Ocie the One-eyed Cat
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About 3 years ago before my husband and I got married I got a phone call from him asking me if I want to save a kitten. I told him that was a very stupid question to ask me, just take the kitten to the vet. As he's trying to scoop her up and put her in the car, I get the story about her. It seems as he was on his way home, he happened upon this tiny little marmalade tabby who had just been hit by a car. She had lost her left eye and was going into shock. After rushing to our vet and two weeks of surgery and observation, we now had a new additon to our family. Our other cat, Voodoo Bob [who truly lives up to his name] has loved Ocie pretty much the moment he set eyes on her. They love to snuggle together when no one is watching and he gets upset when she needs her alone time. It's amazing to watch a cat who's "handicaped" function as if there was nothing wrong, which in her mind there isn't. She's come up with ways of adapting to her lack of depth perception, such as bobbing her head to gauge distance when she jumps [and she's only missed maybe a handful of times], or using the pads of her paw to gauge the depth of the water in the water bowl [her right paw is half in and half out of the water and she places it next to the tips of her wiskers and she never gets a snoot full with that method.]Ocie is a true testimate to if there is a will there is a way and life's obsticals are there to be overcome.

Jennifer
Birmingham, AL