Woman thought her cat didn't have much time. Then this happened.

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Woman thought her cat didn't have much time. Then this happened.   transccript - https://www.temi.com/editor/t/_8VDcQJUA0MkZpnfaqMYxCsqbRdHtNKsmJW6n0pYSDwJRHxAbVCSP2u_F1E1ep63tlRxVSWulegTnRvi8O2pY2hJXGo?loadFrom=Dashboard&openShareModel=False audio - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s4do11hcxtq91re0hozhz/chani_and_caponeparker-recording.mp4?rlkey=m6vbnoda2gx8gv0gem9a8v9tg&dl=0 credit - chani_and_caponeparker/Instagram  (use 15% faster vo  I remember the first night  that I brought her home she stunk so bad,  but I didn't wanna stress her out  by giving her full bath.  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j6kzujmj975w8bkt27f46/580_clips_dammit_kittens-start-ng.jpg?rlkey=89bzogq0ta2s5v948zmg0otxt&dl=0 still  So I just gave her  a bat with wet wipes.  And she just melted.  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sah7q92ixm8c61g6xdm2k/589_clips_dammit_kittens-ng.jpg?rlkey=fdue6rqlrr7puezp90krzq4da&dl=0 still  I think it was the first time in probably a long time  that she felt like  she was genuinely cared for.  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d6u4m7hk7a4kqe6bl1mct/590_clips_dammit_kittens-start-ng.jpg?rlkey=t8xhltc3v8hb3vwfcwrvqhafu&dl=0  I will always remember  that moment. (on camera - 15% faster  25:22 i'm malia...geobeats Mabel's Story by GeoBeats Animals music https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o9yz6zx2ttbg02mu5m6ro/ES_-Eric-Feinberg-What-I-m-Asking-mabel.wav?rlkey=jth46rw7ylifi32h0lmibmjmn&dl=0 visual https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ijr3wxxjwtx7kv583p1nw/679_clips_dammit_kittens-ng.mp4?rlkey=3fn5fhl4l6x68vw2vw6y4f9y5&dl=0 01t04 face above top line s https://capture.dropbox.com/eh0KLAlaDNfYm4ld e https://capture.dropbox.com/YueMTg44b7uZNXGc

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00:00I remember the first night that I brought her home, she stunk so bad.

00:04Hi darling.

00:04I didn't want to stress her out by giving her a full bath,

00:07so I just gave her a bath with wet wipes and she just melted.

00:11I think it was the first time in probably a long time

00:14that she felt like she was genuinely cared for.

00:16I will always remember that moment.

00:18I'm Malia and this is Mabel's story for GeoBeats.

00:21I was working with a rescue based out of Las Vegas.

00:24They've got some weepy eyes.

00:26And one of our sister shelters reached out

00:28and they had a 12-year-old blind underweight cat that they wanted to be placed.

00:32And I said, awesome, I'll take her.

00:34She sounded perfect.

00:35And whenever I went to go pick her up, she was a mess.

00:38Look at this little alien.

00:40I was shocked at how tiny she was and how frail she looked.

00:46Good girl.

00:48She had stomatitis, recurrent ear infections and oral growth.

00:51She was blind from untreated glaucoma, had a lot of chronic food allergies.

00:55The first few weeks were really a touch and go.

00:58I really did think she was just a hospice case.

01:01So I was mostly focused on earning her trust and letting her know that she was safe

01:06and just improving her quality of life however I could.

01:09I also tried to be respectful of her feelings

01:12and let her approach me as much as possible.

01:14And so we spent a lot of time just sitting together.

01:17Hi, beautiful.

01:18I would bring a book into her room and I would just sit there.

01:21Or I would bring my dinner into her room and we would eat together

01:24because she was really nervous to eat by herself.

01:26So I just was like, okay, we'll eat dinner together every night.

01:29And that just became the theme.

01:31Caring for an animal that is that fragile can be difficult, but it's always worth it.

01:35They're really gifts to the world.

01:36Mabel is 15 years old now.

01:38I thought she was going to be a hospice case,

01:40but it's been over three years and she's better than ever.

01:46She's everything wonderful in the world.

01:48We live in San Francisco now and she goes on adventures all the time.

01:52We'll go on smell tours, see the fishermen's wharf.

01:55We go to the beach.

01:56We go to parks.

01:57I'm very big on consent-based practices.

02:00Everything with her is based on communication.

02:03I ask her if she wants to put a harness on and I hold it up to her.

02:05And if she engages with it and acts like she would like to put it on, then I'll put it on.

02:09She's really good about memorizing spaces.

02:17And she's also really good about asking for help.

02:19So if she gets confused or lost or she climbs up somewhere

02:23but she can't figure out how to get down, she'll call out to me.

02:26If we're out and about and she feels uncomfortable,

02:29she'll climb on my shoulder and just sit there and that's kind of her safe spot.

02:35I admire her.

02:36She's one of the greatest teachers I've ever had in my life.

02:38I learn so much from her every single day.

02:44She's really so wise and so incredible.

02:47And she might be small, but she has a lot to share with the world.

02:54Hi, Dolly.

02:55She demands respect, which I admire too.

02:58I knew that we were supposed to be together and we were supposed to help take care of each other.

03:02She is probably the toughest person that I've ever met in my life.

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