![]() It’s possible that Oscar may simply be responding to nurses and staff activity related to the patient’s condition. Does it count as a prediction if Oscar came the day before? Two days before? Does he try to alert anyone to who will die? Or are we humans simply reading into the random wanderings of a cat?ĭiscovery explains some alternate theories: And there’s also the question of timing-when Oscar visits and when the patient dies. What we have are anecdotes from the doctors who work with and love the cat. No one has kept real records of his predictions and the outcomes. Well, let’s start with the fact that the story of Oscar’s power might not really be true. Three years later he wrote a book called “Making the Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat.” And Oscar is still at it. David Dosa wrote a piece for the New England Journal of Medicine about Oscar’s extraordinary power. In the last five years, Oscar has correctly predicted at least 50 deaths. As he wanders the halls of the center, he stops by patients who have the shortest amount of time to live. ![]() ![]() Oscar lives at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and he has a weird skill. You might have heard about Oscar the cat before. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |