The Cat Came Back!!!

My friends P. & L.'s cat Charlie had gone missing three weeks ago and they have just found him in the neighborhood this morning!!! He vanished after having seen that P. was all right after she had come home from her recent surgery. He had recently begun a daily course of insulin injections to treat his diabetes and had been doing well with them, but after he had vanished it was feared that he had gone off in protest or to pass on. But this morning they saw him near the house and he actually ran from them when they went to retrieve him. He holed up in a neighbors garage and they were able to coax him out with crunchy treats. They said that he looked okay and was a bit thinner and very hungry. I could hear him purring over the phone when they called me to share the good news! They said that they had considered my finding a similar looking cat last week to have given them hope that he was still out there. I am so happy for them that their kittybaby is back home!