
"I wanted to write a book that would go beyond Oscar's peculiarities, to tell why he is important to family members and caregivers who have been with him at the end of a life. Dosa hopes to educate people about terminal illness, with a little help from Oscar's story. The person he sat with died first, taking staff on the ward by surprise. (He) recounts one instance when staff were convinced of the imminent death of one patient but Oscar refused to sit with that person, choosing instead to be on the bed of another patient down the hallway. Variety reports that screenwriters Stephen Lindsey and Luis Ugaz have adapted Dr David Dosa's bestselling memoir Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat for the big. Dosa said there is no scientific evidence to explain Oscar's abilities, but he thinks the cat might be responding to a pheromone or smell that humans simply don't recognize. The experience shared between them, patients, and family members is nothing short of remarkable, although Oscar's methods are surely more natural than supernatural. David Dosa, want the world to know it's not as ominous as it may sound. But the staff of the hospice, particularly Dr. Since then, Oscar has doubled his predictions to 50. In 2007, Miss Cellania covered the story of Oscar, the cat who lives in Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island, and who curls up next to patients mere hours before they die.
