I missed seeing the original story: This Adorable Cat Was Frozen by the Polar Vortex.

[Judi Lynn]

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Here's the one posted by Cattledog which I didn't see before returning today. Apologies to Cattledog. Here's the first link:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/116143035



This Adorable Cat Was Frozen by the Polar Vortex. But Vets Defrosted Her and Now She's Fine.
By Tia Ghose, Associate Editor | February 8, 2019 11:11am ET

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Luckily, Fluffy's owners brought her to the animal clinic before she froze to death.
Credit: Animal Clinic of Kalispell

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear ice-encrusted fur.

Fluffy, an adorably resilient cat recently survived a brush with the polar vortex after her owners found her covered in chunks of ice and snow.

The owners (who were not identified) rushed Fluffy, who looked more ice-ball mop than feline, to the Animal Clinic of Kalispell in Montana, where veterinarians essentially defrosted the cat more than a week ago, according to news reports.

Fluffy wasn't frozen solid, Andrea Dutter, executive director of the Animal Clinic of Kalispell, told the Washington Post. But her temperature was well below 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) — the lower limit on the hospital's thermometers. Cats normally run temperatures a few degrees warmer than humans' average body temperature of 98.6 F, according to PetMD. [Gallery: Freeze-Dried Pets]

More:
https://www.livescience.com/64725-fluffy-frozen-cat-defrosted-like-totinos.html

[democratisphere]

1. Very fortunate that she survived. Cats (felines) are some of toughest animals on Earth.

Many apparently do have 9 lives.

[irisblue]

2. She must have used up one. 😺

[democratisphere]

4. At least 1.

[samplegirl]

3. Looks like my boy

Made my heart hurt!