I wouldn't change him for anything right now.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

Mostly my posh arrogant boy just orders me about and treats me as the low quality slave I clearly am. However, today I have a horrible virus headache sore throat etc. No adult drugs in the house so resorted to calpol - it's horrible and taken to my bed.
Here he is curled up right next to me providing comfort and company. Cats are definitely the best.

Aaw! They KNOW , they really do. My wee cat always chooses to snuggle when any of us are sick . He even sleeps next to dh who is normally used for scratching practice and general disdain.

They sure are. (Sitting here with Seniorboy curled up and purring.)

PS - sorry to hear about your lurgi.

Poor you. Hope you feel better soon. Yes cats definitely are the best. If I could just train them to make me cups of tea they'd be perfect:)

thecat they train you not the other way around!

Yes, until a cat actually wants a cuppa, you're on your own.

Mine went in to sleep on ds' bed early in the morning of the night I was away in London last week. I think she wanted to make sure he was being properly watched over in my absence (I should stress, his dad was there, I hadn't left my ds with my cat providing childcare). She also snuggled up to ds when he broke his collar bone, but I can't honestly say whether that was just curiosity because his bed was in my room all of a sudden.

Dh reckons that if you have a bit of a temperature cats are just heat seeking missiles ( he's such a nerd)

I prefer the romantic notion that they can sense your pain

Ah bless him

My lovely girl normally comes to bed with me when I turn in and then buggers off and comes back to wake me up in the morning.

I've been a bit teary lately (various reasons) and for the last week or so she's been with me all night keeping an eye on me.

She wakes me up with gentle chirrups, purrs and facerubs. I love my cat!

Hope you're better soon OP.

My cat doesn't know! When I had a two day virus she wouldn't leave me alone - she wouldn't use her cat door, I had to get up and open the door for her every five minutes, she wanted to drink from the tap instead of her bowl, she was begging for treats, just constantly nagging at me. It was like she was irritated that I was lying down and was insisting I get back up on my feet again!

Read number 1

My cat just wants to be where we are. She only sleeps on the sofa when we're there. She comes to bed when we do (after giving it five minutes to make it look like she was planning to do it but we got there first) and then stays on the bed until both of us have been in the living room for a while. If we're out then she sleeps on the bed.