Because of Chou Chou, I was able to suggest this surgery to a friend for her dog. The dogs palate is now fixed, and she can eat without any issues. She also carries toys around and plays in ways she couldn’t before. A healthy, happy girl thanks to you and Chou!
As a disabled human, you're care and respect for disabled animals always blows me away. You talking about how ChouChou is happy and just a normal kitten who happens to eat differently was fantastic
Unfortunately this is a question of money...I doubt it is possible to get any insurance to cover it. Let alone to finance it as a "normal" person. I am just thankful that Kitten Lady exists the way Hannah runs the project and at least this little guy could be saved.
@@hysminai7397 Are you doing okay? I'm using a talking magnifier, words that sound the same are spoken the same with my tech, regardless of how they are spelled. Have a stress-free day, and take care
@@anamia9905 not the very first time (she said in the caption of the post you’re talking about that she didn’t record that because she needed to focus on monitoring him), but one of his first times
As someone who was born with a cleft palate, I'm proud of Chouchou and his team for getting this far! The world would be a dimmer, less fluffy place without him
Chou is definitely a miracle boy. I’m sure the team at UC-Davis learned a lot from his case as did his other vets along the way. Our favorite feline marshmallow is a pioneer for veterinary treatment of cleft palates in kittens. Now he deserves the best fur-ever family in the world. And a book. He definitely needs to be the subject of one of your upcoming books. Enjoy that Churu, Chouchou! You waited a long time to discover that wondrous treat.
I knew that he had his best chance of survival, because he had found his way to you. You have done everything that you thought was best for his survival and happiness! I am so happy that you have been fostering kittens.
When Chouchou grabbed the churu I cried, he is such a happy and gentle boy! He deserves the world!!! Thank you guys so much for making this possible! We love the Chou ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve followed his story from the beginning and I am so happy that he finally made it through! Going from tiny cotton ball to a grown kitty took a long time and effort but it was worth it. I hope the rest of his life is filled with happiness and yummy snacks 💕 Also, what are you thinking of doing in terms of his forever home? I’m curious if you guys or someone along his journey will adopt him. (Edit: btw I’m not suggesting Hannah should foster fail, I was considering Chouchou’s recovery and potential lifelong special needs that could affect their decision like when they kept Ferguson. I know the goal is goodbye, I’ve done rescue as well and not 1 foster fail. Someone along the way in his medical journey might want to adopt him, having an owner with veterinary knowledge would probably be best)
I truly hope that someone that helped him out along the way will adopt him. Even if that doesn't happen, after everything they went through to keep him alive I know she will find him the perfect furever home ❤️
@@cleoclaus69 no, Hannah is his foster mom. He has been a foster of hers this whole time 😊 she has said many, many times that she’s not keeping him. Goodbye is always the goal
As another human cleft palate person, I can relate to ChouChou''s traumatic introduction to life. I spent the first year living on teaspoons of milk (1950's) then had the operation at one year old. I was told that I started to eat at the age of four, when one of my cousins handed me a piece of toast. Swallowing food was a nightmare as I was liable to choke. I had speech problems for years: people thought I was a foreigner. Even so, I was fortunate with the surgeon, as my voice doesn't reveal that I was born with a cleft palate. I am pleased and thankful that ChouChou found you! Please continue with your great work. 💖💖💖
Chouchou gobbling his treat at the end sequence has just to be one of the most heartwarming things I ever saw. Bravo Hanna and team , and yay Chouchou for being such a trooper!
HE CAN FINALLY EAT FOOD! It's taken a long time and a lot of love, but Chouchou got there! This is an amazing outcome from amazing effort. You are not only learning new skills and helping save his life, but also making connections and pushing veterinary science. Love to everyone involved with his care- you can tell he even changed the UC Davis team too 😁
I always thought chouchou looked like a wise little wizard from the day you got him, and I'm thrilled that the surgery was successful and he's living his best life.
I literally gasped and said “CHOU CHOUUUU” when I saw the title. I’ve been so excited for this day, I’m so happy they could help him and that he had you as his guardian angel who never gave up on him ❤️❤️❤️
His journey from abandoned newborn with a cleft palate to a thriving and playful kitten to a fully grown cat with a fixed palate is amazing. He is such a fluffy trooper, and was so lucky to have you as his foster mom. He's thriving, and now he's eating all of that yummy food... The look on his face as you were giving him his treat said it all... "This is the good stuff, more, please!". Thank you so much for saving his life, and letting him thrive to be the best cat possible. He's such a love bug. Chouchou is awesome!!!
