Willow’s owner Amanda Jameson says she was “extremely close” to falling under a diabetic coma and might have remained in threat were it not for her cat.
Friday 21 April 2023 02:22, UK
A cat who saved its diabetic owner’s life is amongst the finalists at the National Cat Awards.
Amanda Jameson, 51, from Liverpool, passed out after going to sleep one night with precariously low blood glucose.
Willow the cat bit the leg of Ms Jameson’s partner Ray Sherwood, 57, who had actually gone to sleep in front of the tv and paced around to wake him up.
Willow then led Mr Sherwood upstairs, where he discovered Amanda unresponsive and required an ambulance.
Mr Sherwood said: “I had actually gone to sleep in front of the television and after that around 4am, I was woken by Willow biting at my legs and leaping at me.
“It was extremely out of character for her and made me get up to see what all the hassle had to do with. She was running in between me and the stairs, recalling at me. I followed her up the stairs and she kept recalling at me to make certain I was coming.
“When I entered into the bed room, Willow jumped onto the bed, and I might see Amanda plunged over.
“She was unresponsive and I called an ambulance quickly.”
‘An overall hero’
Mr Sherwood included: “She was extremely unhealthy and hurried to health center where, luckily, they had the ability to treat her.
“I was definitely shocked – Willow had actually saved her life.
“She’s an amazing cat, an overall hero.”
Ms Jameson said she had actually been informed she was “extremely close” to falling under a diabetic coma, and after that the outlook “might have been extremely bad”.
“Willow is remarkable, I simply believe she’s unbelievable,” she included.
‘I believe she’s examining I’m breathing’
“Since I came home from health center, she has actually ended up being extremely protective of me. I’ve observed how she puts her nose to my mouth a lot, I believe she’s examining I’m breathing,” she included.
There are 4 classifications in the National Cat Awards – cat associates, family fur-ever, moggy marvels and social star.
Willow remains in the moggy marvels classification, along with Dali, a cat which was missing out on for a month prior to being discovered marooned on a little group of rocks in a river, and Beau, which supports its owner David, who was identified with incurable blood cancer.
‘Cats can have a substantial influence on wellbeing’
The public will have till 30 June to vote and the winners will be revealed on 17 July, at an event hosted by author and television speaker Dawn O’Porter.
Cats Protection’s awards organiser, Ashley Fryer, said: “Cats can have a substantial influence on health and wellbeing and psychological health and it’s clear that each of our finalists brings something truly unique to their owners.
“We’ve trimmed almost 3,000 entries to simply 12 impressive felines and we can’t wait to see who the general public selects as their winners.”
