It was midnight on a cool winter Friday night when I was out enjoying a game of pool with a friend. I was about to take my shot when I was startled by my pager going off. I look to see a phone # with a -911 at the end. So, I quickly made the call. It was a couple that lived in an apartment across from the university. They said they had a stray cat on their porch that looks like it had been hit by a car. They mentioned that they had call Reno PD and that an officer had just come out. He apperantly looked at the cat and advised them to call animal control in the morning. Well, this obviously was not acceptable. So, since I knew I would have won the pool game anyways, we turned in our pool balls and rushed over to the apartment. Sure enough, there was the poor, cold kitty laying on the porch. I picked him up, put him in a carrier and inside the warm truck, got the info I needed and took him back home. Upon examining him, I concluded that the injuries were not immediately life threatening, so I gave him some food and water and made him comfortable for the night. The next day, I got him in to see Dr. Ditsworth at Kings Row Pet Hospital, who was gracious enough to donate his time and supplies to help me with this kitten. It appeared as though the kitty was up under the hood of a car, most likey to get out of the cold weather, when the car was started. The wound looked consistant with the laceration and burning of a fanbelt. This all had to have happened a few days prior, because the wound was quite infected. So, the good doctor cleaned up the wound and sent me home with antibiotics, cream, and instructions to put the kitty on the road to recovery. As you can see from the picture dialog, after much time and persistance, the wound healed and he was given the name Scar.
 

Here is the final photo of Scar and myself before finally placing him in a wonderful new adoptive home.