A Patient Cat....

This is Dana.
He is a free spirit and roams wherever he wants... 
He was sitting patiently on the counter when I discovered he was actually still in my mom's room.  When I approached him, he stood up as if to say,
                                                          "A little help...please?"




His sister, Marley, hangs out by the front desk most of the time.  She is a bit shyer than Dana.

The sign says,
"Please keep costs and cats down,
'Cat scans are expensive!!"'
In chatting with the receptionist at the front desk,
I learned that the two cats checked in with a resident who moved into the nursing home.  The staff shared that there were a couple of hurdles to get over, and then cats were allowed to accompany their owner.
I was so impressed with the kindness shown and the willingness to try to make it work.  It is a privately owned nursing home, and the best atmosphere that I have ever seen in such a facility. 
The owner has since passed on, and the cats now are 'everyone's cats'. Some people feed them and others totally ignore them. Of course it is always on the cats' terms.  .  They are pretty low key...

Perhaps they know they were probably 'setting a precedent' and should be on their best behavior!
They are the resident 'therapy cats'...smiled at from near or afar...
And it works.  Wahoo!!