My current rescue kitten is Adira. Rescued from a very dirty and hostile animal "shelter". She'd not been properly weened, was caged with cats with massive infections - ear mites, eye infections, open wounds, and more. She weighed 1.1 lbs when I got her - we cleared up most issues within the first 3 months AND gave her the only home she will ever know. This is OUR forever home. Here she is at 1.5 lbs three months after her rescue. Her name Adira means "Strong", since she needed to be to overcome her beginnings. She's now 1 1/2 years and 7 pounds of active, intelligent, crazy Bengal Kitten madness.
Previously I had an all-black rescue I named Margo Polo because she was always looking for a new adventure. When I first got her, she could not use her back legs; I thought she had a congenital issue or had been injured (the rescue had her for 5 years in a cage, and had no idea she couldn't really walk). With daily "therapy" of playing and massages she started using her back legs to stand, eventually walk, then was running around my apartment with the zoomies fully cat-possessed :-) Unfortunately after having her for 2 years, a vet visit found 8 cancerous lesions on her liver and I decided to euthanize her since her quality of life was quickly degrading. But - during her 2 years of freedom, she made the most of every minute. I had her trained to walk on a leash and she had a 15' lead that allowed her to explore the outdoors. GREAT cat. She found the "new" every place she went.
My photo is of Adira at 3 months trying to sneak up on me while I was "reading".