I had a quiet therapy cat visit at the big hospital. We stopped by the Cancer Center, and they were already finished for the day so there was no one to visit. So we met up with the other therapy cat, Josie, and her human and headed up to Pediatrics.
Before we even got to the Pediatrics wing, however, we saw a waiting room full of medical students, so my human insisted we stop to visit with them for a bit. It was a great idea because they were so happy to see me and Josie! Most of them wanted to pet us and take photos, except for a couple of people who were allergic. But one allergic guy was fascinated by me and asked my human lots of questions about me. It kind of seemed like the allergy was the only thing holding him back from being a cat person.
Once we did get to Pediatrics, it was almost empty except for two patients. One of them had a mom who said she didn’t want a visit, but her boy asked lots of questions about me before we left. If we had listened to the one nurse at the station, we might not have visited the other patient. They warned us that he was deaf and partially blind and had developmental issues. But when we walked in, he had a lot of family there and everybody wanted to see us. Josie settled on the bed with the patient, while I spent time with one of the family members. She showed me lots of photos of her cat at home. The cat was feral, and even more shy of people than my friend the peach kitty. But she loved her just the same.
Finally we went to Behavioral Medicine, which is one of our regular stops on this visit. They had just two patients that day, and one sad looking woman sat there for a few minutes and then wanted to leave. But the other patient made a big deal out of us and was so glad we were there! So was the staff, and Josie and I had a nice time with them all. I even gave the patient a high five.
It may not have been the busiest or most exciting therapy cat visit, but I still enjoyed seeing everybody.
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