I'm not crying, you're crying. I can't believe how big and beautiful ChouChou is now! I'll always miss seeing the little cotton ball with eyes running around, but it's truly incredible to see what a happy, healthy adult cat he is now. Thank you so much for believing in him and sharing his journey with us, Hannah! ❤️ 😭🥰
It's so sad that Chouchou's condition and complications after surgery were basically by design because of his breed. He's cute, but I hope cat breeders can start to see it's just not good for cats to be that way. It's pretty amazing what some teamwork and modern science can do. I have to say, I'm still impressed with the simple genius of the bite guard idea with the dental suction tube. So proud of Chouchou and all involved in his care!
The value you saw in his small life is truly moving. You moved mountains so he could be well and share his light with so many others. Incredible work by you and the entire team who were all willing to take on a challenge for the good one being.
10:00 Chouchou: what have I been missing all this time?! 😆 seriousely though, Chouchou is is a champion! but you Hannah? you're a superhero... thank you so much for seeing as and him through this journy, I've been rooting for you all the way.
I have a cleft palate and I was tub fed for 2 years as a baby. I love cats but I’ve never had a cat with a cleft palate. Thank you for helping that baby 💜
Wow, what a miracle boy he is - dropped into the right place and time to have a dedicated team with the skills and ingenuity to help him survive, the strong cat soul to keep going, and truly talented medical teams to get him across the finish line. 💗💗 Can't love this story and the people in it enough! Onward to the rest of your life, ChouChou!
My 2 week old has a cleft lip/palate and tomorrow we go in for the first of many appointments to repair it, I feel like it was fate this came on my feed today! ❤️
So glad that everything went perfectly for him. Now he has the ideal home, and will hopefully have a long, healthy life. I hope he becomes a great foster-dad.
He's such a gorgeous boy, I'm so glad it all went so well. I have to admit that when he was small and would turn up in the background of other vids (like Phoebe), I would be like "That's a really big puff of lint" and then after a few seconds realise "Oh, wait, it's just Chouchou" lol.
I had a cleft lip and palate as a baby so i feel for this little guy. You are a hero for believing in this little guy and doing what was needed to give him a chance!
OMG I cried throughout this video. Tears of joy 😹 What an amazing and moving journey this kitten had gone through Thank you all for giving him this wonderful life! ❤️
I know you mean well, but that’s actually a really unsupportive thing to say to a foster. We don’t want her to keep him, because that means she’ll have less time, space and resources to keep saving more kittens- and that means kittens would die without her help. Goodbye is the goal 😊
@@jjbee11 well you were wrong/ really grim way to phrase it hannah and her husband seem like they have a lot of resources and ability to care for their own cats as well as help kittens
Oh Hannah! I just bawled happy tears, like sobbing 😭 My 14 yr old Dino loves those churros and when you showed Chouchou eating it I just lost it!! What a beautiful and incredibly moving story of perseverance and love ❤️ Thank you to everyone involved in saving this beautiful cat! 🎉
So happy to see my favorite little cotton ball finally be healed and ready to live a happy life. And finally be able to taste some delicious food, he seemed very excited about those treatos.
Thank you and the rest of his caretakers for not giving up on Chouchou! He's such an incredibly sweet creature. A mini luck dragon. A walking cloud... So much love given and received! And eating the churu at the end was adorable.
So happy to see that Chou-chou finally got his surgery. And to see him happily licking up his special treat was so wonderful. I'm willing to bet there were some happy tears the first time he was able to eat.
