MSI Press Author, Sula, Parish Cat at Old Mission Is Beating Cancer for the SIXTH Time!

 

Sula, well known across the Internet for the general sharing of her story by Guideposts, All Creatures, and others, is listed on every Sunday bulletin of Old Mission San Juan Bautista. 

Sula has survived five bouts of cancer, written a book about it (Surviving Cancer, Healing People: One Cat's Story). When she entered remission after her fifth bout and concurrent with closure of the Mission gift shop, her home, because of covid regulations, Sula, now 14 years ago, went into retirement, living with a parish couple that has taken care of her whenever she needed to recuperate for years. Now, she comes to the church on Sundays to be with the parishioners and lend them support as she always has.

Sula's first cancer is skin cancer. The first bout required clipping her ears. The second bout required removing her ears. She remains in remission from skin cancer.

Sula's second cancer was carcinoma at the injection site of a vaccination (her hip). The first time required surgical removal of a small carcinoma. The second time required removal of a larger carcinoma. The third time the vet recommended removal of Sula's leg, but the parish priest objected, and skills of the staff at Monterey Animal Cancer Center came up with an alternative that involved using sonar waves to break up the tumor. Sula was in remission for many months after that, but recently the tumor returned, and she is again being treated by the Animal Cancer Center and appears to be feeling well.

You go, Sula!



 For more posts about Sula and her six (!) books, click HERE.











Differing parts of Sula's story can be found in many places on the Internet. Check out some of those places HERE.



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