Wesley's Story

by a Guardian Angels fosterer

In March 23 I received a call from Youngs Veterinary Partnership in Hounslow, the primary vet our charity uses, to say that a stray cat had been brought in and needed urgent treatment. That cat was Wesley!

He was in a really terrible state, suffering from such a severe eye infection in both eyes, that it had rendered him completely blind. I told my other charity workers of his plight and the fact that he would need very expensive surgery to remove his eyes and they immediately set about doing a special fundraising appeal for him. 

 Guardian Angels Animal Support successfully raised the money needed for his surgery.

Post surgery, because of his FIV status, the wound sites took a long time to heal, but eventually they did and Wesley adapted extremely well to being blind, learning to climb and even play with a moving shoelace!

Then exactly a year on, March 24, a wonderful person, Alison, contacted us offering to adopt him a give him a forever home, with all the love and care, that had been missing from his previous life.

So recently, in June, I had the great pleasure of going to visit him and Alison in his new home. It was a wonderful occasion, as Wesley had been a foster cat with me since before his surgery.

I am extremely grateful to everyone who was involved in the saga, Youngs Vets, primary fund raiser Tracey, all the volunteers who provided all the  transportation backwards and forwards to Youngs for all his follow up visits and of course to Alison for adopting him.

Thank you everyone, Wesley is extremely grateful!

Wesley when he first came to Guardian Angels.