Another beautiful part of this story is that because of what you did, you, Chouchou and the vets at UC Davis have paved the way for future Chouchous. More babies with such severe cleft palettes might be able to be saved because the surgery is possible
At 1st mention of Chou-Chou's palate defect, my brain instantly screamed *"UC DAVIS VET SCHOOL!" who've led the veterinary field in innovative treatments and therapies for, literally, **_MULTIPLE DECADES._** *California is SO VERY PROUD of the UC Davis Vets' achievements!* My beloved BIL, Joe, was a UCD-graduate Veterinarian for many years. I felt very honored when he invited me to attend an emergency "Caesarean section" delivery with him one Easter afternoon as we were visiting. His utter devotion to a safe, yet extremely rapid, surgical delivery of the three pups involved was simply amazing. The immediate cause of the need for that surgical delivery - a pup who had grown to TWICE the size _ANY_ Momma Dog of her size could safely "pop out" - arrived absolutely NOT breathing, and with obviously blue conjunctiva. To all appearances he was, sadly, already deceased. However, Joe's immediate actions - including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation" and supplemental _VERY_ rapid "one finger chest compressions" - restored his breathing and movement, & brought that "little" guy right back into the land of the living! *DR. JOE **_WOULD NOT ALLOW_** THOSE PUPS TO DIE --- NOT ON **_HIS_** WATCH!* It was truly a gorgeous thing to watch. Thank you for an excellent video of the restoration & salvation of this lovely little guy; *_YOU_** are CHOU-CHOU'S "GUARDIAN ANGEL, FOR SURE"!*
@@yourname3649 I hope she doesn't, because then she has more room to care for another kitten like him. Fergie was supposed to be adopted out as well but he was so sick she couldn't. There's nothing keeping Chouchou from being adopted now. :) That's a beautiful thing isn't it? Think of it as growing up, graduating and moving out. He's all ready to spread his little cottony wings and fly.
This made me cry. How touching to have so many people and so much love go into improving the quality of his life. Watching him finally able to eat was golden❤
when i say i cried watching this- i've been following chouchou's life since day one, and seeing in thrive in you and your friends' care has been truly amazing. part of me wishes your friend will adopt him, but i know that fostering is about having to say goodbye so you can save even more animals in need, so my only wish is that he goes to the best home that will give him the care that persians need and love him as much as yall love him. love you Chouchou, the bets little dandelion puff this planet has ever seen
I held out until I saw him enjoying that treat at the end, then the waterworks. Your persistence in the face of daunting odds helps open the path for other rescuers, and that cannot be undervalued. Thank you, THANK YOU for your willingness to do the hard work, physically, energetically and emotionally to champion these fragile lives.
You all deserve so much credit for getting the little cotton ball this far. He’s not so little anymore! Chouchou also deserves credit for having such a strong will to live. He has come so far, and has been through more in his first year than most cats will go through in their entire lives.
Little caterpillar became a floofy lion! Thank you Hannah, Andrew, (co-parents and friends, health care workers) for working so tirelessly and not giving up on this kitty. Amazing job all of you! And good job ChouChou! 🎉
He is the luckiest little sentient cotton ball in the world! I am so thrilled for him! He definitely had the best chance of a good life with you and Andrew, and now he gets to enjoy a wonderful long life of delicious treats!
He's truly one of a kind! Six months without the taste of mother's milk or food and now he gets to slurp up the delicious Churo! This must be so rare in the history of cats and humans!
One of the really beautiful things about this is the even-tempered, go-with-the-flow demeanor this little guy has developed through it all. I know Persians are known for a nice temperament, but I still think it's Hannah's wonderful instinct and experience with the mental and emotional health of the animals right from birth that scaffolded the long, labor intensive care and treatment schedule for this kitten. There was far more to bringing him to healthy adolescence than feeding and surgery. Chouchou was loved, amply and consistently, and in particular he was handled with a confident and competent touch through months of a very tricky feeding regimen that was live or die, and it may literally have made all the difference. There is no trace of anxiety or pain-shy movement in any of his behavior in these videos, and it's just remarkable. If I had to bring a human infant through this kind of regimen, I'd want her as an emotional support companion for the child.
Chou chou's videos are always tear-jerkers for me but in the happiest sense. Your dedication, perseverance and unrelenting optimism in the face of seemingly impossible cases are inspirational to advocates of all kinds - not just for cats, but for the well being of every living thing on this planet. Thank you for doing this, and thank you for sharing it
Teary eyed the entire video....not to mention watching his journey the last 10 months. What a special boy, and what a special team of souls you all are.
