Sacramento Bee staff writer Rachel Leibrock says Sophie Buttercup is a 12-year-old Abyssinian/tabby mix with “the temperament of a puppy, the appetite of a 14-year-old boy and the medical rundown of an 80-year-old man.” She’s survived auto-immune disorder, kidney failure, clogged tear ducts, irritable bowel syndrome, and an irregular heart beat that’s finally under control thanks to a pacemaker. “Yes, that is rare,” Leibrock says. “Google it.”