If both beta globin genes code for the sickle protein, the person has sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is determined at conception, when a person acquires his/her genes from the parents. Sickle cell disease cannot be caught, acquired, or otherwise transmitted.
For every year of the cat's life after age 2, one cat year equals approximately 4 human years. This is based on how cats mature - for example at around 10 - 11 human years most cats start to slow down quite a lot... This is when they're getting to about 60 years old in Kitty terms.
She was 39, beating Creme Puff by a year. The oldest cat ever lived to 29 and the oldest cat at the moment is 27. He is 28 on 8th December 2009. The oldest cat so far that ever lived was 34 human years and was called Grampa. The oldest cat was born in 1977 and still living. The oldest cat was 38 years and 3 days old, dying in the year 2005. And the year was 1967 when it was born.