A visit from an old friend

One night a few weeks ago I came from the store and heard cats yowling on the porch. At first I didn't recognize the gray cat on my porch....but he was trying to eat and my kitties weren't too happy about it! When I got a good look at him, I recognized him! He was a cat that used to come around a lot--one day he came to my house and had a terrible infection above his eye. I called my regular vet and couldn't get any help paying to get him looked at. I just realized this is when I first talked to Dr. Garner at Critter Care...I called her office hoping they could give me a discount, but didn't really expect much...she told me about their TNR program and said if I would donate $25, they would neuter him, take care of his infection and send me home with some medicine for him. (I was happy to find them too because I was able to start getting all of the strays & ferals fixed around my neighborhood!) So I took him (we called him Grady) and had him fixed. When I brought him home the next day he ran off and I wasn't able to give him medicine. The next time I saw him a couple of weeks later, he was healthy and was wearing a flea collar. I don't know if someone adopted him after that, of if he already belonged to someone. I was just glad to see him healthy. He used to visit once in a while, but I hadn't seem him for about a year. So what a surprise to see him that night! I got him some canned food and he ate that, walked over to me to get a few scratches on the head, then slipped around the corner of the house...I was glad to get a visit from my old friend!