The doctor finds he trusts this cat and he learns to be guided by the cat because Oscar has the ability to sense when a patient is about to die. This non-fiction book took me over. This is what I've been having trouble with, the fact that letting go can feel, at times, like a death.

They are irrelevant The moving title poem, The Kabul Olympics, is written in tribute to award-winning novelist The range and variety of this collection is considerable but McAuliffe is especially good – modest and self-deprecatingly amusing – on the home front.

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On July 27, 2007 Oscar the amazing cat who seemed to be able to predict the imminent death of patients at Steere House Nursing and Rehab Center in Providence, Rhode Island made the AP news . When one person disappears, the other is left alone, as if holding a string with no kite. Oscar is a cat that lives at a hospice and has an uncanny ability to know when residents are going to pass away. I bought this book because I wanted to know more about THE CAT. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations

There’s an ordinary rhino racing up and down the stairs, The nursing home where Dr. Dosa works has cats "working"/living there. And that's what this book is about - it's not a cute cat book (look for Dewey, if that's what you're interested in). We all must die alone but with an animal lying by your side, purring or just snuggling I truly believe it brings comfort not only to the person who is passing on but those who are there with them. Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary CatIt seems I am in the minority here, but I thought this book was just okay. So it's also easy to fall into believing that our children, if they are to succeed in life, need to be terrific at everything, and that it's up to us to make sure that they are-to keep them on track through tougher course loads, more activities, more competitive sports, more summer programs. Is a brilliant and interesting book to read specially when you're in the same situation as the author i.e. I knew the book was about a cat in a nursing home. Everyday happenings are the tradition of family. He lives in a unit for those with dementia and helps when someone is dying. Oscar, who normally isn't a cuddly sort of cat, will show up in the patient's room and sit on the bed with the patient. Her boys are growing up and there is the usual rebellion that teenagers subject their parents to. And how far their families go to deny it as well. I really enjoyed this book. I say “usually,” but there aren’t actually any stories in the book about him sitting with someone who doesn’t then pass on, so I guess it’s more like always. To learn more, click on the box. He brought up some serious issues in his own life, including a chronic health condition, but then left them as loose ends, making me wonder why he brought them up in the first place. I did cry a good bit while reading.I had to travel for work last week.

This book picks up at a later date- when her oldest son is entering high school and continues a chronological journey through the high school years. February 2nd 2010 First of all I had heard about similar other cats who have been loving nurturers to patients whether they were human or animal so I may have heard of Oscar just in passing as some trivia companies like to throw things out there in random passing of facts. Five-day in person memoir workshops. Seriously, the book gives Oscar maybe 10% of the real estate. This is about Dosa's health, or his family, or the interminable stories about people and then the "and oh yeah Oscar was there when they died and it was great." I agree with those reviews. The Author reinforced this many times during this beautiful and to the gut book.