A desperately-needed blood transfusion, assisted by a Rumba-funded connecting device, helped save the life of a wounded and severely dehydrated cat.
Winston, a six-year-old long-haired cat was referred to the Emergency Department of the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, having been missing from home for three weeks. He had multiple wounds on his body and was very close to starvation. In such a weak state, poor Winston didn’t have long to live.
He urgently needed a blood transfusion. Feline blood donors are in short supply, but thankfully, Winston’s family volunteered his ‘sister’ Cato to provide the much-needed fluids.