Pets predict’s patients’ death
Scamp is the live-in pet at an Ohio nursing home, but the Schnauzer doesn’t just bring companionship to the lonely. He has an eerie gift that also allows him to bring comfort to the dying.
Scamp can somehow sense when the end is near for one of the old folks. He then waits loyally by their bedside in the final hours.
Director of nursing Adeline Baker says Scamp has forecast practically every one of the 40 or so deaths that have occurred in the three years he’s been at the home. She also insists Scamp’s presence is welcomed by patients as the end draws near.
Source: arbroath.blogspot.com
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.
Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work there, said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill
She was convinced of Oscar’s talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn’t eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish tinge, signs that often mean death is near.
Oscar wouldn’t stay inside the room though, so Teno thought his streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor’s prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient’s final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.
Source: WashingtonPost.com
You can’t even call these two lovely and cute pets the harbinger of death. Although its comforting to say that they sense when someone is near death, and they are just there to provide company to the dying. Read the full report by jumping through the source links.
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