Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Cat Detects Owner’s Brain Aneurysm
Petside.com ^ | 3/16/12 | Jo Singer

Posted on 03/15/2012 11:54:15 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

Noah, an orange and white tabby, began obsessing over his owner’s head last year.

In an interview with The Northern Virginia Daily, Janet Batten says, "He constantly smelled my head on the right side, in the front, and in my eye and in my nose. Sometimes he would really push to get into my head. He began to make this sound I had never heard before. I began to get suspicious.”

At about the same time, Janet began to experience vision problems which led her to an appointment with her primary care physician and an ophthalmologist. But neither of these doctor’s examinations discovered any problems.

However a clean bill of health did not deter Noah from continuing his bizarre behavior. Thankfully Janet had a fearless feline hot on the case.

Several months later, Janet suffered a mini-stroke and an irregular heartbeat. A CAT scan was then ordered. The furless, high-tech metallic diagnostic machine revealed that Janet was suffering with a life- threatening brain aneurysm.

Even though Noah had absolutely no medical training, his intuition concerning Janet’s dangerous aneurysm was right on the money. The type of scan that Noah administered for sure is not generally part of the equipment found in imaging centers, and it is certainly not covered by health insurance.

Fortunately Janet's aneurysm has since been treated. It goes without saying she will be eternally grateful to her cat for letting her know that something was seriously wrong.

Dr. Bruce Coston, Noah's veterinarian, nominated Noah for the “Animal Hero” award at the Virginia Veterinary Conference this year. And he won. "Because Noah the cat had been alerting his mom that something was wrong, she was aggressive in seeking treatment,” says Coston.

(Excerpt) Read more at petside.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-70 next last
To: Slings and Arrows
Could it be that the "attention" the cat was giving the owner's head, was not "detecting" the aneurysm, but was instead, the source of the aneurysm????

We've all seen them. Cats give off that "evil look" sometimes, so you never know........

41 posted on 03/16/2012 5:24:40 AM PDT by cincinnati65 (Romney is not MY candidate for President in 2012.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

My neighbor’s cat detected his hernia, a broken thermocouple in his water heater and a misspelled word in his son’s homework- and that was just yesterday!


42 posted on 03/16/2012 5:31:50 AM PDT by Krankor (eenie meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

I must be on death’s door. Two cats in the house and they choose me to pay attention to. I don’t really care about cats, but they sure care about me. The dog in on tranquilizers.


43 posted on 03/16/2012 5:37:57 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (I'm for Churchill in 1940!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows
Monty Python?

Fish License

44 posted on 03/16/2012 6:04:41 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: WorkingClassFilth
Two cats in the house and they choose me to pay attention to. I don’t really care about cats, but they sure care about me.

You're simply telling them that you're submissive to them, if you try to ignore them. The reason that cats often seem to be attracted to people who aren't "cat people" is because when a cat looks and you, and you look away, in "cat language," you're telling them that they're the boss, and they'll come over to rub their forehead and cheek glands on you, marking you are theirs.

Mark

45 posted on 03/16/2012 6:13:16 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: grey_whiskers

obviously lol!


46 posted on 03/16/2012 6:14:27 AM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: MachIV

That might be a different kind of cause and effect.


47 posted on 03/16/2012 6:19:37 AM PDT by palmer (Before reading this post, please send me $2.50)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: spetznaz
I think it is a prudent rule of thumb that if your pet, cat or dog, starts being VERY curious about a certain part of your body, to have it checked out.

It is established that cats and dogs can sense that there is something wrong. Dogs are currently being used to sniff out cancer

48 posted on 03/16/2012 6:29:45 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: commish

Thanks!


49 posted on 03/16/2012 6:38:05 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: NCDave

So right. My cat scan is now being conducted, with the practitioner standing on my desk and making it hard for me to type. The two canine practitioners, OTOH, are waiting outside to be let in from their morning run. One is an 85b lb. Ptador and the other is a 100 lb., and growing, Great Dane. The Dane does his work by leaning and butting, while the Pitador regularly bumps and pokes me with his snoot.


50 posted on 03/16/2012 6:59:48 AM PDT by libstripper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

One of my kitties, a rescue kitty, used to perch on my right shoulder, right around the area where the upper lobe of my right lung was. Turned out, I had lung cancer (lobe removed, all signs of cancer gone, thankfully)—and kitty no longer perches there. These kitties seem to know.


51 posted on 03/16/2012 6:59:48 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now that Perry's out, I guess I'll just have to vote for "Generic Republican Candidate")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Safetgiver

Just try a Great Dane in your crotch. That’s my problem.


52 posted on 03/16/2012 7:01:11 AM PDT by libstripper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: xrmusn

Maybe one of the cats was driving...was his name Toonces?


53 posted on 03/16/2012 7:06:28 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now that Perry's out, I guess I'll just have to vote for "Generic Republican Candidate")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: cincinnati65

Ahhh, the evil Kitty Kurse! =^._.^=


54 posted on 03/16/2012 7:09:52 AM PDT by CAluvdubya
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

So there really are CAT-SCANS!


55 posted on 03/16/2012 7:14:28 AM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: GreatOne

Does that include a dog in my crotch?

___________________

Well there is definitely something wrong there!


56 posted on 03/16/2012 7:15:38 AM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

Cats, people with fur. :)=^..^=


57 posted on 03/16/2012 7:16:36 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

"Now that's a good pussy."

58 posted on 03/16/2012 7:22:52 AM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

Will the patient have lab work done as well?


59 posted on 03/16/2012 7:53:37 AM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: spetznaz
I think it is a prudent rule of thumb that if your pet, cat or dog, starts being VERY curious about a certain part of your body, to have it checked out.

Jeez..all dogs do is go right for everyones crotch. How would you know?

60 posted on 03/16/2012 8:24:28 AM PDT by Fawn (Anyone but OBOZO!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-70 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson