Last Saturday morning I went to visit my next door neighbour and friend,
Nicky, in hospital. You may remember she fell downstairs. She is very
confused and her short term memory is not good. When I came home I was
quite upset. There has been a black cat living in our street for about a
year now and This cat has never come to me for fussing, but Nicky (who has
two cats) smokes and because her husband has given up smoking, she goes
outside into her carport outside her front door to have a cigarette. She
is usually joined by Oscar (the cat who's doing my purring at the moment)
and the black cat for a fuss. Not at the same time of course. Anyway as I
got out of the car on Saturday, I heard a cat Meowing loudly. I turned
around and there was the black cat calling to me and running up the street
to me. I stroked him and told him about Nicky and asked that he purr for
her to get better. I felt that he'd come to ask me what had happened to
her and was she alright? It was so weird that he chose that moment to come
to me so very determinedly.

I told Nicky's husband that I'd posted and you were sending purrs for her
and he was very pleased that people all over the world were sending good
wishes to Nicky. He says to thank you all. Thank you from me too.

Judith