And, yes, I DO take it personally: I don't ordinarily do cute animal stories

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, July 26, 2007

I don't ordinarily do cute animal stories

Oscar the cat

but this one grabbed me... i had actually heard it on cnni just a little while ago but wasn't really paying attention... then i saw it in reuters' daily headline news email, read the full story and got a bit choked up... yeah, i know... i'm just a big marshmallow...

In his two years living in Steere's end-stage dementia unit, Oscar has been at the bedside of more than 25 residents shortly before they died, according to Dr. David Dosa of Brown University in Providence.

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Raised at the nursing home since he was a kitten, Oscar often checks in on residents, but when he curls up for a visit, physicians and nursing home staff know it's time to call the family.

Labels: cats, cute