I am so sorry.
Our cat, we will have had him for 3 years in March, has finally gotten to where anyone sitting on the couch with a blanket across their lap, is a good target for a napping nest. He sleeps by my feet most of the night, most nights, and will climb up my body for petting, if I am laying on my back.
We have since adopted two more cats, Midnight (another Maine
Coon) and Tootsie, a tiny tortie tiger. They are sweeties.
A house without cats is like a day without sunshine.