Glen Schallman felt Blake, a black kitten he had adopted from the Humane Society of North Texas in January, was special from the start.
Schallman told The Huffington Post, “This little guy and I bonded.” “He was meowing to gain the attention of the [shelter worker], like, ‘Get me out of here!'”
There was one thing that Schallman, who has epilepsy, didn’t see coming. And it was only days after he was adopted by Schallman that Blake would rescue his life!
Schallman explained, “I’ve experienced seizures since I was approximately 5 years old.” He admits that when he has seizures in his sleep, he stops breathing unexpectedly. He’s woken up choking before, and he’s worried that one day he won’t be able to wake up at all.
Schallman suffered a seizure while sleeping just days after adopting Blake. Blake was sharply biting at his toes when he awoke and became more attentive.
It was the cat, not the seizure, that jolted Schallman awake, he admitted.
Schallman stated, “I probably wouldn’t have woken up.”
Some may be tempted to dismiss Blake’s toe-bite as a normal cute cat antics, but Blake had already demonstrated that he was acutely aware of Blake’s condition before this incident.
“Blake would start tapping me on the arm” when Schallman had a few mild seizures, he claimed, giving him a look that indicated, “Are you OK?”
Blake isn’t the only feline to be aware of Schallman’s situation.
He adopted another black cat, named Boo Boo Kitty, 14 years ago. Boo Boo, like Blake, showed an extraordinary ability to predict the onset of a seizure in Schallman shortly after he adopted her.
