Her Parents Wanted A Cat Their Daughter Could Relate To, So They Brought Home This One

by N/A, 8 years ago | 2 min read

The bond any good owner shares with their pet is strong - this we know. But the one Scarlette Tipton shares with her cat, Doc, is unlike any other.

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Scarlette and Doc share one very rare, unfortunate trait - they're both missing one of their arms.

But that's only made the two of them closer.

Their friendship is the result of Scarlette's parents searching tirelessly for a three-legged cat.

As luck would have it, the California-based family found Doc just before the holidays, allowing them to give her to Scarlette as a Christmas gift.

“We wanted a little kitten to have [Scarlette] grow up with, so she has something that’s just like her,” Scarlette's mother, Simone Tipton, told Love Meow.

And suffice it to say, Doc was the best gift Scarlette could've ever asked for.

"I let her know that she had owies just like her, and she placed her hand on her side and just nodded. She recognizes that the cat has similar struggles as she does.”

While Doc lost her arm to a car accident, Scarlette's situation was a bit more complicated.

Not long after her birth, Scarlette's parents noticed consistent swelling in her left arm. Immediately, they brought her in to be examined, and to everyone's surprise, doctors diagnosed her with a form of cancer they had never before seen.

When Scarlette was just 10 months old they operated on her, removing her arm and the cancer with it.

Understandably, both Scarlette and her parents have experienced their fair share of struggle...

But it's only made them all even closer with each other. And with Doc, Scarlette finally has someone she can relate to.

Watch ABC's coverage of Scarlette and Doc's heartwarming story here:

Be sure to check out the charity page set up for Scarlette - Smiles For Scarlette - to learn more about her story and what you can do to help her!