on our way to Wholefoods downtown for some breakfast. I turn the corner on Lamar, and get up to about 40mph right behind a tan Ford pickup truck. All of the sudden I see the passenger door of this pickup truck open and out flies a small kitten, rolls about 15 times and lands on the sidewalk. The kitten instantly starts running and hides under some U-Hauls (at a U-Haul parking lot). My first reaction was to chase down the people in that truck and head butt them in the nose as hard as I could, but common sense quickly took over and Nikki and I realized we needed to help the kitten. We pulled over and Nikki finally caught this very fast calico kitten after about 15 minutes. It first looked as if her front leg was dislocated or broken, so we went down Lamar to the first veterinarian we came to (photo of Nikki and Sophie at the vets waiting room to the right). Nikki and I instantly wanted to keep this wonderful little kitten, so I asked Zoe what we should name the kitten. Zoe thought about it, smiled and whispered, "Sophie". The very nice and gentle vet took a look at her, said she was perfectly healthy, joked that she used up about 4 of her 9 lives this morning, no broken legs.

Sophie was covered in fleas and dirt. She is also bone skinny. We took her home, gave her some recommended kitten food, which she devoured. It made me so happy and sad at the same time to see her eat so vigorously. You could tell she had not eaten in days. We are going to keep her separated from our other 2 cats until the fleas are gone. I know Miro and Napoleon (Miro especially) will love being mommies to Sophie. We are happy to have her in the family!