How one rabid kitten triggered intensive effort to contain deadly virus
At first, Madeline Wahl thought her new kitten was having a bad reaction to medication for ringworm. After each dose, he would shake his head and flail his legs.
She and her husband, Rich, had brought the kitten to their house in a historic neighborhood in Omaha after a friend found the stray meowing in her driveway. About 5 weeks old and barely two pounds, the cuddly black-and-white animal looked like he was wearing a tuxedo. The Wahls named him Stanley.
But, within two days, Stanley stopped eating and developed seizures. Then he stopped breathing; Wahl’s husband resuscitated him with chest compressions.
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Photo Credit: Madeline Wahl
