Who doesn't love stories about toddlers and four-legged furry friends? This one ticks all the warm fuzzy boxes.
When she was just 10 months old, Scarlette Tipton lost her left arm to an aggressive cancer. Her life may have been saved, yet her parents worried about how the amputation would affect her.
Like all parents, they want her to be happy. To have friends - even the feline kind - to whom she can relate. Enter a grey-and-white kitty named Doc.
“We really wanted to get her an animal that she could kind of relate to, something that she can grow-up with and feel like she has a special bond with,” says mom Simone.
As fate would have it, the Tiptons got wind of a kitten that had lost its front leg in an accident. Hearing its story on the local news, they knew that was their cat.
On Christmas Eve they arranged to visit the kitty - then named Holly - at a shelter in a neighbouring city.
3-legged kitten adopted by Orange County family with young amp...Two-year-old Scarlette was born with a rare form of cancer that ultimately led to her left arm being amputated when she was just 10 months old. She now has a friend with a similar “owie” to help on her journey to recovery. abc7.la/22zEWR3
Posted by ABC7 on Wednesday, December 30, 2015
It was love at furst sight for Scarlette, who noticed the cat had “owies” like her.
It was a match made in heaven. Holly was promptly renamed Doc after Scarlette's favourite TV character, Doc McStuffins.
The story reminds me of the bumper stickers: Who rescued who?
A cat that may have been overlooked for adoption found the purrfect (sorry) home, and a girl found a new family member to love.
Never underestimate the healing powers of a pet.
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