Yikes, what should I do?

[Grace]

For the pain - take ASA or Tylenol. That will also help reduce inflammation. And help any fever you might get.

Is there any other medical facility you can go to? That red streak up your arm is nothing to slough off. PLEASE - do not dismiss this lightly, even if that joke of a doctor does. Something like this can become extremely serious.

Cat bites, along with those of humans, are the very worst bites - worse than a dog bite.

I strongly urge you to keep an eye on that streak. Mark where it is right now, and if it extends further up your arm - GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR!

[orangemm]

I just can't imagine a medical professional treating this so lightly. Something is not right.

[Catty1]

When I got bitten last year, my boss said to watch for a thin red line - I guess yours looks like a streak?

If I got that, I go get help ASAP - because it signals blood poisoning.

Here is a thought - call your local Humane or or vet or whoever and ask them about a doctor who knows about this stuff! I am sure the staff there have a favourite!
They get bitten...

I know it's hard to keep trying when that hurts so much - and I KNOW what it feels like!

Catty1

[Laura's Babies]

Let's all meet on the corner in a hour and go find that idiot that calls himself a "doctor" and have a cat bite HIM! Then lets go rip his diploma from medical school to shreads!

Lesson learned here, WE KNOW what we are talking about when it comes to cat bites and now you do too and can help the next person.

[Lizzie]

This is ridiculous. It doesn't make any sense for any doctor to be reluctant to give antiobiotics in a case such as this. We are not talking about a viral infection where antibiotics are used more to help secondary infections, but an infection of the type antibiotics were created to treat. I knew a doctor who didn't take cat bites seriously and became very ill as a result. He was my husband and had tried to separate our two cats who were fighting. He simply cleaned the wound, went to bed, and went to work at the hospital next day. He came home with a sheet-white face, his arm elevated on a drip stand, full of drugs and furious with the cat because he'd been told that the septicemia could affect his heart. He had worked in emergency rooms for 2 years when this happened, so I'm afraid I know that doctors can be really dumb about cat bites.

Do you have a teaching hospital near you that you can go to? Oral antibiotics will take a day or two to really get to work, at least that's what I remember.

[rg_girlca]

I cannot believe this.

AAAARRRRGGGGG!!!!!! It won't do any good to rant and rave about this.
The main thing Marie is that I pray that you will be okay.

Do as Grace says and mark a line where the red is now and if it goes any higher, get yourself to a different hospital if you can, or clinic, because like Catty 1 said, this could signal blood poisoning.

I'll be praying for you my dear.

((((((HUGS))))))

[*JTM*Coco*pi*Caramel*]

I drew a line around it right after I got back from the hospital, and it has grown around it a bit, especially in one area. The pain is still the same and I still have trouble moving it. That is the only hospital in our city but Im going to go to the walk in clinic tomorrow to see what they can do I guess. There is red streaking and it worries me a lot. You can actually see the red streaking going from a couple of the punctures up to a vein in my arm This is just so frustrating! Thanks again for the prayers and I will keep you all updated.