Pam Padgett - teacher
Recently the cat of my elderly neighbor, Jim, became ill for no apparent reason. He asked
me to take the cat to a pet emergency clinic where tests were run and
the symptoms were treated. The cat was sent home a couple days later,
but the cause of the problem was not known. Jim was very
worried and made an appointment to take the cat to the regular vet
hoping they might find the cause of the problem.
But a few days before the appointment the cat was no longer sick. It was eating, drinking water, and even
grooming itself. I was concerned that the cat, as well as Jim and even me, would be put through much more than necessary by taking it to the vet when it was no longer sick. This cat gets extremely scared, and vicious when scared. Just
taking the cat to the vet is traumatic for everyone involved. And then
the cat would probably be given more tests or procedures even though it
was no longer sick.
I prayed about my concern.
Later, while talking with Jim, I told him that something very
minor could have caused the type of problem his cat experienced. Cats can be very sensitive.
Then I was
reminded by the Holy Spirit of something that happened to me many years ago and I told him about
this. At the time I had a cat that became sick and the vet couldn't find
the problem. But God showed me the problem was something I had
fed the cat. I told Jim I wasn't saying that his cat got sick
from something it had eaten, but that it could be something very minor
like this that a vet couldn't find.
Jim paused, then told me that he keeps thinking about
something. A cleaning woman comes to clean his house periodically, and
the last time she was there she had decided to wash the cat's bowl (she
usually doesn't do this). He wondered if maybe a little of the cleaning
chemicals had been left in the bowl. That could easily have started
the problem!
He said no more about needing to find the cause of the problem. And as the cat continued
to do well, he cancelled the vet appointment.