Also: a) I had a tetanus shot in June
b) I washed the bite wound with hot water and soap c) The bite hardly hurt after the initial teething into my flesh was completed. On Dec 14, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > During play, one of our cats bit me earlier today. I tried to get to an > urgent care clinic, but they decided to stop seeing people at 4:30 pm. > despite listing hours as 9-5. Real nice. ;-) > > Anyway, I’m wondering how worried I should be. A lovely pic of the bite can > be seen here: > > https://www.evernote.com/shard/s201/sh/fc76bb30-31ff-40ed-80b1-4f499d5461e4/4adec821f3519913f482848c4c5f730b > > It seems much more superficial and “scratchy” rather than being a deep > puncture wound, and FYI, you’re looking at my right arm about two inches > above my elbow. > > We have doxycycline in the house, but the last time I was bitten, I took > augmentin. Would prefer to do that, but I’m out of luck for the night, unless > I feel like a high-costing trip to the ER (I’m currently inusrance-less, as > luck would have it). > > Has anyone used doxy for cat bites? What symptoms around the bite should I be > looking for that indicate its seriousness? I can get in to the urgent clinic > tomorrow morning at 9, and the bite happened this afternoon at 3:45. > Hopefully that gives me a little time. I know that none of you are MDs (well, > I don’t know that for sure), but would appreciate input. > > Thanks, > > Lance > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