I’m laying here bawling my eyes out!! Happy tears YES! Grateful tears YES!! Thankful tears YES!! To you Hannah and your precious heart!! To your friends and family and the team who had the faith to see ChouChou healed and enjoying his life!! God Bless you!! ❤️🙏🏻🙌🏻. May ChouChou live for many many years and his story shared worldwide!! Thank you!! Love and hugs to all 🥰❤️😍🤗
I can't find the words that will give all the honor your deserve, you and your team are true angels, thank you, thank you, thank you for all you do, I know it's not easy and we only get to see the easy part, may God keep blessing, guarding your beautiful heart and being your strength when yours fails, may He be your main provider for you to continue to bring heaven to these beautiful defenseless souls. You all deserve the best!!! Hugs and kisses to all the fur balls!!
Yay!!!🎉🎉 So happy for ChouChou! Now he can find a forever home and his purrfect happy ever after. I do hope, though, that his family can still bring him to visit and have play dates with Ferguson.
Because of Chou Chou, I was able to suggest this surgery to a friend for her dog. The dogs palate is now fixed, and she can eat without any issues. She also carries toys around and plays in ways she couldn’t before. A healthy, happy girl thanks to you and Chou!
As a disabled human, you're care and respect for disabled animals always blows me away.
You talking about how ChouChou is happy and just a normal kitten who happens to eat differently was fantastic
your* 😉
Unfortunately this is a question of money...I doubt it is possible to get any insurance to cover it. Let alone to finance it as a "normal" person. I am just thankful that Kitten Lady exists the way Hannah runs the project and at least this little guy could be saved.
@@hysminai7397 Are you doing okay?
I'm using a talking magnifier, words that sound the same are spoken the same with my tech, regardless of how they are spelled.
Have a stress-free day, and take care
@@hysminai7397 you didn’t have to go out of your way to correct something we all understood, man. You just come off pretentious
@@cerebrialfreedom Let the loser feel important, it's probably the only thing they got going for them.
I can only imagine his face the first time he tasted his food
@@talak3544 I’m sure Chou Chou felt exactly that way when he had Churo for the first time. My cats crack out on that stuff hardcore!
May the kitty have the best of everything from now on.
I think there is a video of Chuchu eating for the first time on her Insta actually. It was super cute.
@@anamia9905 not the very first time (she said in the caption of the post you’re talking about that she didn’t record that because she needed to focus on monitoring him), but one of his first times
Tiny little cotton ball grows up, and gets his cleft palate treated
As someone who was born with a cleft palate, I'm proud of Chouchou and his team for getting this far! The world would be a dimmer, less fluffy place without him
Same! I was born with one too :)
And I'm crying happy tears on a Saturday! :) Thank you all for never giving up on precious Chou Chou.
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@A P, I was about to post the exact same thing! I'm so happy for Chou Chou and all of his wonderful care givers.
Same!!! 🥹
Chou Chou looks how I often feel . I love him
Thank you for never giving up. ❤
Chou is definitely a miracle boy. I’m sure the team at UC-Davis learned a lot from his case as did his other vets along the way. Our favorite feline marshmallow is a pioneer for veterinary treatment of cleft palates in kittens.
Now he deserves the best fur-ever family in the world. And a book. He definitely needs to be the subject of one of your upcoming books.
Enjoy that Churu, Chouchou! You waited a long time to discover that wondrous treat.
I knew that he had his best chance of survival, because he had found his way to you. You have done everything that you thought was best for his survival and happiness! I am so happy that you have been fostering kittens.
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....well said!
When Chouchou grabbed the churu I cried, he is such a happy and gentle boy! He deserves the world!!! Thank you guys so much for making this possible! We love the Chou ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve followed his story from the beginning and I am so happy that he finally made it through! Going from tiny cotton ball to a grown kitty took a long time and effort but it was worth it.
I hope the rest of his life is filled with happiness and yummy snacks 💕
Also, what are you thinking of doing in terms of his forever home? I’m curious if you guys or someone along his journey will adopt him.
(Edit: btw I’m not suggesting Hannah should foster fail, I was considering Chouchou’s recovery and potential lifelong special needs that could affect their decision like when they kept Ferguson. I know the goal is goodbye, I’ve done rescue as well and not 1 foster fail.
Someone along the way in his medical journey might want to adopt him, having an owner with veterinary knowledge would probably be best)
She has said many, many times that she’s not keeping him, and him being adopted out is the goal. Goodbye is always the goal!
