Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. Almost six hours later, the bite seems to be about the same, from what I can tell. I’m leaning in the direction of going to the clinic in the morning, but I’ll wait to see what the bite looks like before deciding. Any further thoughts are always welcome. Hope the holidays are shaping up nicely for everyone and their feline friends.
Lance > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Lance > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:08 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] OT: cat bite > > 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 > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
