• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Hero cat saves owner's life by pounding on her chest mid-heart attack

Home> News

Published 05:41 18 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Hero cat saves owner's life by pounding on her chest mid-heart attack

Sam Felstead was woken up by her cat at 4.30am and then realised she was unable to move her body.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

Cats might have nine lives but humans sure as hell don't, which is precisely why Nottingham woman Sam Felstead is grateful for her feisty feline.

The 42-year-old was woken up by her cat Billy in the wee hours of the morning by her usually stand-offish pet pounding her chest with his paws.

She then realised the early wake-up call was not because her cat was after a feed or attention, but because something was seriously wrong.

She was unable to move her body and had shooting pains down her side.

Advert

SWNS.

Sam dialled 999 and was told an ambulance would be a two-hour wait, so instead she was rushed to hospital by her mum, Karen.

Scans showed that one of her arteries was blocked and doctors confirmed she had suffered a heart attack in her sleep.

The 42-year-old spent three days in hospital before being discharged and was reunited with her beloved British Shorthair, who she now credits for saving her life.

Read More:

  • Monkey calls 911 and gets police to come to the zoo to investigate
  • Bloke builds a cyborg machine to 'give snakes their legs back'
  • Dog gets stretchered down huge mountain because it refused to walk a single step more

“Billy was on my chest and was meowing loudly in my ear hole," Sam said.

Advert

“He was really meowing. He's not a lap cat. He's not a light cat either and he’s certainly not a cat that wants to be on your knee all the time. He likes to be alone."

The Stapleford woman revealed that doctors told her it was lucky that she got to hospital when she did.

"I'm just glad he woke me up. Who knows if I would have got up without him, it could’ve been worse for me," she said, adding that her alarm would not have gone off for another two hours.

"I do think he saved my life and so does everybody else around me," she said.

SWNS.

Advert

Sam is now at home and is on the mend, keeping it low-key with her lifesaving cat after doctors told her to take it easy for the next six weeks.

Feline behaviour expert Lucy Hoile revealed that intuitive little Billy may have picked up on physiological changes as the heart attack took hold of his owner.

"It could be that the fact he jumped on her and was meowing was a sign of his anxiety," she said.

"I do believe he probably did save her life, because that's what enabled her to get medical help, but I wouldn't go down the route of saying he did it on purpose."

"It was him reacting to the situation."

Featured Image Credit: SWNS.

Topics: Animals, Health, UK News

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

X

@rlangjournalist

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

8 hours ago
9 hours ago
11 hours ago
  • 8 hours ago

    Girl, 9, dies after mum left her in the car whilst she went to work

    She was left unattended in the car for hours

    News
  • 8 hours ago

    Incredible photo shows woman hanging on to tree before being rescued from freak flood that killed 27

    The woman had been swept 20 miles downriver before being rescued

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Man robbed bank claiming 'it was art' and filmed the whole thing

    Gonna have to try this one

    News
  • 11 hours ago

    Someone made a £5000 Bitcoin investment in 2011 and has now made ridiculous profit 14 years later

    Maybe they're a time traveller who did what we all dream of

    News
  • 'Lion whisperer' left fighting for his life after vicious attack by lion he previously fought to save
  • Woman faces arrest after having heart attack by pool on holiday
  • Bulldog puppy 'saved owner's life' after chewing his toe to the bone while he slept
  • Fitness fanatic feels 'ball of fire in chest' and suffers heart attack moments after finishing first Hyrox