05-24-2024, 06:19 AM
My Mom almost lost her hand to a cat bite back in the 80's. Cat bites are nothing to mess around with! I'm talking like ICU material for over a week, and then months of antibiotics to deal with infection. It was her cat. Cat got puked out of a car engine one winter and crawled off to die in a bush. I found it one night and Mom spent thousands at the vet to save it, but the cat was never right in the head after that. One night it was sitting on her lap and she was petting it when some of the screws in the cat's brain came loose and it just decided to strike. Got her in the nape of the hand between her thumb and index finger. It was a solid, full-penetration, bite on both sides. Mom was always a "Bah...it'll be fine!" type person who didn't like doctors. Well, that was a bad idea. I was jr. EMT at the time, but I was away in college when it happened and didn't see it until about 5 days later. Told her we were going straight to the ER the moment I saw the infection. She spent about 5 minutes in the ER before they took her to the ICU. Spent the next 3-4 days in the ICU, with a couple surgeries in between, to get a handle on the infection and keep from having to amputate her hand.
The good news was, Mom was able to keep her hand. Kitty, on the other hand, didn't have as much good news, and took the big 'dirt nap'.
Never liked cats before that incident, and like them even less now.
The good news was, Mom was able to keep her hand. Kitty, on the other hand, didn't have as much good news, and took the big 'dirt nap'.
Never liked cats before that incident, and like them even less now.
