This Stray Cat Helped a Musician Battle Addiction and Turn His Life Around

You know what the bumper sticker says: “who rescued who?” It’s a phrase that has

become ubiquitous with encouraging adoption over shopping for pets. It may be kind of cheesy, it stands by something that we could never discourage — and a lot of times, it’s true. Our companion animals have the amazing ability to heal us when we are at our worst with their unconditional love. If it ever seems like they seem to be in tune with our emotions when we’re down, it’s because they are — dogs are so aware of our emotions that therapy dogs are used anywhere from hospitals and assisted living facilities to stress-busting sessions for university students around exam time.

Sometimes, we find our life-saving animal angel in a shelter but other times, their debut into our lives is completely unplanned. The latter is exactly what happened to James Bowen in 2007.  When Bowen first found Bob the cat, he was nothing more than a stray who had been living outside of his assisted living building in London. Bowen started giving him fresh food and water and after three days, Bob was living in Bowen’s apartment. It was then that he noticed that the homeless kitty was suffering from an abscess on his leg.

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