Making Rounds with Oscar : the Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa

  • Dosa, a geriatrician working at a nursing home, at first scoffs upon hearing that Oscar, the resident cat, knows when a patient at the nursing home is going to die.  Then he starts observing that the cat unerringly heads to the room of a dying patient and stays there, providing company and comfort to both patient and family members.  However long the passing takes, Oscar stays.  Dr. Dosa begins to gather information from families of patients who have died at the nursing home, and eventually he becomes a true believer.  It is clear that Oscar somehow knows when death is near, and he won’t let anyone in his nursing home die alone.  A touching, true story about an amazing cat.

     

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