‘Well, turns out I was very wrong. My sweet boys were waking me up because I would stop breathing.’: A cat owner's frustration over being woken up in the night turns to gratitude after a feline intervention uncovers a life-threatening health condition

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    Hello, Just wanting to share a wholesome story.
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    As we all know, our cats love to wake us up at night for multiple reasons. It could be to play, cuddle, get attention etc - and don't get me wrong, mine do wake me up to demand breakfast
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    but otherwise it appeared as though it was for absolutely no reason. I was starting to accept that they would wake me up multiple times a night, sometimes every hour or two for seemingly no reason at all.
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    They would go to the effort and then once they saw I was awake, they would run off and do their own thing (unless it was breakfast time). I'd
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    wake up to one of them on my legs intensely staring into my soul while the other would be on my side table, doing what he could to make noise like knocking things off my shelves or repeatedly tapping my blind etc.
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    When I would sit up, the one that would be on my side table would quickly run and lay behind me so I couldn't lay down unless I moved him.
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    They would even do it when I would have naps during the day and I honestly thought they just hated the fact that I slept, in general
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    Well, turns out I was very wrong. My sweet boys were waking me up because I would stop breathing. It turns out that I have sleep apnea and I don't know how long it would have taken
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    for me to realise and get it checked out if it weren't for them. I didn't think I could love them more than I already do, but somehow I can.
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    It kind of blew my mind and ever since I made some changes with how I sleep, they have only been waking me up for breakfast so something must be working. It could
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    just be my perception but considering they let me sleep now, I feel it's accurate. Bless their little souls, honestly. I feel terrible for just assuming they were
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    a เงื่ s-ugh so much love for them. Little service kitties.
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