Cat Saves Owner’s Life Hours after Adoption

Published February 22, 2012

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Adopted cat, Pudding, prevents a major catastrophe and saves his owner's life hours after being adopted!

Wisconsin native Amy Jung has plenty to be thankful for after her newly adopted cat came to her rescue during a diabetic seizure.

Jung and her young son Ethan originally went to the Door County Humane Society to play with the cats and had no intention of adoption, the Green Bay Press Gazette reports. When Jung laid eyes on Pudding and learned that the cat had been in and out of shelters since 2003, however, she knew she needed to bring the cute cat home.

The two new additions to the family, as Jung also adopted Pudding’s pal Whimsy, took little time adjusting to their new home, Jung recalls, acting as if they had always lived there.

Yet, hours later after she had gone to bed, Jung’s day took a drastic turn. Diagnosed with diabetes since childhood, Jung began to have a diabetic seizure in her sleep.

This was when Pudding sprang into action. 

Jung told the Gazette that her fearless feline began biting at her nose and pawing at her chest and face—doing anything to pull her out of the seizure. Luckily for Jung, Pudding’s tactics worked.

When Ethan Jung failed to hear his mother’s calls for help, Pudding came to the rescue again, jumping on Ethan’s bed to wake him up so that he could call for help.

Jung and her doctors do not believe she would be alive today if it was not for Pudding. 

Because of Pudding’s keen instincts of when his companion is in danger, Jung is in the process of registering Pudding as a therapy animal. Not only did Pudding save Jung’s life once, but he is well on his way to preventing such an incident from happening again as he has learned to sit by Jung’s feet and meow when he senses her blood sugar may be low.

What an amazing story! What do you think about Pudding’s heroic actions? Share your thoughts in a comment below.

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Comments (16)

Anonymous (Unverified)
LMAO!!!! what if the cat was just a psycho and attacked them both in their sleep and it was all a coincidence of the timing! HAHAHHAAA ATTACK CAT! Good kitty. glad it worked out for the best.
Anonymous (Unverified)
And to think people are paying as much as $25,000 for "highly trained" diabetes alert dogs! Adopt a shelter cat instead.
Anonymous (Unverified)
This is such an awesome story. I am so very happy to hear that all has turned out great for all.
Kyle E Wilson (Unverified)

Wow, I actually have tears in my eyes after reading this! So touching!!

Anonymous (Unverified)

Animals are man's best friend, why aren't more people animals best friend. This is a wonderful story, I have a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes and only hope that something like this doesn't happen but to have a faithful animal in the house is truly a blessing.

Katarina Jozanc (Unverified)

All I can say is that I'm not surprised... people always underestimate animals!!!!! ANIMALS ARE JUST AS SMART AS HUMANS THE ONLY THING THEY CANT DO IS TALK!!! but even that they defy sometimes!!! Just look at the Michka the talking dog!!!

Anonymous (Unverified)

My diabetic daughter sent me this link. I don't believe it!
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