Instead of turning away in fear, one day, Coconut decided to let his human caregiver touch his head for just a second or two. That brief moment meant the world to Nelson. It was a sign that the kitty had finally started to come around.

Slowly but surely, Coconut progressed to letting his human clean his eyes. As Nelson got closer to Coconut, she discovered the reason why he had such a hard life as a feral.

"It took two very deep bites from him to realize he was deaf and could only see shadows. He was frightened and no one knows the torture he went through living on the streets for so long in that condition."

"Many people told to me to put him to sleep that he was unadoptable. I couldn't let him live his life in a cage and I couldn't put him to sleep," Nelson said.