elfworks
10-02-2006, 11:33 PM
so here is the whole sordid tale.....
monday, sept 18, around 8 pm, i was standing outside my frontdoor of my 3rd floor apt. i had my cat, pumpkin, in my arms and me were enjoying the cool fall breeze that was blowing the leaves around. all of a sudden, i hear that low nasty cat-fighting growl, only it isnt coming from my cat. it was coming from the cat who lives in the next building over. i had only just met him (and owner) on saturday. i had seen the cat coming out of his apt and then saw it about to fight another cat, so i had knocked on the owner's door to let her know about the impending fight. she came and got her cat and we chatted for a moment. during this chat, she informs me that it was a good thing i didnt try to break up the fight myself as "kitty" would probably hurt me. so here i am on monday night, digging the fall breeze, when pumpkin and i are attacked. for what seemed like forever, but was probably only a minute max. i had both cats in my arms as "kitty" had leapt onto pumpkin. pumpkin was trying to climb over my head and i was trying to knock kitty off me. (the evil cat's name really is kitty. terribly exotic, doncha think?) kitty clamped down on my wrist. if you bit your hand blow the fleshy part of your thumb, with your hand parallel to the ground, youd get the picture. i got 4 puncture wounds. 2 on top. 2 on the bottom. finally got the cat off me (while still hanging on to pumpkin) and kicked it down the stairs, but not before he took a chunk out of my leg just above my achilles. i would like to say, at this time, that the fact that i kicked that cat still bothers me. anyway, i got me and punkers inside and ran to the bathroom thinking that the leg booboo was the really bad one. i poured hydrogen peroxide on my leg and wrist after cleaning with soap and water. then put a butterfly bandage on the leg thing and proceded to have a total meltdown. couldnt get hold of bf as it was monday night football and he had his cell off. called a friend who was a nurse and she said i did good and if it was bad in the morning, to go to minor emergency. finally calmed down only to discover i didnt have any cigarettes, which i really really really wanted and went to next door's house to bum one and a tylenol. she gave me 3 cigs and 3 tylenol pms which i smoked and swallowed and went to bed. 4 am i woke up with wrist throbbing and swollen. sat here and cried til about 9 am when i finally got hold of jeff and he left work and took me to emergency room. i was there for about an hour. they cleaned all my wounds with saline and xrayed my wrist and shot me full of a couple of diff antibiotics. the er doc was writing out a scrip for pain pills when a passing orthopedic surgeon happend upon the scene and had a looksee at my xray. he then declared that iw asnt going anywhere but upstairs to surgery. he said that the cat's fang had pierced the sheath on my tendon. so i went out to the waiting room, bummed a cig from jeff, told him to go back to work, called my mother, smoked the cigarette and went to surgery!
they debrided 8 inches of tendon. i dont really know exactly what that means and i do not want to know! i was in the hospital for 4 days. when i woke up after surgery, my sister was here (drove up from san antonio after my mother called her. sister stayed til day i left then mother came up and took me home and stayed til this past saturday. i had received a clean bill of health from the surgeon; all wounds healing and all signs of infection completely gone. he also removed the half-cast i was wearing. the wounds dont hurt much anymore, just the occasional twinge. the tendon is very very sore. and stiff. wrist movement is minimal. typing is a pain cuz i rest my wrist on the bottom wounds. the tendon isnt affected much my typing as i dont move my hands that much!!
anyway, that is the whole story. thanx for all the pms and emails of concern and good wishes!
xoxoxox
ps. hellkitty was taken to quarantine by animal control (the hospital called them) and returned to its owner yesterday with a clean bill of health. so i dont have rabies!! :D
monday, sept 18, around 8 pm, i was standing outside my frontdoor of my 3rd floor apt. i had my cat, pumpkin, in my arms and me were enjoying the cool fall breeze that was blowing the leaves around. all of a sudden, i hear that low nasty cat-fighting growl, only it isnt coming from my cat. it was coming from the cat who lives in the next building over. i had only just met him (and owner) on saturday. i had seen the cat coming out of his apt and then saw it about to fight another cat, so i had knocked on the owner's door to let her know about the impending fight. she came and got her cat and we chatted for a moment. during this chat, she informs me that it was a good thing i didnt try to break up the fight myself as "kitty" would probably hurt me. so here i am on monday night, digging the fall breeze, when pumpkin and i are attacked. for what seemed like forever, but was probably only a minute max. i had both cats in my arms as "kitty" had leapt onto pumpkin. pumpkin was trying to climb over my head and i was trying to knock kitty off me. (the evil cat's name really is kitty. terribly exotic, doncha think?) kitty clamped down on my wrist. if you bit your hand blow the fleshy part of your thumb, with your hand parallel to the ground, youd get the picture. i got 4 puncture wounds. 2 on top. 2 on the bottom. finally got the cat off me (while still hanging on to pumpkin) and kicked it down the stairs, but not before he took a chunk out of my leg just above my achilles. i would like to say, at this time, that the fact that i kicked that cat still bothers me. anyway, i got me and punkers inside and ran to the bathroom thinking that the leg booboo was the really bad one. i poured hydrogen peroxide on my leg and wrist after cleaning with soap and water. then put a butterfly bandage on the leg thing and proceded to have a total meltdown. couldnt get hold of bf as it was monday night football and he had his cell off. called a friend who was a nurse and she said i did good and if it was bad in the morning, to go to minor emergency. finally calmed down only to discover i didnt have any cigarettes, which i really really really wanted and went to next door's house to bum one and a tylenol. she gave me 3 cigs and 3 tylenol pms which i smoked and swallowed and went to bed. 4 am i woke up with wrist throbbing and swollen. sat here and cried til about 9 am when i finally got hold of jeff and he left work and took me to emergency room. i was there for about an hour. they cleaned all my wounds with saline and xrayed my wrist and shot me full of a couple of diff antibiotics. the er doc was writing out a scrip for pain pills when a passing orthopedic surgeon happend upon the scene and had a looksee at my xray. he then declared that iw asnt going anywhere but upstairs to surgery. he said that the cat's fang had pierced the sheath on my tendon. so i went out to the waiting room, bummed a cig from jeff, told him to go back to work, called my mother, smoked the cigarette and went to surgery!
they debrided 8 inches of tendon. i dont really know exactly what that means and i do not want to know! i was in the hospital for 4 days. when i woke up after surgery, my sister was here (drove up from san antonio after my mother called her. sister stayed til day i left then mother came up and took me home and stayed til this past saturday. i had received a clean bill of health from the surgeon; all wounds healing and all signs of infection completely gone. he also removed the half-cast i was wearing. the wounds dont hurt much anymore, just the occasional twinge. the tendon is very very sore. and stiff. wrist movement is minimal. typing is a pain cuz i rest my wrist on the bottom wounds. the tendon isnt affected much my typing as i dont move my hands that much!!
anyway, that is the whole story. thanx for all the pms and emails of concern and good wishes!
xoxoxox
ps. hellkitty was taken to quarantine by animal control (the hospital called them) and returned to its owner yesterday with a clean bill of health. so i dont have rabies!! :D