Name: Robin
E-mail: Private
Date posted: March 05, 2010 - 09:19 pm
Message: Not so much compassion story, but my Maine Coon is intuitive. She sleeps with us every night. However, many nights she will wait to come to bed, lurking in the doorway or hallway. However, the SECOND that I drift off to sleep, she then leaps on the bed. This makes me think that she somehow senses the change of activity in the brain, or level of consciousness. I have noted this for almost 10 years; it seems to almost be a game with her. (Her sense of humour is apparent in many of her other interactions with us.)

Name: Dave Langan
E-mail: davelangan@gmail.com
Date posted: March 05, 2010 - 04:44 am
Message: Hi, just finished reading 'Making the Rounds with Oscar' and wanted to say how much I enjoyed it. As a cat owner I got a kick out of reading about Dr Dosa's varying degrees of success trying to 'bond' with a cat! But what David really succeeds in is conveying how debilitating and heartbreaking an illness dementia is. You're in a tough line of work, doctor; I tip my hat to you. And to you, Oscar, however you do it.

Congratulations on a profoundly moving and poignant book. That second-last chapter, with Oscar on the trolley making rounds with Mary, was magic.

Name: Denise Benda
E-mail: denisepetsitter@aol.com
Date posted: February 23, 2010 - 06:50 am
Message: WONDERFUL book!!

Animals are extraordinary creatures (humans can learn alot from them). Husband/I have five cats (all rescues) and while suffering once w/ a severe migraine and in bed, our cat Tess came in, put her paw on my cheek and then laid down beside me -- she's NEVER done that before. W/ my pet-sitting over the past 30 years, I have many fond memories of those creatures from the past, the present, and those unknown yet w/n the future. I wish peace for all afflicted and involved w/ AD; book gave me a stronger insight of how devastating AD is to so many.

Name: Nancy ONeill
E-mail: Private
Date posted: February 22, 2010 - 08:12 am
Message: My Mother passed away on February 23, 2009. She suffered with AD for well over 13 years. The last decade of her life she was unable to walk, speak and her eyes were always closed. AD robbed her of her spirit and very being. We experienced much of what the familes in the book revealed. No one could possibly understand how cruel this disease is unless they experience it firsthand in their own family. The residents in my Mother's hall were so severely overtaken by the ravages of AD that few were able to respond to pets brought in to visit. The book should be a must read for those entering the geriatric field. It will open up their eyes to the heartache this disease causes. This book was theraputic for me. I wish it was available 13 years ago as I began saying good-bye to my best friend-my once loving Mother. I wish I had Oscar in my Mother's room on February 23, 2009. This book is a must read for all families embarking on the AD journey. I'll never understand why my Mother got this heartbreaking disease.

Name: Ruth Jones
E-mail: monkfan2005-list@yahoo.com
Date posted: February 20, 2010 - 03:36 pm
Message: As s personal caregiver to my husband for over 6 years post stroke,I appreciate your inclusion of others. I do not have a cat story, but known many humans feel the presence of angels at such times and cats love the light.