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I have a rescue Maine Coon named Maximus that a coworker found left in the apartment she rented. He has been abused and had a broken paw at one point and walks with a slight limp and has no balance. Throw in the fact the poor guy is cross eyed.

I’m a cat guy, they love me, always have and my wife’s calico Abigail had already taken up with me instead of her but she said sure will take Max. We had him neutered and wormed and he sat on me for hours after we brought him home from the vet and finally I sat him in the litter pan and he did his business and ran off and hid under a hutch.

For a week or two we had Max sightings from the kids, they would report I saw him run out of the kitchen or bathroom. He would sneak out to the litter pan and use it and to the food and water bowls. I would go to the hutch and sit down and lean against the wall and he would ease over to my hand under the hutch and let me love on him.

Now he is my shadow in the house. Office, kitchen, watches me cut grass in the windows, meows wanting out in the garage with me if I am working out there, even if I go to the bathroom he follows me and if I go away for a business trip for a couple of days I am fussed at for a minute or two and then he is all over me purring and giving affection.

Each morning he washes up as he watches me get ready in the bedroom for work and I will start to leave and tell him, you have the point Max and he will trot down the hallway and through the rooms in front of me until we get to the garage door and he watches me get my wallet, keys, watch and gun off the fridge and he knows I am leaving. When I hit the door returning home he comes running to greet me. I actually can whistle and call him like people call a dog and he comes running. I have had many cats growing up and as an adult but this rescue kitty is the most affectionate and loving little cat I have every encountered, love him to death.