take a look at this

wow. I've heard similar stories about animals sensing death. amazing.

maybe that cat is suffocating the patients, like they are known to do to infants. Then, they curl up next to the patient, looking all loving.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959718/

I wouldn't be very happy to have that cat spending time with me.

I would. If I were old and sick and nearing the end of the road, I'd like to have an "early warning" so my family could gather round and send me off in style.