Depressed Man Brings Stray Kitty Home – Next Morning, He Gets The Jolt Of A Lifetime

Occasionally, when you’re at your lowest, a very special companion comes into your life.

Connor Manning had just broken up with his girlfriend and things weren’t going well. He was walking home that night, feeling depressed and unloved.

Suddenly, a cat came rushing out of the darkness, almost as if she knew him!

She didn’t know him, of course, but she certainly needed assistance. She was terribly thin and coated in fleas and grime; she was obviously a stray in need of a home.

Connor wasn’t really thinking about adopting a stray, though, so he just gave the curious animal a few pets and continued on his way.

But when he looked back … well, he just couldn’t leave her there.

“After about five minutes, I started getting up to head home, and she was super scared.

So I crouched down, and she ran right over to me again.”

This continued on for five blocks or so; Connor would pet the cat, give it some attention, then get up to leave. But the kitty just wouldn’t let him disappear for good.

So, Connor decided it’d be okay if the stray feline wanted to hang out with him at home. He still wasn’t considering adoption; he just wasn’t in the right frame of mind for that.

The two got a little closer, though, which is why Connor was surprised when he came home one day from a friend’s house.

The cat, whom he had affectionately named Socks, was gone!

She’d apparently run away, which didn’t help Connor’s depression given his breakup with his girlfriend. Someone else had left him and it was hard to handle.

But amazingly enough, in the early morning hours, he awakened to the sound of muffled meowing…

And there was Socks, staring at him through the window. She’d come back after all!

That did it. Connor decided he had to take care of Socks, so he took her to the vet’s for a quick exam (she was fine and she was indeed homeless) and prepared to own a pet.

There was just one big problem: Connor was severely allergic to cats. Even during the brief ride home from the vet’s, his throat was starting to close up.

At first, he didn’t think there was any way around it, and he arranged for a coworker to adopt Socks.

But Connor just couldn’t let go of his new friend that easily and after doing a bit of research, he found some medication that would tame his allergies, and this meant one thing:

Socks could stay with him!

And everything has worked out beautifully; Socks is exactly what Connor needed and he loved watching her transformation:

“Watching her go from a bone-thin lethargic baby covered in fleas into this little pounce machine has been so rewarding.“

See? Our furry friends are the perfect pick-me-ups! 😀

Source: Honest to Paws