Patricia was abandoned by her mother and found under a truck outside the post office. At the time she was rescued, she still had her umbilical cord and could not stand on her own. We immediately took her to the vet, who gave us formula and a feeding syringe. She was growing, strong, and healthy for a week.

We spent a lot of time researching newborn kitten care on the Internet and via telephone calls to our vet and several shelters in the US. She was given the best possible care we could provide -- but 3 days after this video was recorded, she suddenly fell ill and stopped taking food. She grew weaker despite our best efforts, and passed between 2am and 6am PHT on October 30, 2009 -- her water bottles were still warm, but she was gone.

Sadly missed by mommy and daddy, we love you.

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