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Your kitty, Jazz sounds so wonderful! Being there for you when you needed him when you were so sick. Kitties seem to know when we need them. Recently my husband of 30 years died. The neighbor's cat has become close to us in the last year. He came up with his usual visit and stopped and looked at my husband's empty chair; like where is my friend? Then, he came over to me purring loudly and loving me up, rubbing up against my legs. I picked him up and held him and told him my husband was up in Heaven. It helped me. However, "Kitty" kept coming up for the next 6 days which he has never done. It's usually only once every 2 weeks just being a good neighbor cat. He kept loving me up every day and I kept holding him. He knew I was lonely. It was so sweet!
I'm glad you have your wonderful Jazz there for you!
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Animals are highly intuitive, and I’m sure that cat could feel your grief and obviously sense the absence of your husband by the empty chair. And then he visits you and shows affection. Remarkable.
My kitty's love is my best medicine. They definitely do sense when you are not feeling well and/or lonely. When they're purring while on your lap, it also makes them feel good.
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When my other kitty, Cinnamon ("Cinny") died earlier this year, Jazz became depressed. Those 2 were inseparable tho 3 years apart in age. I was depressed too but so glad I had Cinny for all 17 years of his life. Jazz wouldn't eat for 4 days. I knew if that went on to 5 days he might develop a severe health problem. But on the 5th day he decided to eat again! From the day that Cinny died, Jazz and I comforted each other. We both loved Cinny so I made sure Jazz got even more attention. After some time had passed, I realized that both of us seemed to have drifted away from the depression. Brought tears of joy to my eyes knowing that Jazz could help me get thru the loss of Cinny while I was helping him to recover as well. So glad I'm retired and can spend lots of time every day with Jazz.