this blind kitten finally found a forever home
and now she's best friends with a rescue dog after stumbling across a photograph
of a blind kitten in need of a home Brianna Rosario knew she had to step up
she decided to bring the tiny cat back to her house naming her at lime and soon
she watched as her new kin became extremely close to an unlikely companion
for Rosario adopting a kid with special needs was nothing new in fact two years
before she took Lyman she was the proud owner of another blind cat named lemon
Rosario had added lemon to her family back in October 2016 but lemons time
with Rosario would prove to be short according to a Facebook page where
Rosario chronicled the cat's life lemon had a laundry list of heart problems
among them were an atrial septal defect as well as a ventricular septal defect
his heart murmur is at five and the doctor believes his heart has an
obstruction Rosario explained on Facebook he's also
on the cusp of going into heart failure basically his heart is like Swiss cheese
and isn't pumping blood where it's supposed to go
but Rosario was determined to give lemon the best possible life in the short time
he had my time with lemon is going to be short but the sweetest she continued
when he starts showing signs that he's not happy or that he's in pain I'll say
goodbye but before that day came Rosario decided to draw up a bucket list for
lemon included on the list were items such as scaling a tree and using his
paws to create art together the pair fit a lot of experiences into their nearly
three months together just after Christmas in 2016
Rosario had to make the tough decision to put lemon down he was truly an
amazing cat she later told me I am and it would take her nearly two years to
bring another cat into the fold along with her other pets Rosario had two
tabby cats named Deadpool and Raja as well as a pitbull named Letty and a
Yorkshire Terrier named Jordan then on March 26 2018 a kitten came into
world that would steal Rosario's heart and soon it would join her brood of
four-legged fur babies through a pet fostering Paige Rosario saw a picture
that stopped her in her tracks in it a woman was holding a steel gray kitten
that was blind I couldn't believe it that little nugget in the photo looked
exactly like lemon she wrote on Instagram the Jacksonville Humane
Society in Jacksonville Florida had taken in the days old kitten along with
her sister initially named Rosita the cat's eyes were completely infected and
eaten away this is probably what had happened to lemons eyes as Brianna
explained on Facebook in fact the cats were in such bad shape that the shelter
staff feared they wouldn't last two days however they made it and they quickly
transformed into normal kittens with heightened senses since they lost their
eyesight in spite of her visual similarities to lemon Rosita had a
stronger heart than her predecessor this meant she could undergo an operation to
remove the dead tissue from her eyes in the meantime Rosario had become obsessed
with following the blind kittens story as shared by her foster mom On June 1st
2018 Rosario decided to make her admiration for the kitten official she
packed her dogs into the car and made the 5-hour Drive to Jacksonville to meet
Rosita for the first time secretly though the pet lover had some
trepidation about their first meeting even though I was so excited to meet
little Rosita I was nervous Rosario explained in an Instagram story I felt
guilty as I didn't want to replace lemon and didn't want to have any expectations
about Rosita I felt very guarded however as soon as Rosario met Rosita all that
fear slipped away I knew she wasn't replacing lemon lemon just sent her my
way Rosario wrote and in an apparent tribute to lemon Rosario changed the
kittens name from Rosita to lime the day after she officially adopted lime
Rosario took to Facebook to share the news with those who had previously
followed lemons bucket list journey there were many emotions yesterday and
I'm still very emotional she began no one could ever replace lemon period
Rosario stated lime is a different kitten with a different personality but
I get a second chance with a little grey blind kitten lemon was such an epic soul
that touch many people and changed my life so much I can't wait to continue my
journey with line by my side her experiences with lemon aussolas shirt
Rosario that line would quickly adjust to her new life after all her first
blind cat had proven to be adapt and adaptable and just as Rosario imagined
Lyme quickly became part of her family according to love meow lion came into
rosario's home confident brave playful and happy she spent her days following
her new mom around the house and she did so by relying on her other senses since
she couldn't see no senses came in handy in other ways too there's no sneaking
around this little one when she hears a can of food open everyone better move
