“Please, can we help him? Please!” “We can try,” Grandma said. The nearest animal hospital, a twenty-four-hour critical care center, was thirty-one minutes away by car. Nina’s father drove, while Grandma sat in the passenger seat with the kitten bundled in her lap. He was still unconscious, but his breathing had become more regular. That gave Nina hope as they handed him to the critical care team. “If they can help,” her father said, settling onto a black waiting room chair, “he may need to stay the night. Shoot, I hope surgery isn’t in the cards.” “If money’s an issue, I’ll cover it,” Grandma
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