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What a Day
May. 24th, 2016 01:57 amNever a dull moment with cats. Gypsy is a big male cat who thinks that he's tough. They warned me about him when I first started. He always rubs against my leg with I come in, but I don't try to pet him because he'll try to bite or swat. Well, apparently he was close to one of the other cats who got adopted, and he's been in a very bad mood since then. (That makes me feel sorry for him. Cats get attached to their friends like people do, and you can't explain why their friend disappeared.) Anyway, I went too close to him while I was cleaning, and he nipped me, but didn't break the skin.
Later, I went into Joo-Joo's room. He's in a room by himself because he has FIV. He has a habit of using your leg as a scratching post, which I'm not thrilled with, but he doesn't usually hurt you. Well today, he decided to climb up my leg. Using his claws. I was wearing jeans, but he still managed to give me a couple of puncture wounds in my leg.
The puncture wounds didn't look good (deepish with bruising around them--the little snot didn't want to let go), so I called my doctor's office. They couldn't fit me in today, so they told me to go to the Emergency Room. I told them that I wasn't going to go to the Emergency Room because I can only imagine what the copay would be. They said that I could try calling at 7:30 AM the next morning to see if they could fit me in, but that the wound really should be cleaned immediately to get the bacteria out.
I needed to go to Bloomington (approximately 35 miles away) to drop off some books, so I looked up an Urgent Care place up there and decided to stop by while I was up there. Well, I got a doctor who apparently was having a cranky day too, and told me in a snotty manner that I could clean the wounds myself. (I don't know why he was being so snotty. In the ER, sure, I could see why they would wonder why I was there. But Urgent Care is supposed to handle more minor stuff like cat scratches.) But they did give me a tetanus shot and a prescription for antibiotics. The one bit of good news is that tetanus shots are MUCH less painful than they used to be; my last one had been in the 1980s.
After I got back, I wrote up an e-mail about the whole incident for the manager of the Humane Society, who isn't there on Mondays because it is closed to the public that day. I scanned my discharge papers and attached them to the note. And I asked for the Humane Society to help with the copay for the meds and any expenses not covered by my insurance. We'll see what she says.
Well, writing that out was theraputic. Mimi is being unusually patient with me, but I need to give the girls their "treat". And crash.
The culprits:
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Later, I went into Joo-Joo's room. He's in a room by himself because he has FIV. He has a habit of using your leg as a scratching post, which I'm not thrilled with, but he doesn't usually hurt you. Well today, he decided to climb up my leg. Using his claws. I was wearing jeans, but he still managed to give me a couple of puncture wounds in my leg.
The puncture wounds didn't look good (deepish with bruising around them--the little snot didn't want to let go), so I called my doctor's office. They couldn't fit me in today, so they told me to go to the Emergency Room. I told them that I wasn't going to go to the Emergency Room because I can only imagine what the copay would be. They said that I could try calling at 7:30 AM the next morning to see if they could fit me in, but that the wound really should be cleaned immediately to get the bacteria out.
I needed to go to Bloomington (approximately 35 miles away) to drop off some books, so I looked up an Urgent Care place up there and decided to stop by while I was up there. Well, I got a doctor who apparently was having a cranky day too, and told me in a snotty manner that I could clean the wounds myself. (I don't know why he was being so snotty. In the ER, sure, I could see why they would wonder why I was there. But Urgent Care is supposed to handle more minor stuff like cat scratches.) But they did give me a tetanus shot and a prescription for antibiotics. The one bit of good news is that tetanus shots are MUCH less painful than they used to be; my last one had been in the 1980s.
After I got back, I wrote up an e-mail about the whole incident for the manager of the Humane Society, who isn't there on Mondays because it is closed to the public that day. I scanned my discharge papers and attached them to the note. And I asked for the Humane Society to help with the copay for the meds and any expenses not covered by my insurance. We'll see what she says.
Well, writing that out was theraputic. Mimi is being unusually patient with me, but I need to give the girls their "treat". And crash.
The culprits:
( Read more... )
