00:00This couple was driving late at night when something bright on the side of the road caught
00:03their eye. That's when they found this tiny little kitten all by herself.
00:08She was just sitting on the side of a dark road watching car after car go by.
00:12There's no telling how long she'd been out there for before Leonid and Valentina found her.
00:16Together they run a small animal hospital and sanctuary in the middle of an active war zone
00:21in Ukraine. But there's one thing to know about these two is that stopping for an animal in need
00:27is kind of what they do. Leonid and Valentina are a married couple and they're both veterinarians.
00:32Instead of evacuating they stayed behind to treat and rescue animals who have nowhere to go.
00:40When they got back to their hospital they discovered how seriously Jelly had been hurt.
00:45She had multiple injuries including a spinal injury, a broken femur, and a severe head injury
00:51that left her permanently deaf. So Leo and Valentina did what they do best and they got to work right
00:56away. They treated her injuries and stayed with her through a recovery that was not going to be easy.
01:02Jelly would always walk a little differently.
01:07She wouldn't regain any of her hearing. But watching her thrive after everything she had
01:12been through made it impossible for Leo and Valentina to not fall in love with her.
01:17We cover so many stories about people caring for animals in circumstances that most of us can never
01:22imagine. And every time we're reminded that compassion doesn't wait for life to become easier.
01:28Leo and Valentina could have kept driving that night, but instead they stopped. And now Jelly is
01:32exactly where she belongs, in a loving home by the very couple who rescued her.
01:37Jeanne encuentro with my wonderful children.
01:38Andrea 12th of the fall is born in way of springtime, but we don't forget the same thing.
01:41And I told you, I was walking back to her.
