Evelyn, a tortie DSH, is the most recent addition to our household.  While 
driving to a San Francisco cat show on October 22, I rescued this tiny, 
very recently spayed 10-week-old kitten from the middle of a freeway 
after seeing her get hit by an ignorant driver. Her left rear leg appeared to 
be broken, but she was alert and seemed quite healthy.  Knowing that I 
might miss the first ring of the show, I drove back home with her and 
gave her to Doug to take to an emergency vet clinic (it was Sunday).  
Being new to the area, I had not developed a relationship yet with a local 
veterinarian.  At the show, I spoke with the local humane societies and 
various breeders (most of whom I did not know since I was new to the 
area) in the hopes of  finding a low cost solution.  After gathering the 
leads and making some calls, I received estimates ranging from $500 to 
$1,500 to repair her leg!  At this point, I decided to seek 
recommendations and assistance via the computer and posted a 
message regarding Evelyn’s plight to the Cat Fanciers’ Email List on the 
Internet (about 400 fanciers subscribe to this list) and to the Pets Forum 
on CompuServe.  To my amazement and deep appreciation, these 
kindhearted folks (mostly strangers to me) not only supplied 
recommendations, they also came up with donations to the vet to help 
offset Evelyn’s repair costs.  Highly recommended by a breeder, the 
caring staff at Adobe Animal Hospital in Los Altos agreed to keep the 
cost at the low end of the range and performed the necessary disease 
tests and surgery.  Unfortunately, the cyatic nerve in her leg was 
damaged and did not repair itself after three weeks, which resulted in 
Evelyn having no feeling in the leg, so amputation surgery was inevitable. 

Thanks to all of Evelyn’s special friends at Adobe and on the Internet, 
she is now a super happy, super spirited 3-legged kitten enjoying all the 
things a normal kitten should. We are fairly certain Evelyn was part of a 
feral cat colony and a member of the TTVAR program (Trap, Test, 
Vaccinate, Alter, Release) because of the notched "V" in her left ear and 
the fact that she had been spayed so young.  Evelyn’s name was 
determined by her location on the freeway where I found her -- near the 
Evelyn Avenue exit.

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