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IT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL SITES
THAT UNDERWENT A NAME CHANGE,
WHEN A NEW CONCESSION COMPANY
TOOK OVER.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN,
THESE KITTENS ARE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ABILITY
TO SEE TONIGHT.
FOUND DUMPED IN A YARD AND IN
DESPERATE NEED OF MEDICAL CARE.
THEY ARRIVED AT THE SACRAMENTO
SPCA WHERE ONE DOG IS HOPING TO
SAVE THEM.
IF YOU THOUGHT DOGS AND CATS
DON'T GET ALONG, THIS MIGHT
CHANGE YOUR MIND.
Reporter: THIS SWEET FACE
AND THOSE BIG BROWN EYES BELONG
TO A DOG WITH A VERY BIG HEART.
HER NAME IS JIMMY.
HER HUMAN WORKS AT THE
SACRAMENTO ESSIE -- SPCA AND
THAT'S HOW THEY FOUND EACH
OTHER, THEY LIKE TO TAKE WALKS
TOGETHER AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
JIMMY HAS A LOT OF TRICKS UP
HER SLEEVE, DANCING, SITTING
DOWN, TO PLAYING DEAD, BUT HER
BIGGEST TRICK OF ALL IS HELPING
TO SAVE A LIFE.
WE HAD A FAMILY COME IN WITH
TWO KITTENS THEY HAD FOUND IN
THEIR BACKYARD.
STRAY KITTENS THAT JUST SHOWED
UP.
THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT
WERE ALIVE.
THESE TWO TINY KITTENS HAD
SOME VERY BIG PROBLEMS.
ON HAD TWO EYE ULCERS, SO
BASICALLY I INFECTIONS, REALLY
BAD, COULDN'T SEE.
Reporter: SO BAD
VETERINARIANS BELIEVED THAT AT
LEAST ONE I WOULD HAVE TO BE
REMOVED, BUT NOW THERE'S AN ALL-
OUT EFFORT TO SAVE THE OTHER
EYES USING ANTIBIOTICS AND A
SPECIAL SEE RUM.
THAT'S WHERE JIMMY COMES IN.
SHE DONATES THE BLOOD TO HELP
SAVE THEIR LIVES.
IN ORDER TO GET THE ROOM WE
NEED A GOOD AMOUNT BLOOD.
AND WE GET THAT FROM JIMMY
HERE.
BASICALLY, WE SPIN IT DOWN
UNTIL WE GET TO SEE RUM ON TOP
AND THAT'S ALL THE GOOD STUFF
THAT'S IN BLOOD.
AND THEN WE USE THAT AS
EYEDROPS.
FOR THE LITTLE KITTENS.
FROM BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
TRANSFUSION, MIXING DOG BLOOD
WITH KITTENS IS NOT A PROBLEM.
SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL
PROCEDURE USED MANY TIMES AT
THE SACRAMENTO SPCA AND FOR AT
LEAST ONE OF THE KITTENS, THE
PROGNOSIS IS GOOD.
LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER,
THE CHICKEN IS ABLE TO OPEN IT
UP JUST A PEOPLE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE
TO SAVE IT.
Reporter: AFTER DONATING HER
BLOOD, JIMMY GETS A SPECIAL
REWARD, SPENDING TIME WITH HER
FAVORITE FURRY FRIENDS.
SARAH THINKS IT'S THEIR WAY OF
GIVING BACK.
SHE CAME FROM HERE, SHE IS
GETTING BACK TO KITTENS AND
THERE'S NOTHING SHE LOVES MORE
IN LIFE THAN KITTENS.
SO I KNOW SHE WOULD LOVE TO DO
IT IF SHE COULD TALK.
Reporter: SPCA OFFICIALS SAY