The stray cat wandering on the street، seemingly unresponsive to everything around، is only due to one sad reason…

“She was less than half her normal weight and her ribs stuck out،” explains Stella، “And she was covered head to toe in fleas and they had sucked so much blood from her that her paws had turned white.”The veterinarian also diagnosed her with a severe upper respiratory infection that had caused her eyes to become badly infected. The vet discovered the kitten was completely blind in her right eye، but it was impossible to determine if she’d lost her vision due to the infection or some sort of physical trauma.

“She seemed to have been abandoned by her mother for being a sickly girl، and would have had a traumatic time on her own as a weeks-old kitten not being able to see or eat before we discovered her،” says Stella.

While they weren’t planning to get a pet when they found the tiny tuxedo cat، Stella and Jay decided to adopt her and do their best to nurse her back to health. “I have wondered about the people who I saw walking past her in the alleyway and if they ever gave her a second thought before walking by،” says Stella. “We like to think that she knew she needed help، so she walked out، sat down، and waited for the right humans to find and rescue her.”

After deciding to keep the kitten، Stella and Jay named her Momo، which means peach in Japanese، a fitting name for the small، furry، and sweet girl. While Momo had found a forever home، she was still very sick، so Stella and Jay spent the next several weeks providing her with lots of love and intensive care.