Woman spends months earning a stray cat's trust, then gets the worst diagnosis her vet has seen in 20 years

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  Woman hugging her cat after a vet visit, as represented by a model

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• Cats are big on boundaries. They like to be touched, but not too much, they like attention, but not too much, and they like to play, but not too much. Especially when it comes to trust. Their untrusting purrsonalities kept them alive outdoors, always vigilant and wary of potential predators. But it's hard to abandon all those instincts, even when you're safely indoors with nothing to harm you. It takes time to open up, and cats teach us that lesson wonderfully.

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  A model acting as a woman lying beside her cat, enjoying time together

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• The love you will get from a cat is like any other. Dogs love everyone, but cats are selective. And once they finally open up, they are like an endless source of love that you will never regret taking the time to invest in.

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  Sick kitten sleeping on a cat tree after vet visit (model representation)

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