take a look at this

[J.bean]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959718/

I wouldn't be very happy to have that cat spending time with me.

 

[Teresa]

wow. I've heard similar stories about animals sensing death. amazing.

 

[Smiling JOe]

maybe that cat is suffocating the patients, like they are known to do to infants. Then, they curl up next to the patient, looking all loving.

 

[Mermaid]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959718/

I wouldn't be very happy to have that cat spending time with me.

I would. If I were old and sick and nearing the end of the road, I'd like to have an "early warning" so my family could gather round and send me off in style.