Poor Kitty!

This may gross some people out. Just giving you fair warning...

As my husband was pulling into the driveway this afternoon, he saw something stuck at the top of the next door neighbor's garage door. At first, he thought it was a joke, but then he heard a cat crying, so he walked over to investigate.

Apparently, our next door neighbor's cat had climbed up into the garage door when it was up. When my neighbor left the house, he closed the garage door and the cat got stuck up top...his legs were dangling from the top outside, but he was pinned inside.

My husband, bless his heart, was getting so upset by this (while I, on the other hand, wasn't sure whether to cry or throw up). He called the sheriff's department and animal control to find out if there was anything they could do. I believe a deputy was on his way out when suddenly we saw the neighbor pass our house. My husband ran outside like a bat out of hell to try and stop him from opening the garage door, but it was too late.

Luckily (or unluckily), the cat fell from the garage door when it opened and wasn't crushed to death. He was still alive, though he wasn't moving from the middle down. My husband went with my neighbor to take the cat to the vet. We're not sure what will happen at this point, but the cat might end up paralyzed and possibly have to be put down. The good news is that they ran x-rays and there were no broken bones. The vet is keeping the cat overnight for observation.

Apparently, my neighbor's wife was livid when she found out what happened. My guess is that she will likely beat the crap out of her husband tonight for not checking on the cat before closing the garage door. Something tells me he has it coming to him.

I'll post an update in the "comments" -- poor kitty!