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Cat predicts 50 deaths in RI nursing home
The Telegraph ^
| 01 Feb 2010
| Tom Leonard
Posted on 11/23/2014 4:27:28 PM PST by Sawdring
A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in their final hours, according to a new book.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: cat; death; oldnews
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For all you goofy cat lovers!
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:27:28 PM PST
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Or, at least, don’t let it into your room.
To: Sawdring
I guess there is something to that “cats suck out peoples’ breaths” thing.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:29:19 PM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."- Benjamin Franklin)
To: Sawdring
Since this is an excerpt from a book, if it’s the same cat, somebody in the nursing home killed it and threw it into a garbage can.......
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:31:12 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
He’s in a target-rich environment.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:32:03 PM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: Sawdring
Every time we hear a story like this we next hear of the cat’s untimely demise.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:32:04 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
To: Sawdring
Obamacare’s version of a cat scan.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:32:47 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Sawdring
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:33:03 PM PST
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:33:58 PM PST
by
ZinGirl
(kids in college....can't afford a tagline right now)
To: Sawdring
Reminds me of The Purple Testament on Twilight Zone.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:36:37 PM PST
by
MNDude
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:39:20 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village.)
To: Sawdring
He suggests Oscar is able - like dogs, which can reportedly smell cancer - to detect ketones, the distinctly-odoured biochemicals given off by dying cells.These ketones must be like catnip to this cat.
Interesting.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:39:23 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Sawdring
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:39:41 PM PST
by
NYer
("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
To: Sawdring; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Re:
A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in their final hours Gadzooks, if it is.. Maggie the cat... I'm all for it!
What a way... to go!
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:40:56 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Sawdring
This happened with my mother-in-law. The cat had the run of the big place. My MIL was there for a year and half dying of Lewy Body Dementia. In her final days the cat was a constant presence. It rarely visited her room before that time. It was oddly comforting to see the kitty curled up next to her.
To: Sawdring
i don’t doubt kitty’s abilities for a moment, as both cats and dogs can smell or detect other medical conditions
they’re very talented
but... really....have they checked this kitty out for maybe having a lethal virus in its scratch, or??????????
just asking...
meanwhile, don’t let kitty near ya!
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:42:03 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: mplsconservative
I heard on the news that Robin Williams was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. That could explain his need to end his life.
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posted on
11/23/2014 4:47:50 PM PST
by
tuffydoodle
(Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
To: Sawdring
Everybody knows that everybody dies and nobody knows it like the kitty. But I do think that all the skies of all the Earth might just turn dark if Oscar ever for one moment, accepts it. Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today. Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Some days, nobody dies at all.
(In the nursing home, Oscar walks back to the dying patient’s room. He stops, looking at the doors. Then he raises his tail, and stands there poised like that for a long moment. Finally he flicks his tail. He saunters slowly and walks in, joining the dying patient. Then he flicks his tail again, and begins the wait.)
Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair, and the kitty comes to call... somebody lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIiZYbeTzm4
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posted on
11/23/2014 5:01:45 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Sawdring
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