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Let it bleed

Well, the last several days have kind of sucked.

On Saturday afternoon, I was standing at the counter stirring up some sour cream topping, with fresh lime zest, for a lime cheesecake. The spoon was chiming against the side of the bowl, the cutting board rattling on the counter. My cat was busy having one of his periodic psychotic breaks and was killing a piece of dust with much drama. Kill! Kill! Kill!

Suddenly, little brown paws appeared on the corner at my elbow as if he was trying to jump up into the bowl, then.

Chomp!

"He bit me!" I looked down into a huge hole in my leg which quickly filled with blood. I guess he broke the skin. "Mom!" (My mother was over. We were hanging out and watching Argentina vs. Ivory Coast.)

So much for my pleasant afternoon. We went to the Doc in a Box and I got antibiotics. PSA: If you have an animal bite that breaks the skin, especially a cat bite, go get medical attention immediately. Don't wait around to see if you get infected. They say 50% of cat bites get infected and if you look at my leg, you'll see that's true. Two out of the four fang marks are infected, even with all the antibiotics. And you'll get to hear things you never thought you'd ever hear said in all seriousness, like "There is probably some trauma to the muscle since the fangs went in so deeply."

I've had to return to the doctor twice for shots in the butt of extra antibiotics because the infection kept bouncing back, even with all the antibiotic pills I'm taking (which upset my stomach, so fun nausea too). All that has put me a couple days behind on my work with very tight deadlines and the other things I need to do. And my gutters started leaking again!

Now my calf looks like it was bitten by a very short vampire with a poor understanding of the circulatory system, but much enthusiasm. Sparky has a record with the health department because all animal bites get reported. I started feeding the cats extra, since I think I'd rather have them bloated and logy than svelte and perky. I've got my vet looking up tranquilizers because that cat needs to calm down! I could use some too …