
A three-legged cat that narrowly escaped death is embarking on a new life with a family mourning the loss of a beloved pet.
David, who is in Raleigh, North Carolina, told Newsweek his family has been struggling recently. “Last month, we had to put down our 14-year-old cat due to cancer,” he said. “It was rough.”
For some pet owners, the loss of a four-legged friend is not only akin to losing a relative or loved one. It can be quite literally heartbreaking.
In 2017, The New England Journal of Medicine reported an instance where a 61-year-old woman was admitted to the ER with severe chest pains. While digging into her personal history, staffers at the hospital discovered she was coping with “multiple recent stressors, including the death of…