Hey, it's Mike Waters from the Waters Wake Up Call.
I gotta tell you, I had a great bright side just drop into my lap this morning.
First, I had brought up this sheltered dog who detected a man's seizure at this adoption event in Virginia last Saturday.
The dog is Sienna, and the story has since just exploded.
It's gone viral.
Several people, of course, have filled out applications to adopt Sienna, this dog.
And I got Barb Shackelford, director of
of Campbell County Animal Control talking about exactly what happened.
Sienna walked over to a man very deliberately.
She had not met him before, sat down beside him and put her paw on his foot and just sat there.
And his wife came around the corner and said, oh my goodness.
This means he's probably going to have a seizure.
She was amazed.
She told our volunteer later that they had three dogs at home.
None of them had ever shown any kind of attention like that before, like a precursor to a seizure.
That is amazing is what that is.
Well, then the special thing happened.
I had local guy Jim call me about his cat and how it healed his open heart surgery.
I was blown away.
Jim, tell that story again, will you?
Hey,
Mike, I had open heart surgery done.
Cat laid up on my chest.
I slept with that cat on my chest and the firing from it healed my open heart surgery area where the stitches were at.
Is that
true?
Yes, 100% true.
Did you get doctor confirmation on that?
Yes, I did.
Really?
Yep, the firing.
From the cat, when the cat laid out on my chest, they said, help feel my wound.
Did they give you any kind of a medical explanation as to how that happened?
It was a little puzzle.
But they say the vibration from its purring is what helped heal it.
Wow.
Them some good vibrations.
Yes.
That's really cool, man.
That's really cool.
I had no idea.
I knew that cats had a sense.
Like if you weren't feeling good, they would just, you know, get right up to ya if they knew what I was saying.
But I never, I never heard of the healing power of a feline.
Yes, she laid right up on my chest.
Wow.
And the vibration the doctor said helped it out.
I've heard about a pet being near and dear to your heart, but this this takes the cake.
Yes.
I really appreciate you calling with that.
You're welcome, Mike.
Boy, the lesson here, animals are awesome.
Thank you, Jim, for for calling in with that.
That was that was a pretty cool story.
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