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Thu 26 Jul, 2007 12:41 pm
Why Miller, we've had CAT scans in New Mexico for ages. This is nothing new.
And the lab reports. Don't forget those.
Oscar isn't "predicting" anything. He's killing them!
Cats Rule
Cats are so smart.
I read that article this morning and it doesn't surprise me at all.
My best friend's husband died from a massive heart attack this past Feb.
Two weeks prior, he told me he'd been having trouble breathing (he was very over-weight) but apparently it wasn't bad enough for him to go to the doctor (hindsight = 20/20.)
At the same time, their 2 cats started acting weird; knocking things off a shelf in order to curl up right above his head when he was in his favorite recliner - which was all the time.
The one stopped using the litter box and began to urinate in and on odd places. In other words, the cats were acting noticably strange.
After he died, everthing went back to normal. The one cat went back to using the litter box and they never went back to the shelf.
I've been convinced since then that the cats knew something was wrong and knew that he was going to die.
Now that I've read about this cat, I'm even more sure!
Nope. The poor guy developed an allergy to cats, his respriation suffered, leading to cardiac problems.
Yeah, that's right, Lmur. How come dogs never get credit when due?
lmur wrote:And the lab reports. Don't forget those.
Yes...The "Lab" reports are especially nice.
You'd think they'd kick the damn cat off their bed.
That's what I was thinking, too...
"Ahhhh! It's the cat! Get it off, get it off...!"
I guess by that point they're ready and/or unable to put up much of a protest, though...
I read the article before. It's creepy and comforting at the same time. I would be horrified if I was a healthy person and Oscar decided to curl up and sleep with me, however, if very ill and old as these patients seem to be - his purring may be comforting.
On the other hand, if my cats start acting weird (at least weirder than normal), I off to the doctors.
In one Boston area hospice, as soon as a patient nears death,
soothing music is played. Everyone hearing the music then knows that the hour of death is approaching.
I know if I was dying alone, I would have appreciated Oscar by my side.
That story made me cry
Or maybe it's the PMS
Miller wrote:In one Boston area hospice, as soon as a patient nears death,
soothing music is played. Everyone hearing the music then knows that the hour of death is approaching.
Now that I think is kind of morbid.
I bet Oscar is sleep deprived - probably afraid of taking a nap with himself.
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