K'Ching is a 3 week old abandoned baby found on the ground in a classy area of town. The lovely MOPs (members of public) found her, bundled her up in a fleecy top and school hat, and took her home where they called for rescue.
Some of the aiming of the video is completely pathetic (I hate these vid glasses but I also forget to adjust the aim so it's not just their fault). I have left the footage in because it tells part of the story; it also gets better.

So late in the season, this little one is such a delight; when you have 10 babies to feed 45 times a day, though you love the babies it becomes work and a time juggling responsibility to do all which is needed for them.
When you have one baby in care it's a delight of senses; the greys smell delightful; the visual delight and personal interactions and entertainment never fail to make me feel good; the work for one baby isn't particularly onerous and between Maggie and myself we can easily cover all the feeds and still continue the other commitments in our lives.
I love getting the really squidgy babies who look fine then crash overnight to be scarily iffy, then the somehow pull through and start to sort their body processes out so they end up on the recovery trail.

I was really worried that K'Ching was going to die overnight: she was very dehydrated and took forever to do her first wee, which was only 3 drops after 4 subcutaneous fluid boosts, and she made the most scary noises for which I couldn't figure out the reason; if they were pain or distress. She got analgesia and finally went back to sleep and stopped crying or screaming or whatever she was trying to communicate.
... and in the morning she had the most amazing case of bed hair and was all squished and ruffled, but she was alive and opening her eyes, and so cute.
Lots more subcutaneous fluids were required to get her to finally pee more than 3 drops, but if you watch the progress in the video, she drags herself out of squidginess to become viable.
You have no idea what a relief this was; I was even promising that Maggie would come over and she could pee onto her boobs (!!! yes, really).
It's late into day 3 now, and little K'Ching has survived 50 hours and is a survivor. YAY!!!

I called her K'Ching because she as from the classy part of town and I love the sound of cash registers...

Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for me. It’s an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult).
https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/
Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me.
If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me.
IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the amount donated and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt.
The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie.
Here’s Jenny’s email.
[email protected]