out of her way Rosario said to that and she told me out AFUE you can't leave any
food out or lime will find it Rosario did do her best to make life as
easy as possible for life for one thing the pet mom tried to keep her furniture
in the same positions all the time this allowed lime to walk around without
bumping into any unexpected obstructions but line lived without fear and with few
limitations Rosario said that lime tended to sleep at the highest spot of
the cat tree plus she couldn't snare flies in midair which led Rosario to
joke that lime had better vision than her Tammy Kent siblings Raja and
Deadpool and as for a relationship with the two Tami's lime reportedly adored
spending time with Raja and Deadpool all three cats came from similar backgrounds
after all each of them had been rescued and bottle-fed as kittens of all the new
friendships that lie made perhaps the most astounding was with Rosario spit
ball Letty less than two weeks after she brought lime home
Rosario logged on Instagram to provide an update he or she declared that the
duo had become BFFs very quickly and loved each other so much five months on
Rosario told me out AFUE that the pair had become totally entwined with one
another lime loves her sister Letty lime loves
to chase let his tail and play with whatever toilet he has she said before
reiterating that they truly are best friends over time Rosario realized that
she could use her pet special relationship
and her social media account to do good I wanted to show how amazing it is to
adopt a special-needs kitty she wrote on Instagram but what's even more amazing
is breaking the stereotypes about dogs and cats being best friends in their
short amount of time together lime and Letty have had plenty of stories to tell
in October 2018 Rosario heartbreakingly shared that Letty may have had a stroke
and the concerned owner explained the dog was unable to use the right side of
her body Letty had actually slipped a disc which
injured her spinal cord and ultimately caused her to suffer a stroke
fortunately though the dog didn't need surgery only intense physical therapy
the prognosis is good Rosario later wrote on Instagram unsurprisingly
Rosario also revealed that Letty had a very special care taker of course Lyme
is happy to play nurse she wrote and all that helped Letty remain in good spirits
on her road to recovery as Letty healed line waited patiently to be able to play
with her best friend once again and once the pitbull felt a bit better
the pair resumed their favorite activities like sharing treats and
bird-watching these special moments only proved Rosario that her decision to
adopt lime was the right one lime is just an amazing loving playful funny
confident little fluff she told me iof I love her so much
so much that I can't fit it into words line makes our whole lives full of
course that didn't mean that lion had come in to replace lemon instead Rosario
wrote on Facebook I think about my little lemon every day and Mis Amore's
and sometimes that made watching line grow up feel bittersweet I start to
think about how lemon would have looked or how he would be at limes age Rosario
went on however she couldn't understate the huge impact lime has had on her
family and she could only thank lemon for that without lemon I probably
wouldn't have adopted lime Rosario explained on Facebook now don't get me
wrong lime is a completely different cat with
their own personality and quirks but she was absolutely the best decision I ever
made both of her cats have demonstrated to Rosario the capabilities that blind
cats have specifically that they can still
live lives as fulfilling as they're seeing counterparts a lot of people feel
bad for blind cats and they shouldn't as she put it to me out af2 that and
Rosario reminded pet lovers everywhere not to ignore the possibility of
adopting a feline like Lyme blind cats are amazing creatures that should be
celebrated she said they need love just like other cats do Rosario appeared to
take her own words to heart - just after losing lemon in early 2018 she had
started lemonade rescue as she explained on Facebook the organization was set up
to try to keep lemons memory alive the charity strives to focus more on the
lemons Rosario explained referring to the
animals that had imperfections like lemon had she further noted that her
efforts were emotionally tolling but she continued to take on the most critical
of cases in order to give the animals better lives by August of 2018 though
Rosario had put a pause on her efforts with lemonade when she experienced a
loss in her family however she vowed that she would never stop helping
animals in need amazingly Rosario efforts in just eight months were enough
to save more than 70 pence I'll continue to do as much as I can
maybe in the future I'll start again the pet mama 5 suggested but it was clear
that she had already made a huge impact with all the special pets she'd saved
including her blind kittens lemon and lime