I truly hope that someone that helped him out along the way will adopt him. Even if that doesn't happen, after everything they went through to keep him alive I know she will find him the perfect furever home ❤️
Isn’t the person who is helping care for him his intended forever mommy? I thought I heard that mentioned a while ago.
@@cleoclaus69 no, Hannah is his foster mom. He has been a foster of hers this whole time 😊 she has said many, many times that she’s not keeping him. Goodbye is always the goal
@@jjbee11 they're talking about fostersxyz not hannah
As another human cleft palate person, I can relate to ChouChou''s traumatic introduction to life.
I spent the first year living on teaspoons of milk (1950's) then had the operation at one year old. I was told that I started to eat at the age of four, when one of my cousins handed me a piece of toast. Swallowing food was a nightmare as I was liable to choke. I had speech problems for years: people thought I was a foreigner.
Even so, I was fortunate with the surgeon, as my voice doesn't reveal that I was born with a cleft palate.
I am pleased and thankful that ChouChou found you! Please continue with your great work. 💖💖💖
Chouchou gobbling his treat at the end sequence has just to be one of the most heartwarming things I ever saw. Bravo Hanna and team , and yay Chouchou for being such a trooper!
when you decide to do something based in love, the universe collaborates to help you!! 💖😻😻😻🐾🐾😭💕💞🙏
Oh my gosh. Seeing him eating so happily now brings me such joy. Thank you for taking care of him 💜
YOU ARE MY HERO KITTEN LABY AND CHOU CHOU IS A MIRACLE ❤❤❤❤
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HE CAN FINALLY EAT FOOD! It's taken a long time and a lot of love, but Chouchou got there! This is an amazing outcome from amazing effort. You are not only learning new skills and helping save his life, but also making connections and pushing veterinary science. Love to everyone involved with his care- you can tell he even changed the UC Davis team too 😁
This precious little dandelion fluff was born at the same time as my kittens! Thank you Hannah for giving all your love to little Chou!
As a human cleft-palate person, it was wonderful to see a cat given so much care. 😀
I watched this when it was first uploaded… but I’m watching again and sobbing like it’s the first time😂 I love being able to tube feed
I always thought chouchou looked like a wise little wizard from the day you got him, and I'm thrilled that the surgery was successful and he's living his best life.
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did she adopt him? i can't find updates anywhere
Your a wizard, Chouchou
I literally gasped and said “CHOU CHOUUUU” when I saw the title. I’ve been so excited for this day, I’m so happy they could help him and that he had you as his guardian angel who never gave up on him ❤️❤️❤️
So many people would have had the will, but not the funds to produce this incredible miracle of love & science. I'm so glad he found you.
_The Runt of Runts. The Tiniest of Smol Souls !!!_
His journey from abandoned newborn with a cleft palate to a thriving and playful kitten to a fully grown cat with a fixed palate is amazing. He is such a fluffy trooper, and was so lucky to have you as his foster mom. He's thriving, and now he's eating all of that yummy food... The look on his face as you were giving him his treat said it all... "This is the good stuff, more, please!". Thank you so much for saving his life, and letting him thrive to be the best cat possible. He's such a love bug. Chouchou is awesome!!!
Aw. I love the shot at the end, "Let's make with the food, Mom!"
Yay ChouChou!! He looks so happy eating away, like “no one told me food tasted this good! Omnomnom.”
I'm not crying, you're crying. I can't believe how big and beautiful ChouChou is now! I'll always miss seeing the little cotton ball with eyes running around, but it's truly incredible to see what a happy, healthy adult cat he is now. Thank you so much for believing in him and sharing his journey with us, Hannah! ❤️ 😭🥰
It’s a cotton ball with eyes, legs, paws, ears, a mouth, teeth, a tongue, a nose, a tail, and claws❤
Omg i never thought i would see Chou Chou eating properly. He looks like he is loving it
We love this lil cloud poof (now a big cloud poof!)
It's so sad that Chouchou's condition and complications after surgery were basically by design because of his breed. He's cute, but I hope cat breeders can start to see it's just not good for cats to be that way. It's pretty amazing what some teamwork and modern science can do. I have to say, I'm still impressed with the simple genius of the bite guard idea with the dental suction tube. So proud of Chouchou and all involved in his care!
Baby chouuuuuuuuuuuuuu lil magic cloud became big magic cloud I’m proud of him
The value you saw in his small life is truly moving. You moved mountains so he could be well and share his light with so many others. Incredible work by you and the entire team who were all willing to take on a challenge for the good one being.
