Mom's In The Hospital
@marsha32 (6631)
United States
November 1, 2016 3:44pm CST
Oh my yesterday was quite the day.
Mom called my sister-in-law to see if she would take her to the ER as the same day care told her to do. She wanted to get me on the phone. She wanted to know if I went in the doctor with her to which I said no. She wanted to know if mom's hand was as bad off as she said. I told her it was bad and getting worse. She asked me to send her a picture, which I did, and once she seen it, she came right over to give her a ride to the ER.
Once there they said she was staying to get antibiotics through IV to get rid of the infection. She should get out tomorrow.
I included the picture that I sent to my sister-in-law. What happened is that Saturday one of my cats bit her hand while she was getting the cat food out. She got antibiotics from the doctor on Sunday but Monday it was still getting worse. The infection came fast.
For over 6 months mom has been the one to feed the animals and to do all the dishes. It's sure a spin on me to try to even think about doing those things now while she is gone. Of course, if she does go back to her own house finally I will have to add those things back in to my routine anyway.
Have a good day! In a couple hours from now we will leave for our bowling league.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
1 Nov 16
Wow that is quite the infection. I am glad that she is being treated for it.
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@Jenning (2016)
• Nigeria
2 Nov 16
@Happy2BeMe Just why I dislike Cats. I could kill that Cat if it was within my reach.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Nov 16
wow that is scary and to think my daughter has been trying to get me to take a cat from a friend to help me through my greif over coco.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
2 Nov 16
@bunnybon7 do not get an animal to please someone else. Nothing will replace Coco, and you do well to take care of yourself. My sister "baby sits" the various pets in her apartment complex, and then she sends them home. Her daughter keeps wanting her to get a pet but she does not want to.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
1 Nov 16
This one has always been aggressive at feeding time. I'm really surprised she's not gotten bit or scratched before since she's been feeding them for over 6 months.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Nov 16
I had the s ame thing happen to me the first year I was here at the retirement center
my roommate had a bg tom cat and he would occasionally nip her but he had never
done that to me but one day I guess I had petted him too long and he really bit m e ofer night my hand swelled up like that and they made me go to ER there they gave me an IV with antibiotics then sent me home wiht a prescription for antibiotics.'
I hooe that yoiur moms hand heals really fast it was amazing how fast my hand swelledup and got infected.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
1 Nov 16
You would have thought they would have just done an IV for awhile and sent her home, but I guess they thought it was bad enough to keep her.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
2 Nov 16
@marsha32 And as I see the picture, she also has arthritis. Maybe that causes the swelling too.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
2 Nov 16
@marguicha My hands are starting to look a lot like hers do.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
3 Nov 16
@marsha32 It´s a sort of arthritis. I have arthritis, but of another kind.
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
2 Nov 16
Ooh, that is nasty. Is it an outdoor cat? Makes me wonder if the cat has a dental infection. Tell your mom to feel better soon.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
2 Nov 16
He is in and out of the house. It's the tuxedo one that has the white down one side of his face. She's still in the hospital until at least Thursday.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
2 Nov 16
My mom got very sick from cat scratch fever, a cat scratch can be a very dangerous thing. I am glad she is getting it treated.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
2 Nov 16
bless her heart :( i do hope though that they didn't adminster any fluoroquinolones to yer momma. if'n so, that might jest open'p 'nother can'f worms. i wonder why the cat bit her whilst she t'was gettin' 'ts food?
sendin' healin' hugs to yer momma!
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
2 Nov 16
It's just the way this cat is...biting the hand that feeds it so to speak. I honestly can't believe in over 6 months this is the first time he's gotten her. Of course I would never have expected if he did that it would be so bad and cause such an infection.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
2 Nov 16
@marsha32 unfortunately 's we age, those sorta thingies effect's more harshly. i hope that she's feelin' better today, hon. those bites're painful 'nough without all the swellin'. sendin' more healin' hugs her way.
@nanette64 (20363)
• Fairfield, Texas
2 Nov 16
Doing the antibiotics through the IV will definitely get the med through the system much faster @marsha32 .
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
2 Nov 16
I will be visiting her this evening and see what it's looking like now.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 Nov 16
Hope all goes well with your mom! If it is not one thing, it is 12...(at least that is the way things are in our circle).
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