It's been almost a year since @gandolf_s saw Grayson and Sky  as new arrivals to one of the groups that she feeds. They showed up together as newly dumped babies. Their behavior proved that they were pals, from the same "home".
Grayson was in heart wrenching shape. His testicles and face had been slashed🤬💔
She and Vanessa trapped him and spent months and many $ getting him well. Surgery, meds, repeated UTIs and more. He's well now, but bears the badge of  yet another street baby with FIV. 
Sky was much more of a project. Scared out of his mind and disoriented, he became elusive, unapproachable and cloaked in deep fear. 
Months went by. Countless attempts to trap him were an exercise in futility. 
He knew humans were evil, and he was having none of it. 
But finally, Vanessa got lucky. He was just hungry enough, and he couldn't resist. He'd been out there months and months, without his Grayson. One day, while feeding the group, he just let her pick him up and put him in the carrier🥹 
Sky has been eased in to life at Foster Vanessa's and learned to relax. 
He's very sweet and grateful to leave that awful life behind. 
Sky had his full vetting last week, and he is  FIV+. Unfortunately, he is also heartworm +. This is heartbreaking, as  the median survival time for cats with heartworm disease is four years. It's estimated that 25% to 50% of cats infected with heartworm survive. Since he was on the street so long without proper vetting, it's unknown how long he's had the condition. 
There is no cure, and treatment in cats is 
supportive and focuses on controlling symptoms. Treatments can include corticosteroids, bronchodilators, and antibacterial therapy. The meds used to treat in dogs, can be fatal to cats. 

So...beautiful Sky will receive the best supportive care, the best she can, for as long as she can. While this is not at all good news, he has been saved from a horrible end on the streets, alone.
He will know comfort, kindness and sun puddles. Toys and friends and Love sweet Love💓💓💓
Praying that Sky proves the statistics wrong❣️❣️
*Opposite photo is Greyson and his little pal, Fast Eddie. Eddie was adopted some time ago. 🐾🙏