A quick-thinking carer brought her kitten back to life after she accidentally put on a wash with her beloved pet trapped in the machine.
Courtney Drury didn’t realise three-month-old Posey had climbed in for a catnap among the clothes before she turned the washer on.
And her hapless kitty went round for 20 minutes before mum-of-one Courtney finally tracked her down.
Courtney, 22, who was “crying and panicking”, grabbed lifeless Posey and, in a desperate bid to revive her, used the CPR she learned just weeks earlier.
She said: “I had heard a miaow but couldn’t find the cat. It wasn’t until 20 minutes later that I saw she was in the machine. I got the door open and she flopped out with the wet clothes.
“I started CPR then I heard a very little miaow.”
The Liverpudlian mum rushed Posey to the vet who put her on oxygen. She added: “The vet said she had never seen anything like it. She said if I hadn’t done CPR Posey wouldn’t have survived.”
Courtney and worried daughter Alyssia, four, then endured an agonising night after being told Posey had taken a “turn for the worse”.
But the vet called the next day to say the puss was on the mend.
She added: “Posey is definitely a miracle cat and they must have nine lives.”
Little Posey, who is just months old, is now back at home following the incident last Tuesday.
Courtney said: “She’s back to her normal self, running around our feet.
“My daughter who is four really missed her when she was at the vets.
“I felt so guilty when she came home, but she came and sat on the sofa by my shoulders and nuzzled me.
“We love her a lot.”
Now Courtney has stickers around the machine to remind her to check for the cat.
