Cat bite - advice please???!!

[sirrahbed]

NOW, we can all feel better and not worry so much!

I have rather enjoyed the concern - I find it very sweet

[moosmom]

*sigh of relief*

Glad you saw the doctor, Deb.

I got bit when Ramanth and I tried to rescue a pregnant stray. I should've known better than to put my hand on a stray without the protection of gloves. She clamped down on my pinkie clear to the bone. Talk about pain!!

I was given a tetanus shot and some VERY EXPENSIVE antibiotic ($10/pill for 10 days ) It did the trick.

Heal fast girl.

[ramanth]

Glad you got to the doctor Deb.

When Logan bit me, he caught me right where my index finger joint is between the finger and the hand. It wasn't a deep bite seeing as his tooth connected to my finger bone.

I scrubbed the hand and soaked it in peroxide then drove to the ER.

I got to the ER within an hour of the bite and it still got infected. I was on a heavy dose of IV antibiotics every 6 hours for close to 24 hours.

They x-rayed my hand to see if any of the tooth chipped off, but thankfully it didn't.

Kitty bites are no joke.

[Logan]

((((((Debbie and Robbie)))))) He didn't mean it, but I know you still hurt. I'm glad you had it looked at, Debbie.

Butter nailed me a couple of years ago, worse than he ever had before. We were in the vet's office (the cat vet) and he got ugly while she examined him and I immediately put my hands in to help control him. STUPID of me. Scott was standing there and so was Dr. Anderson and her vet tech (who was wearing gloves), and I tried to intervene. He got my hand so badly and it hurt and bled like crazy. I ended up at my doctor's office the next day, when red streaks were running up my arm and my hand was so swollen. My doctor said the same things as others have reported, that cat bites are serious. My Tetanus shot was updated (had no idea when I had one before) and I was put on antibiotics and given a shot of steroids. I ended up fine and there was no "report" to DHEC about my kitty biting me. I was dumb to put my hand in there when I did. Butter has given me some pretty ugly wounds over the years, but this one was definitely the worst. He was frightened and upset. I should have let the professionals handle him and not intervened. Live and learn.

I hope you will heal up, just fine, and that Robbie won't do this to you again!

Logan

[Catty1]

The woman I worked for at the kennel told me that red streaks or thin red lines from the cat bite wound mean blood poisoning!

I had been badly bitten - same cat got me again a week later - the woman's husband got bit SO bad he was driving to the hospital 2 hrs round trip every day for a few days to get IV antibiotics.

A little Redpoint...beautiful and sweet cat, but would turn in a microsecond. He was fine with his family, though.

After the three of us staff had dealt with this kitty for a few days - with Ted still in bandages and me on antibiotics - the family came in. The teen daughter just scooped up her kitty and held him upside down in her arms!

We all TENSED - if WE had done that, we'd be dead!

[Edwina's Secretary]

So Debbie...now that you are on the mend I will ask the question...what kind of sandwich was it that Robbie thought looked like your arm?

[jennielynn1970]

Glad that you only need one antibiotic... They gave me the option of taking one in the ER when I went, and thought, oh why not, so I took one there, and then went to CVS to get the scripts filled (thank god for Prescription plans there!). Well, I got me EOB from Blue Cross, and the hospital charge $52.50 for ONE pill!!! Holy crap! My follow up visits weren't covered either... normally if you go to a doctor and you need to go for follow ups after a procedure, they are included in the cost of the initial visit. Guess I have to check my PPO plan a little more carefully next time

Poor Robbie... did he at least get to have some of the sandwich after it was all over with?!

[sirrahbed]

So Debbie...now that you are on the mend I will ask the question...what kind of sandwich was it that Robbie thought looked like your arm?

It was a sub that Robbie apparently thought was about the size, color and shape of my arm

[jazzcat]

Oh gosh Debbie, I'm so sorry to hear Robbie bit you. I'm glad you've seen the dr. now and will be getting better.

Okay, do I need to say shame on you for even considering not going to the dr.? You are a nurse!!!! People in the medical field are often the worse patients... tsk, tsk, tsk!

Oh yeah, Richard suggested using a really dark self tanner to make your arm look less like a sub. LOL!!!!!

Get well!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Debbie, I'm just now seeing this thread. I'm so glad to hear that you went to the doctor and that you're doing well.

When Starr bit me in Dec. I called the doctor right away even though it didn't look like he had bitten me very badly. I was put on antibiotics and everything was fine. The doctor never reported Starr to animal control and no one ever called me about him.