You look so proud at 9:55 it made me wanna cry 😭 also seeing a braphysephalic cat skull is very interesting
10:00 Chouchou: what have I been missing all this time?! 😆
seriousely though, Chouchou is is a champion! but you Hannah? you're a superhero... thank you so much for seeing as and him through this journy, I've been rooting for you all the way.
I have a cleft palate and I was tub fed for 2 years as a baby. I love cats but I’ve never had a cat with a cleft palate. Thank you for helping that baby 💜
Wow, what a miracle boy he is - dropped into the right place and time to have a dedicated team with the skills and ingenuity to help him survive, the strong cat soul to keep going, and truly talented medical teams to get him across the finish line. 💗💗 Can't love this story and the people in it enough! Onward to the rest of your life, ChouChou!
My 2 week old has a cleft lip/palate and tomorrow we go in for the first of many appointments to repair it, I feel like it was fate this came on my feed today! ❤️
*Chou is the strongest little cloud*
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I'm so happy for this sentient little dandelion puff!
Oh my gosh, when he got the first taste of food in his mouth and his wittle paw pulled the treats in closer!!!! 🥹🥹😭😭🥹🥹🙏🏻
Everyone, human and other animals, deserve access to support and accomodations for disability. Thank you for caring so much for this cutie pie.
“The memories and paw print of a beloved cat remains in our heart and soul forever.”
- Unknown
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So glad that everything went perfectly for him. Now he has the ideal home, and will hopefully have a long, healthy life. I hope he becomes a great foster-dad.
What a story! Whoever adopts Chouchou has to have a channel where we can keep watching him.
He's such a gorgeous boy, I'm so glad it all went so well. I have to admit that when he was small and would turn up in the background of other vids (like Phoebe), I would be like "That's a really big puff of lint" and then after a few seconds realise "Oh, wait, it's just Chouchou" lol.
I am in tears. I am so glad to see our sweet boy can eat on his own and can finally go to his forever home. We are proud of you Chouchou!
I had a cleft lip and palate as a baby so i feel for this little guy.
You are a hero for believing in this little guy and doing what was needed to give him a chance!
If Chou Chou stood a chance of survival, he stood the best chance in your care. Thank you for giving him a chance at a life.
I remember when he was a little kitten. He was the cutest kitten. Now he's a big boy!
I'm so happy he can eat food now!
OMG I cried throughout this video. Tears of joy 😹
What an amazing and moving journey this kitten had gone through
Thank you all for giving him this wonderful life! ❤️
I have been totally in love with Chou Chou since the beginning. He is the prettiest poofiest cat ever.
I know you mean well, but that’s actually a really unsupportive thing to say to a foster. We don’t want her to keep him, because that means she’ll have less time, space and resources to keep saving more kittens- and that means kittens would die without her help. Goodbye is the goal 😊
@@jjbee11 well you were wrong/ really grim way to phrase it hannah and her husband seem like they have a lot of resources and ability to care for their own cats as well as help kittens
@@rosepetal34 my point still stands, and that is essentially how Hannah herself phrases it in her “Goodbye is the Goal of Fostering” video.
i just love that little white puffball. Thank you kitten lady with keeping him alive with hard work and persistance
ChouChou is such a fighter, so happy to see him happy and thriving!
I found you through Chou Chou and I’ve been watching his story since the beginning. So happy to see the little cloud so happy and healthy.
Oh Hannah! I just bawled happy tears, like sobbing 😭 My 14 yr old Dino loves those churros and when you showed Chouchou eating it I just lost it!! What a beautiful and incredibly moving story of perseverance and love ❤️ Thank you to everyone involved in saving this beautiful cat! 🎉
I am crying! 😭😭 God bless you!
Chouchou has come SUCH a long way! He is truly an amazing little ball of fluff!
So happy to see my favorite little cotton ball finally be healed and ready to live a happy life.
And finally be able to taste some delicious food, he seemed very excited about those treatos.
That little clip of him eating the treat made me so happy! It's been a long journey but he's been lucky to have you and all of the medical staff!
Thank you and the rest of his caretakers for not giving up on Chouchou! He's such an incredibly sweet creature. A mini luck dragon. A walking cloud... So much love given and received! And eating the churu at the end was adorable.
