Co-owner of Charleston's only cat cafe discovers she's allergic to cats

[TexasTowelie]

Ashley Brooks always knew she would have to face the truth one day.

A cat lover since childhood, she says she grew up living with three or four cats at a time and has suffered from congestion for as long as she can remember. As a young child she didn't really attribute her symptoms to anything, but in high school she started to catch on.

"I realized if I touched my eyes they would get itchy," she admitted. "So I thought, 'okay I just won’t touch my face.'"

Brooks put the idea out of her head and continued to live a life filled with feline friends. She was in the planning stages of opening Pounce Cat Cafe last summer when a skin irritation developed that she couldn't get rid of.

Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/co-owner-of-charleston-s-only-cat-cafe-discovers-she/article_1a772994-d8e5-11e6-b3a4-03c58d0011ae.html

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1. She used to live across the street

from me. Beautiful, intelligent person inside and out. Was close with my daughters.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Wow,

isn't it nice to see a thread about someone that you know? I didn't expect that anyone on DU would be acquainted with her. I hope that her therapy provides some relief to her allergies so that she can enjoy the furry felines. From reading the article it is apparent that her business is helping to connect the cats to furrever homes. Please share the article with your daughters.