Has anyone here ever had Cat Scratch fever???

[Freedom]

I've heard of it, never had it. Mr. Amber Cat bit me on two different occassions. Both times, the bites got infected. First time I was on antibiotics. Second time, I was in hospital for a week on round the clock antibiotic IV as the pills didn't cure the infection and there was a concern I would lose the use of the hand. Had this spa treatment of holding my hand in a whirl pool bath for 10 minutes, then the therapist ahs to manipulate it to keep all the "gunk" moving. THAT hurt more than the bite had!!!!

[Catlady711]

In the 6 years I've worked at the hospital....

I've been bitten by a cat once on the hand. Had to go to the ER next day (a Sunday of course) and get a tetnus shot and some antibiotics. But the swelling went down in a few days, and everything healed just fine.

I've been scratched more times than I can count, and only occasionally has it gotten red/swollen, but when it does it itches immediately like crazy for a few days.

One time I even got clawed right in the nail bed and it pulled up the nail bed OVER my fingernail!! OUCH. It did swell some and started hurting a few days later, so I made a dr's appt for the next day, strangely enough the next morning the swelling was gone, and it didn't hurt anymore. So I cancelled the appt. Took quite some time for the nail bed to re-grow itself properly and some fancy triming of my nail, but it turned out ok, you can barely see where anything happened now unless you look really, really closely.

Although when I first started working there, the boss was very concerned with ANY scratch I got, not knowing if I was one of those people that got Cat Scratch Fever. Now the boss only worries if I'm bleeding all over, or if I actually say OUCH! ROFL

BTW that's a great song lol