You can see how much he trusted you. And the love between you ❤️
I haven't been able to cry for a long time, but watching Chou-Chou eat that Churu made me tear up... I'm so happy for him! 😺😻
So happy to see that Chou-chou finally got his surgery. And to see him happily licking up his special treat was so wonderful. I'm willing to bet there were some happy tears the first time he was able to eat.
I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭 Love happy endings and this was one of the best!
Another beautiful part of this story is that because of what you did, you, Chouchou and the vets at UC Davis have paved the way for future Chouchous. More babies with such severe cleft palettes might be able to be saved because the surgery is possible
At 1st mention of Chou-Chou's palate defect, my brain instantly screamed *"UC DAVIS VET SCHOOL!" who've led the veterinary field in innovative treatments and therapies for, literally, **_MULTIPLE DECADES._** *California is SO VERY PROUD of the UC Davis Vets' achievements!*
My beloved BIL, Joe, was a UCD-graduate Veterinarian for many years. I felt very honored when he invited me to attend an emergency "Caesarean section" delivery with him one Easter afternoon as we were visiting. His utter devotion to a safe, yet extremely rapid, surgical delivery of the three pups involved was simply amazing. The immediate cause of the need for that surgical delivery - a pup who had grown to TWICE the size _ANY_ Momma Dog of her size could safely "pop out" - arrived absolutely NOT breathing, and with obviously blue conjunctiva. To all appearances he was, sadly, already deceased. However, Joe's immediate actions - including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation" and supplemental _VERY_ rapid "one finger chest compressions" - restored his breathing and movement, & brought that "little" guy right back into the land of the living! *DR. JOE **_WOULD NOT ALLOW_** THOSE PUPS TO DIE --- NOT ON **_HIS_** WATCH!* It was truly a gorgeous thing to watch.
Thank you for an excellent video of the restoration & salvation of this lovely little guy; *_YOU_** are CHOU-CHOU'S "GUARDIAN ANGEL, FOR SURE"!*
Little cloud man! I’m so happy for him!
My oldest son was born with a cleft palate. It’s been interesting to follow and see the similarities/differences. So glad he’s doing so well.
Go Chou!! His forever home will be so lucky to have him! Thank you for all Your dedication and hard work!
I don't know how she could possibly give him up after all that! I haven't followed this consistently. Is that the plan, to put him up for adoption?
@@sbffsbrarbrr Yes, he is a foster cat.
@@sbffsbrarbrr Hannah has said many, many times that she’s not keeping him and him being adopted out is the goal 😊 goodbye is always the goal!
@@sbffsbrarbrr I hope she does keep ChouChou.
@@yourname3649 I hope she doesn't, because then she has more room to care for another kitten like him. Fergie was supposed to be adopted out as well but he was so sick she couldn't. There's nothing keeping Chouchou from being adopted now. :) That's a beautiful thing isn't it?
Think of it as growing up, graduating and moving out. He's all ready to spread his little cottony wings and fly.
This made me cry. How touching to have so many people and so much love go into improving the quality of his life. Watching him finally able to eat was golden❤
when i say i cried watching this-
i've been following chouchou's life since day one, and seeing in thrive in you and your friends' care has been truly amazing. part of me wishes your friend will adopt him, but i know that fostering is about having to say goodbye so you can save even more animals in need, so my only wish is that he goes to the best home that will give him the care that persians need and love him as much as yall love him.
love you Chouchou, the bets little dandelion puff this planet has ever seen
Yige isn’t adopting him 😊
he's so sweet I'm gonna cry
I laughed when chouchous greedy paw came out as if to say, gimme gimme more! Great job and I wish him a happy long life!
I held out until I saw him enjoying that treat at the end, then the waterworks. Your persistence in the face of daunting odds helps open the path for other rescuers, and that cannot be undervalued. Thank you, THANK YOU for your willingness to do the hard work, physically, energetically and emotionally to champion these fragile lives.
Hurray for Chouchou Fluff!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ok, I'm not gonna lie. That made me tear up too. So happy for all of you! Thank you for sharing his journey with us.
You all deserve so much credit for getting the little cotton ball this far. He’s not so little anymore!
Chouchou also deserves credit for having such a strong will to live. He has come so far, and has been through more in his first year than most cats will go through in their entire lives.
