Emily Marie Palmer Instagram – If you haven’t been invested in the Heathcliff Saga, scroll on by — but if you want a very long but very joyful update… here it is. 🐾
One sunny morning last August, we went out to water our garden and were met by a tiny stray kitten. He marched right toward us, meowing the saddest little meow you’ve ever heard. The grass hardly seemed to bend under his meager weight — which the vet later told us was only 1/2 pound. 🥺
I named the little backyard urchin Heathcliff, and now I will never again listen to Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights without thinking of those tender, happy Summer days spent nursing this little creature back to health — taking him out on all my garden walks, and letting him sleep in the palm of my hand while I worked. 🥹
From the beginning though, I knew that keeping him was not an option. @joeyciccoline is highly allergic to cats, as are multiple close relatives of ours that we love to host in our home. Even if that weren’t the case, we sometimes have to travel often, and we worried about who we could rely on to care for him. 💔
Fast forward to January. Thanks to the sweet generosity of amazing friends, we had a forever home lined up for little Heathcliff… but things suddenly changed when my highly-cat-allergic sister came to visit. Imagine our surprise when she had ZERO reaction to Heathcliff. We realized that alllllll the allergies Joey had been having off and on had been completely unrelated to him. Somehow this little baby cat that turned up in our yard and stole our hearts ALSO turned out to be a miracle low allergen kitty. 😵
If that was not enough, our dear friend @beckalyn5 has become his beloved home away from home, so we know he’ll be safe loved whenever we need to be away.
I know this is a rather long explanation of a rather tiny miracle… but so many of you have been so sweet about following the journey of our little Heathcliff, and I wanted to let you know how things turned out.
So, it’s official. Heathcliff/Phantom/Ol’ Longbody Ciccoline… welcome to the family! 🥰♥️ | Posted on 14/Feb/2023 08:17:20
