Posted on 04/06/2007 7:58:41 AM PDT by TimeLord
NEW CASTLE, Ind. - A cat helped spare a family from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners said. Eric and Cathy Keesling said their 14-year-old cat, Winnie, played a crucial role in saving their lives March 24 after a gasoline-powered water pump in their basement caused the odorless but deadly gas to build up. About 1 a.m., the domestic shorthair began nudging Cathy’s ear and meowing loudly. “It was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming,” said Cathy, who hesitated to get up until Winnie’s caterwauling and jumping persisted. When she finally climbed from bed, she realized she was nauseous and dizzy and couldn’t awaken her husband. Because he had undergone minor neck surgery the previous day, she decided to call 911 but was so disoriented she had trouble dialing. Paramedics found the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, unconscious on the floor near his bedroom. The Keeslings were taken from the home in oxygen masks, treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and soon recovered. Cathy Keesling said Winnie acted similarly last summer when tornadoes tore through the area, 45 miles east of Indianapolis. “I really believe cats can sense these kind of things,” she said.
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What a great story. You are a trooper!
They’re ADORABLE! I love the lively little Burmeses, they are perfect cats.
Man that cat is lounging! I guess it is easy being cheesy.
Fawn, what you did for that cat is amazing. IF anything like that ever happened to my cat and I’m not around, I hope there is someone as kind as you are that will save my cats. They’re my ˜babies’ and I don’t know how I could live without them. lol ;o)
Ooh, a tuxedo cat! I’ve been told that they’re the best of the DSH “mutts.” Boy or girl?
FYI: They go to the fostering--shelter I work with and they adopt through applications, etc. I never give them out free anymore....
He/She looks just like my Daisy, right down to the “milk” spot on her chin. We have had her for 14 years now.
All..the cat is going out to a Sanctuary in South east florida! I’m happy it doesn’t have to go back to the same place.....
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