[Cats] Luv-Bug

[Tracey Bonner]

Julie:
I must say that I agree with you on the blood pressure thing.  Having 43
cats does do something to mine.  I run low blood pressure all the time.
Sometimes it gets so low that I have dizzy spells and have to watch getting
up to quickly. I am also hoping that you are right about the strokes and
heart attacks.  Being a diabetic, and prone to heart attacks, and also in my
family, and strokes, then I think I will live a long time, and all thanks to
my wonderful babies.  ALL 43 OF THEM!!
Tracey/43 gang
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:50 PM, julie <genpub at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Sammie, our tuxedo cat has always been more emotionally needy than any of
> the rest of the Hairy Herd.  She was one of the "Fab-5" litter of 5-wk-olds
> I fish-netted into our family six years ago.  If she could articulate her
> life's philosophy, it would be, "I can get bigger, but I don't hafta grow
> up!"  I maintain that she got cheated on brain space--were she human, we'd
> say she's "developmentally challenged."  We should have named her "Linus,"
> because she kneads and wool-sucks, every chance she gets.  Good thing she
> doesn't have an opposable thumb, or she'd be sucking IT! But she's SUCH a
> fierce bug hunter!
>
> Anyway, in the last week or so, she's taken to climbing onto my lap, and up
> onto my chest. Then she rests her chin in the hollow of my neck, tucks her
> front paws under, and purrs away, contentedly, for up to ten minutes at a
> time, just below my ear.  Of course, whatever I was doing on the 'puter at
> that time, is suspended while I hold and pet her until she has decided her
> emotional need has been met.  Then she hops down and goes off to other
> purrr-suits.  I don't know if she's thinking, "Thanks, Mom - I love you," or
> just feeling more safe and secure.
>
> But if it's true that pets are good for our blood pressure, and that cat
> owners suffer 40% fewer heart attacks and strokes than dog owners, then I'm
> very lucky to have been adopted as often as I have.
>
> Julie MomCat, running the Fuzzy Freeloaders' Flophouse...
>
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