[salukigirl]

last night we went to go take lucy, our dog, outside. well i guess our next door neighbor accidentally let their cat out when she went inside and didnt notice and the cat was standing patiently outside the door and when lucy came outside she darted under a car. well i coaxed the cat out and it let me pick it up. then 2 seconds later it started freaking out! but i knew it was my neighbor's cat so i couldnt just let go and let it run away. so i knocked and they opened their door and she was so happy to see her baby. then we got back inside and i found a gash in between my pinky and ring finger on my left hand, a scratch on top on my right hand and a HUGE gash on the inside of my right palm. i mean this thing didnt wait half a second to start bleeding and its about 3 inches long. worst part, i have to work 10 hours today. and i work at a pizza place that requires lots of slapping dough with my palms! its gonna hurt sooooo bad! im dreading it. thank buddha for neosporin pain relief.

that was it. just venting lol

[Perna]

Ouch! Yes, freaking out cats are not fun, even when they're your own :-) When we first got our second cat we didn't have two carriers so one would be in the carrier and I'd have the other on my lap in the car to go to the vet's. However, I carried the carrier cat :-) to the car and my husband had to hold the "new" cat against his chest with one hand while he locked the house door with the other. Cat decided it wanted "down" so he had to really squeeze it tightly against his chest, etc. We got in the car and his chest was bleeding. And he's a strong male cat; they haven't been to the vets in a couple years because we have trouble catching them now; our new house doesn't have doors and they have made "nests" under the couches where they can crawl and we can't get them, LOL. I'm just glad they're relatively young and healthy.

[sassypants]

Yikes! Sorry you have to work 10 hrs with your injuries.

I guess you'll have some reminders of this incident.


Take care.

[nowheretorun]

i hear they're hiring lion tamers in Vegas (just joking) hope you heal from your injuries soon!

[salukigirl]

lol. turned out not to be so bad. i found a latex glove and one of those huge bandaids and then used a rubber band around my wrist to keep my latex glove from slipping off caue those things are never tight around the wrist. i was telling people i got into a knife fight and none of them believed me lol then i had to tell them "i got the crap kicked out of me by a 4 month old kitten". i looked pretty cool at work today lol. one latex glove over a huge band aid held on by a rubber band. all because of a kitten!

[sassypants]

Glad you came up with a great solution.
If I ever need help with a dog chasing me , can you help ??? Just kidding. Ha! Ha!


Take care,
sassy

[(JD)]

I'm glad the neighbor thanked you! Did you realize the Good Samaritan is a story from the Bible? And, yes, I would consider you did the right thing, regardless of what someone else might have done. TC of those hands.

[salukigirl]

yeah - im catholic - i know the good samaritan story lol it's also just a common phrase.

it looks much better today. Still hurts like crazy but it's alright. Ive had worse I have too many scars from cats! lol

at least I know they don't declaw their cats. That would upset me if they did.

[curley]

Yes you are a good samaratin. Anyone that helps an animal deserves to heal quickly. LOL Seriously, sorry you got scratched, but thanks for helping the kitty.