06/10/2025
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MY GRADMA SAID SHE WOULDN’T STAY IN THE HOSPITAL UNLESS HER CAT COULD COME TOO—AND SHE MEANT IT!
We thought she was joking at first.
The nurse had just explained they needed to keep her a few extra nights. Something about her heart rate, something about observation. Grandma didn’t even blink—just crossed her arms and said, “Fine. But I’m not staying here without Tucker.”
Tucker is her tabby. Seventeen pounds of spoiled, clingy, biscuit-making fur who’s been her shadow ever since Grandpa passed. They eat breakfast together. Watch TV together. Nap at exactly 2:30 p.m. every single day. That cat knows her schedule better than I do.
So when she said she wasn’t staying unless he could stay too? She wasn’t bluffing.
She refused her dinner tray. Refused her medication. Said she’d sign herself out AMA (Against Medical Advice, which she definitely Googled ahead of time). The nurses scrambled. The doctor tried negotiating. No one won.
Except her.
Because the next evening, after a lot of phone calls, forms, and one extremely patient therapy animal coordinator… there he was.
Tucker, curled up right in her arms, purring like an engine, like he owned the entire hospital room. And Grandma? I swear, the second she felt that little heartbeat against her chest, her blood pressure dropped in real time.Her condition improved and they were back home in just few days. Love heals! 🐈❤️