I'm a Cat lover Too
I have a Ragdoll and a Siamese Persian, both loving and adorable.
My Ragdoll is named Zeta and he's very regal and high strung, starting to show the signs of age at 15 yrs. Very loyal and protective, almost like a dog....hah!
They make loyal pets, and are intuitive. Although one's never saved my life, I swear one of my beloved pets, a black Persian I'd had for 17 years, came back to visit me after she died.
I saw her sitting in my hall way one night, after she had jumped up on my bed.
And I'm not the only one who has stories like this. They're really quite common.