I had a quiet therapy cat visit at the big hospital. We stopped at the Cancer Center, they were done for the day so no one would visit. So we met up with another therapy cat, Josie, and her human and headed to Pediatrics.
Before we even got to the Pediatrics wing, however, we found a waiting room full of medical students, so my man insisted we stop to visit them for a while. What a great idea because they were so excited to see me and Josie! Most of them wanted to hug us and take pictures, except for a few people who were allergic. But an allergic man was fascinated by me and asked my people many questions about me. Apparently the allergy was the only thing keeping him from being a cat.
When we got to Pediatrics, it was almost empty except for two patients. One of them had a mother who said she didn’t want to visit, but her son had a lot of questions about me before we left. If we had listened to a nurse at the station, we might not have visited another patient. They warned us that he was deaf and partially blind and had developmental issues. But when we went in, he had a lot of family there and everyone wanted to see us. Josie sat on the bed with the patient, while I sat with one of the family members. He showed me many pictures of his cat at home. The cat is ferocious, and even more shy of people than my friend peach kitty. But he just loves her.
Finally we went to Behavioral Medicine, which is one of our regular stops on this visit. They only had 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 happy we were there! So were the staff, and Josie and I had a great time with them all. I even gave the patient a high five.
It may not have been the busiest or most exciting cat therapy visit, but I still enjoyed seeing everyone.
