{"id":187,"date":"2020-09-15T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/?p=187"},"modified":"2020-09-19T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T11:54:06","slug":"sams-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/sams-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Miracle in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got a call on June 30th, 2009 from someone who found a friendly cat with a large open wound on his neck. My husband and I immediately ran over to get the cat. I couldn&#8217;t believe the size of his wound.<br><br>I brought him to the Dutchess County SPCA the next morning to get checked out and neutered. They stitched up his neck and chin and pulled 2 teeth. A few days later, I brought him to my vet because his neck wound reopened and was going to take several weeks to heal. He also had bilateral ear infections and needed extensive dental work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_6566.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_6566.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"103\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_6566.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/dcp_6566\/\" class=\"wp-image-103\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_6618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_6618.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"105\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_6618.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/dcp_6618\/\" class=\"wp-image-105\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dcp_6595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Sam is scarred from head to toe from many years of fighting other animals. This big boy is such a sweetheart. He wants an indoor loving home by himself or maybe with another adult cat. Sam loves to lay in your lap and purr! For such a big cat, he has the sweetest meow. Everyone who meets him falls in love with him. Sam is approximately 6 years old and is ready for adoption.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>7\/22\/09 Sam had minor wound surgery on his neck and had 2 teeth pulled and teeth cleaning. My big boy came through with flying colors! He will soon be free of his collar and ready for his forever home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_7154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_7154.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"107\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_7154.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/dcp_7154\/\" class=\"wp-image-107\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">After<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_7152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_7152.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"106\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DCP_7152.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/dcp_7152\/\" class=\"wp-image-106\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">After<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">8\/1\/09 Sam is ready and waiting for his forever home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>9\/13\/09 Sam went to his forever loving home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_4406.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_4406.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/img_4406-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Sam in his forever home!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>8\/2\/13 Sam crossed the rainbow bridge \ud83d\ude41   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"113\" class=\"wp-image-98\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cat_angel-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cat_angel-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guardianangelcatrescue.com\/MainSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cat_angel-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a call on June 30th, 2009 from someone who found a friendly cat with a large open wound on his neck. 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