Stray kitten with rare heart defect to get life-saving surgery

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A stray kitten is getting surgery for a rare heart condition her foster says could turn deadly without treatment.

Bobbie is 5 months old and suffers from mitral valve stenosis.

Her left mitral valve failed to open fully at birth, which restricts her blood flow and causes blood to travel to her lungs rather than her heart, according to the nonprofit rescue organization Cat People of Oahu…

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