A cat's crying sound coming from somewhere..
Production crew/ The cat's not here Informant/ But I can still hear the sound
But then
A cat enters through the door
Looks very wary of people
As the people leave the house
The cat walks to the place where the sound comes out
As if she wants us to stay away from it
She disappears
And then..
A kitten showed up from somewhere..?
Perhaps the cat senses the danger
Approaches the kitten
But the kitten doesn't look well
The mother cat leads the way
But due to his crooked hind legs,
Can't follow his mom, but just cry
Manages to jump up to the threshold
But soon after, blocked by the other threshold
Unable to follow his mom
Upon approaching to rescue him
He hurriedly runs away
Waits for him to show up again..
A resident who's looked after them for 2 days
Resident/ Seems like she's the mother
Because I've seen her breastfeeding the kitten
PD/ Was the kitten okay?
Resident/ Yes, he was totally fine
The kitten's hind legs were okay..?
As the night comes, the mother cat shows up again
Firstly, she checks on her kitten
Shortly after, she leaves
The kitten comes out as if he's looking for his mom
With his injured legs, calls his mom desperately
The mother cat only watches him from a distance
He struggles so much to get close to his mom
But it seems very difficult for him..
He has no choice but to cry out loud
The kitten has to be rescued in no time
At a slight sound
He gets scared and runs away
Production crew/ No? / He's not here
Can't even find any trace of him
Local 1/ I tried to catch him so that I can take him to the hospital
But failed since he kept going inside the hole
Local 2/ If I go inside just for a bit
He goes inside so quickly
And I can't go inside the neighbor's house without permission
All they could do was
Feed the kitten
Then he manages to come out
And calls his mom
Can't even eat properly while looking around
We decided to start the rescue asap
Next morning
When all the experts gather to rescue the kitten
The mother cat showed up from a distance
Carefully watches them
As they remove the dresser
Found the little kitten inside
Approaches the kitten carefully
Rescue success
How painful was it for him
To live with injured legs
The mother cat who was watching the whole rescue process
Disappears..
The kitten gets an examination
Vet/ X-ray shows that he's in serious condition
The 5th vertebrae and the rib on one side is lifted like this,
pressing spinal nerves which led both hind legs to be injured
The kitten has a fracture in his ribs
Vet/ Starting from the ribs, the external shock must be imposed at 45 degrees
So I suppose that the shock was by some other cause rather than a car accident
2 months after birth,
The kitten was abused by someone
The mother had no choice but to watch..
Vet/ I guess the mother cat couldn't let the kitten stay in such a dangerous environment anymore
As he's sick as well, she must have brought him to a safe place
She knew that he'll be in danger if he's exposed
To protect the kitten
The mother cat decided to watch him from a distance
It must be painful for both
The kitten gets surgery
But..
Vet/ We started the operation with hope
But found that the bone pieces from the fracture cut the nerves
Almost 90% of the nerves were cut
So even if he gets a fracture operation, the injury won't be cured
The kitten has to live with others' help
For the rest of his life..
A few days later
Visits the hospital again
He looks pretty healthy!
Even plays with the vet
Vet/ He opened up to us
A guest who visits him
The singer Kim Wan Sun decides to become his new family
What triggered her to adopt him?
Singer Kim Wan Sun/ I have 5 cats
One of them has an arm injury, so she can't stand up
That's why I was more attracted to this kitten
Excited for their life together
The kitten is in a new house
He looks very comfy
Miracle the cat watches him
Singer Kim Wan Sun/ The doctor told me that Miracle won't be able to use her legs again forever
So I had no hope for him to walk again
But as he can walk and run well by now
I believe that he can walk again
With the hope that the miracle happens again
Singer Kim Wan Sun/ I wanna name him Superman
Wish him to be strong and awesome
With her wish
They start physical rehab treatment
In the hope for the improvement
She does her best to get him cured
Visits her again after two weeks
They have good news!
Singer Kim Wan Sun/ The doctor said the nerves are gone in this part
But once I press this part, he groans
Perhaps his nerves are coming back
It must be a good sign
Vet/ He won't recover 100%, but he surely can improve more than now
The fact that his condition improved this much is amazing
Thanks to her great efforts
And there's a gift for Superman
A wheelchair to help him walk again
As being flustered, he stays still
As soon as she pushes him from the back
After taking a few steps
He does almost fly like Superman
Singer Kim Wan Sun/ I figured that he's very bubbly and bright
I will give him as much love as I can
Live happily with your new family, Superman!