Woman Claims Her Cat Saved Her Life

On April 11, Sam Sajek woke up in her Warsaw home to her cat Harley jumping on her stomach and blood all over her room. Sajek realized that during the night she had woke up and tripped over her dog, Shy, and hit her head on the filing cabinet at the end of her bed. As soon as she woke up she cleaned herself and went to work, since the ladies at the Kosciusko Community Hospital were calling her every two minutes to check up on her. When she arrived at work they sent her to the emergency room shortly after because they noticed a large gash in her head. Doctors in the emergency room told Sajek that she had an 1-1/2-inch gash in the back of her head that needed to be stapled shut and she needed to stay in the hospital for a day. Doctors noticed that her kidney enzyme levels were abnormally high. Tests showed her enzyme level was 2,500. If enzyme levels reach 5,000, it is deadly to humans. Sajek said that, according to doctors, if she would have slept three hours more she would have died. Sajek credits being alive to her cat, Harley. “You always read about things like this where your pet saves your life,” Sajek said. “But you never think that it will happen to you or someone you know. Harley has never jumped up and down like he did that morning.” Sajek remembers that her husband, Jim, was out of town for work and her dog, Shy, who normally sleeps on Jim’s side instead slept on her side. She doesn’t remember waking up in the middle of the night or tripping over the dog. All she remembers is waking up to her cat jumping on her. It has been more than a week since the accident and Sajek is still cleaning up the room. “There was blood everywhere,” Sajek said. “The floor was soaked through the carpet and the padding, there was blood on the cabinet and the wall.” When she told her husband, he was more than surprised. “Jim told me to Sam proof the bedroom,” Sajek said. “Since the accident I have taken out the file cabinet.” On Thursday, Sajek had her staples removed and continued to clean the house and the carpet. She was still in disbelief that something like this happened to her. “This was the absolute last thing I ever thought would happen to me,” Sajek said. “It was scary. I don’t remember getting up in the middle of the night and I don’t know how I drove to work in the morning.”