The phrase “ where there’s a will there’s a way..” comes to mind watching this. You never gave up on Chou Chou and now look at him!
Little caterpillar became a floofy lion! Thank you Hannah, Andrew, (co-parents and friends, health care workers) for working so tirelessly and not giving up on this kitty. Amazing job all of you! And good job ChouChou! 🎉
He is the luckiest little sentient cotton ball in the world! I am so thrilled for him! He definitely had the best chance of a good life with you and Andrew, and now he gets to enjoy a wonderful long life of delicious treats!
I’ve been watching Chou’s journey from the very beginning and I’m so, so happy to see how far he’s come. Now on to his forever home!
did kitten lady adopt him?
He's truly one of a kind! Six months without the taste of mother's milk or food and now he gets to slurp up the delicious Churo! This must be so rare in the history of cats and humans!
SO happy he's all better now. You've gone so above and beyond for this little guy and for all of them. You're amazing.
This made me very emotional, i'm so happy to see chou chou eating on his own. You make the world a better place with everything that you do ❤
One of the really beautiful things about this is the even-tempered, go-with-the-flow demeanor this little guy has developed through it all. I know Persians are known for a nice temperament, but I still think it's Hannah's wonderful instinct and experience with the mental and emotional health of the animals right from birth that scaffolded the long, labor intensive care and treatment schedule for this kitten. There was far more to bringing him to healthy adolescence than feeding and surgery. Chouchou was loved, amply and consistently, and in particular he was handled with a confident and competent touch through months of a very tricky feeding regimen that was live or die, and it may literally have made all the difference. There is no trace of anxiety or pain-shy movement in any of his behavior in these videos, and it's just remarkable. If I had to bring a human infant through this kind of regimen, I'd want her as an emotional support companion for the child.
Chou chou's videos are always tear-jerkers for me but in the happiest sense. Your dedication, perseverance and unrelenting optimism in the face of seemingly impossible cases are inspirational to advocates of all kinds - not just for cats, but for the well being of every living thing on this planet. Thank you for doing this, and thank you for sharing it
Teary eyed the entire video....not to mention watching his journey the last 10 months. What a special boy, and what a special team of souls you all are.
Chou Chou is so brave and resilient. And you and the other humans who cared for him were so committed and competent. It all worked out well Mashallah.
Chouchou my boy, you did it. Enjoy all the kitty snakes you can your paws on!
You got me. I'm sobbing at the end. Great job ChouChou 😭💕 all the treats for ChouChou.
I'm so happy to see him thriving. He's the dearest little cotton ball. ❤️❤️❤️
I love how he grabbed the treat back when you stopped. 😂
The happy tears, I'm so glad Chouchou's palette journey has come to a close and now a new one begins!! Trying tasty new foods and a forever family!!
What an amazing story. Crying tears of joy for 10 minutes straight. God bless you.💕
Between Chou, Fergie and Coco you've had some amazing kitties recently
I’m laying here bawling my eyes out!! Happy tears YES! Grateful tears YES!! Thankful tears YES!! To you Hannah and your precious heart!! To your friends and family and the team who had the faith to see ChouChou healed and enjoying his life!! God Bless you!! ❤️🙏🏻🙌🏻. May ChouChou live for many many years and his story shared worldwide!! Thank you!! Love and hugs to all 🥰❤️😍🤗
I can't find the words that will give all the honor your deserve, you and your team are true angels, thank you, thank you, thank you for all you do, I know it's not easy and we only get to see the easy part, may God keep blessing, guarding your beautiful heart and being your strength when yours fails, may He be your main provider for you to continue to bring heaven to these beautiful defenseless souls. You all deserve the best!!! Hugs and kisses to all the fur balls!!
Thank you for being Chou-Chou's angel, Hannah! Most importantly, thank you for teaching others how to do the same for kittens everywhere.
I’m not crying. You’re crying. 🥰
Yay!!!🎉🎉 So happy for ChouChou! Now he can find a forever home and his purrfect happy ever after. I do hope, though, that his family can still bring him to visit and have play dates with Ferguson.
You single-handedly restore a tiny bit of my faith in humanity with every kitten you care for.
I’m so happy for both you and Chou Chou! We all thank you for saving his life, and of course him for having the willingness to keep going!