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.
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I’m not sure they’ll take the demotion.
Thanks for the cat scan ping.
Of course this was only after several that had already been performed.
It's one of my favorites too. The "little guy" is probably 20 pounds of Dr. Bossy Cat and master of all he surveys by now.
Those dang cuties always get spoiled.
The correct answer is:
I’ll bet he heard the vibration (bruit) of the aneurysm. He probably thought she was purring? Very cool.
Your doggie is just in love with you....:O)
Our female cat weighs about 7.5-8 lbs. and she usually curls up close next to my upper abdomen as I sleep on my left side with my body pillow (she’s on it too). The last few days, when she leaves in the morning to her routine treat and play time with my hubby, the male cat who weighs about 12 lbs. tries to take her place next to me. He always wakes me up and I don’t even have to look up or touch him to know it is him. You wouldn’t think 50% more weight would make that big of a difference, but it really does. He is TOOOO heavy for me and I usually have to move around a bunch to get him off of me! I do love having them around but I sleep better not having them on top of me.
Cat scans and Lab tests?? LOL
I’m just glad neither cat sleeps on my head.
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