Update on mom & her reaction to idiots....

[catnapper]

I talked to mom tonight and she's having some setbacks with Pouncer's bite. Even though we went to the ER and they gave her antibiotic cream, and she filled her prescription for antibiotics, an infection DID set in on her hand -- on the one puncture she kept telling me in the hosptial didn't even "count" becuase it was so little (yes, I made a point of showing the doctor that puncture because mom was so certain it wasn't worth mentioning). She keeps thanking me for rushing her to the ER... she and her doctor want to know how badly infected it would have been if I did not do that. I keep telling her that I KNEW this would happen (thanks PT I wouldn't have known if not for everyone's experiences here!!)

Mom's amazed at how much pain this has caused and she told me all about the reaction of the people that come through her line at work (she runs a cash register in a cafeteria). She said its a direct 50/50 split in the reactions. Half the people say, "oh, poor cat. Is he ok?" The other half ask "Is that cat still alive?" And she says they MEAN it, they really expect her to say we put him to sleep.

Mom tries her best to expain that he was hanging upside down from his caught paw and only bit her out of pain and fear. She says people honestly feel they shouldn't bite no matter the circumstances... and she told those idiots that if they bumped her swollen, infected hand that SHE might bite THEM... and would they put her to sleep? Way to go mom!

Thanks to everyone who's asked about mom and prayed for her.

PS: Pouncer is doing well. He's starting to put a litte weight on the wrapped foot and has been walking around, instead of staying put for hours on end. He doesn't look so pitiful, and I honestly think his new diet upsets him more than the splint -- he HATES the new wet food and wants nothing more than HIS treats. I hate that I can no longer give him his old wet food and favorite treats. Harry hasn't been complaining because he gets to eat all of Pouncer's left over wet food (at the price of prescription wet food, I won't be buying that again! )

[rg_girlca]

If your Mom thinks it is painful now, just imagine how bad it would have been if she didn't go to the ER right away.

My sister had the same reaction from people when her cat bit her also. Someone even told her that if it was their cat that bit them, they would have killed it right then and there. Yeah, right! All talk as far as I'm concerned.

I hope your Mom is feeling better today Kim and I'm so glad to hear that Pouncer is doing much better.

That's so hard for them when you have to switch their food when they are use to another.

Hang in there Kim.

Sending ((((((HUGS)))))) your way.

[jenluckenbach]

WOW, I can't believe one spot got infected even with cream and antibiotics. That's scarey! What else could have been done? But at least it is getting better now. Cat bites are VERY painful, I have had some doosies, and they sweel, and the throb.......

I know how nasty and unreasonable people can be. Pouncer had just BROKEN his toes! What exactly did they expect him to do?

[orangemm]

Yes! Yay for your mom!!! That was exactly the right response (I wish I could think of comebacks like that! ).

I've never suffered a cat bite, so I'm glad that I'm hearing this in case it ever happens, so I know what to do.

So glad everyone is improving; will keep good thoughts and prayers going for both of them...and YOU!

[Sonia59]

Poor idiot people! I say "poor" because these ones will probably never know what a joy it is to share their life with a cat.

I hope your mom is feeling better now and that Pouncer will soon forget this horrible accident.

[smokey the elder]

Pain can radically change a cat's personality. Not to hijack, but I had a foster that had just had an operation. I touched her wrong, close to the incision, by accident and she freaked! As she recovered, she became sweeter and sweeter. This is just an occupational hazard of being around cats. I hope your mom's hand feels better.