Back in November, I got a note from Karen about an injured kitten:
Red Lake Rosie's Rescue took in a kitten-- I call it Peanut as I am not sure if a boy or girl. This poor little kitten came from a place where the dog attacked her and has hurt her little leg and foot. Actually both feet are bitten. The woman who rescued her told me she has been repeatedly been bitten.
This poor little one has a strong will to live, as I got the call last week and I told them to bring her--but they didn't. When she finally came in last night her leg was badly infected. We are off to the vet today to get her help.
We know there are a lot of healthy cats and kittens out there, and we know we do not have any funds left in our medical account, but this little one deserves help. She will be needing vet care and special litter so it won't clump up on her wounds. Maybe there is someone out there who wants to help little Peanut?
Peace- Karen
UPDATE:
Peanut is resting peacefully under anesthesia. The good news is there are no broken bones, and the vet dressed the wounds and gave antibiotics. We got her the soft litter and the vet said she should heal fine and the hair will grow back eventually. She is back at the shelter.
So--no amputation necessary!! Hurray for Peanut!! And now Feline Rescue has agreed to take her in and continue her care.
Karen :)
UPDATE FROM ME TO KAREN:
BTW--Just checked on Peanut. SHE is a big hit at the vet's office. She will stay there for a week or two getting a bandage change daily until the wound is healed over. The vet took her home last night and plans to take her home for the weekend, too. The Feline Rescue foster coordinator Cathy Harrington was smitten with her, too. She had a foster home waiting for her, but the vet decided to foster her at her house. A lucky kitten!
FELINE RESCUE BLOG POST:
Panda Bear [fka Peanut]
came to Feline Rescue ill and injured. She is doing wonderfully now in her foster home and has made a full recovery. Panda is ready to find her purrrfect family. [She was adopted March 4.]
FOSTER MOM TO ADOPTIVE HOME:
Just checking to see how things are going with Panda? I assume the two cats are getting along together and probably more than doubling the trouble around the place but I guess that's what kittens are supposed to do! ADOPTIVE HOME TO FOSTER MOM:
Things have been going great with Panda. She's very well adjusted here and happy to have another cat as a playmate. No problems whatsoever. She even has a favorite chair to sleep in.
Also- Liz picks up donated food at Chuck and Don's in Elk River where Karen met Liz on March 28th for a load of cat and dog food.
Sophie (Samantha) and Shadow (Daren) are wonderful!. They sure are fun to have around. They are really good kitties and love their surroundings. We love them so much and can't imagine life without them. They do keep us busy and are always entertaining us. 
Shadow loves the spring weather. He sits by the window at about 5:30 every morning waiting for the sun to come up so he can start watching the birds. We put a bird feeder right out side the one big window so he has lots to watch. Shadow is definitely the more energetic one of the the two. He can't sit still for very long unless he is laying on hid back by the fireplace. But he does love to be petted and showed affection.
Sophie is still a little diva. She is a mama's girl. She would like nothing better than to be held by me or lay in my lap all night long. She likes to let Shadow "investigate" things, then if he does not get in trouble or hurt, then she will join him. I think that shows she is a smart girl. 
Both kitties are big. I would estimate they are about 9+ lbs. They were 8 lbs in December when we took them to the vet for a check up. Sophie looks big because of all her fur, but I think Shadow weighs more. He is long and lean. 
I have attached some pictures. Sophie seems to like to close her eyes in pictures. She must do that a lot because she is always running into things.
A little about the pictures. The one of Sophie all stretched out on my lap - that is her usual position. I have to hold on to her because she relaxes so much she is lit a wet noodle. The picture by the window shows what the two of them like to do every day now. Lots happening out the window!
Their mom Charlotte and sister Amelia are also great and still available for adoption! Click on their names to get more information from the Red Lake Rosie's Rescue website (www.redlakerosie.org).
UPDATE FROM NEW FAMILY:
I've attached some pics i took of her playing with one of her dog friends, Hokkaido. (Hokkaido is one of my best friend's dogs and lives a few blocks away, so they get to play a lot). We also love taking Juno to the dog park near our house where she enjoys running around and playing with whatever dog is there.
Well enough daydreaming about my dog, back to work now. I'll be in touch with more updates in the future.
Barbie Olson, our dedicated transporter, met Ellen and took the 8 pups and dogs to Black River Falls, WI to meet Susie.
Ellen has been a great blessing to the Red Lake animals and a great help at clinics providing food that her mother, Claudia, has made over the years feeding the vets and clinic volunteers.
Ellen plans more visits to the shelter and will also be at the May clinic. She and Geri, another volunteer became good friends.
We enjoy volunteer vists and encourage anyone wishing to come up north to see the shelter and lend a hand. 
Linnet and Liola were rescued from the Red Lake garbage dump by Polly. They are darling pups that rode out with Ellen.
Litter of 5 kittens went to Pet Haven into foster care with Mike and Lauren. The mother of this litter had disappeared so we took the kittens to the shelter.
Scarlet was on death row at the Bemidji Pound and was brought to the shelter. She went on for one week to stay with Jenny Wolfe and her daughter to have some fun waiting for the transport.
ADOPTER UPDATE:
June's two petite sisters, May & July, with the same coloring, but short hair, might still be waiting for homes at Feline Rescue shelter!
Red Lake Rosie's Rescue took in a kitten-- I call it Peanut as I am not sure if a boy or girl. This poor little kitten came from a place where the dog attacked her and has hurt her little leg and foot. Actually both feet are bitten. The woman who rescued her told me she has been repeatedly been bitten.
UPDATE:
UPDATE FROM ME TO KAREN:
Phoenix (formerly Otis) continues to do great in his foster home. Here are photos when we went to see Dr. Vicki to get his splint changed. 
Phoenix has apparently found his voice and now likes to howl ... in the words of his foster "His howl is great- it starts off as a loon and then progresses into a bull elephant. Yes, we have a zoo here!!"
He is such a sweetheart and is winning the hearts of everyone he meets ;-)
I think it is absolutely priceless...
UPDATE FROM ADOPTER:
KRAMER & BIG BUDDY
DOLLY
KARMI'S BROTHER BRUTUS
Thank you and Dog Bless
TAMA AFTER
TAJA AFTER
JOELLYN AFTER
GUS & TAJA
LILY AFTER
DIXIE & ROCCO
ROCCO
BUFFY
VON