Ellas story

Ella is originally from Skopelos island in Greece. My boyfriend and I were visiting and one evening Ella came over and immediately jumped on his lap. We took her photograph and noticed what we assumed was a nasty infection in both eyes. She was very small after seeing her hanging around for a few days took her to the vets to get her eyes checked out.

One of her eyelids is fused over and the other is an empty socket which had a nasty infection. She also had an ultrasound and it turned out she is very late into her pregnancy, and under 6 months old.The vets opinion was that she wouldn’t survive and if she did the kittens would starve. Ultimately the decision was made to terminate and sterilise her as she would not be able to look after her kittens and may have died as a result of recurring infection or starvation. Ella was given antibiotics and we fostered her with the help of some wonderful locals, with the intention of trying to bring her to London. This took much longer and incurred much more expense than anticipated but Ella healed and thrived, showing us her fearless and inquisitive personality.

Once back in London the infection returned, and after several courses of antibiotics keeps returning. Ella is booked in for an ultra sound and surgery on her socket on the 6th of March, which will cost £2-300 and £12-1300. Her vet bills have already come to several hundred and as a Early years worker and a researcher we are struggling. Any help or donations would be so gratefull recieved, so we can give Ella the quality of life she deserves.