Oh Sophia, all the healing-ma and cat-ma in the world.

Sophia, sorry to hear about your cat. Please do NOT neglect your wounds -- deep cat bites have a marked tendency to turn septic, you should SEE a DOCTOR and GET antibiotics ASAP. Please do this.

One of my kidhood cats suddenly turned vicious -- the best the vet could tell us was that it was probably an epileptic-type reaction, only instead of having a seizure, the cat's switch went over to "attack anything moving." Alas, we had to have poor Nicki put down, because there was no way to guarantee it against happening again.

Thanks sue, Tom and Theo:

I posted a few more details, copied from Bitches.

They seem to think that something went wrong with his nuetering and he really didn't like being indoors. He has been attacking me a lot lately. He actually attacked me inside, so we went for a walk outside, which is wear he attacked me the first time. He went up on my porch, I thought he wanted to go in, and he came at me so hard I fell to the ground and couldn't get him detached from my leg. I went upstair to get a water bottle, wnt on to my porch, and he cam out of nowhere, again, knockimg me to the ground and this time puyncturing the skin on my hand deep enough that I could see my innards. The spray bottle didn't work. At this point, since he was on the porch, I feared he would attack someone else, which is why I called.

I am just heartbroken, though. When the people came, I felt like a battered woman, and I had to call him so they could catch him.

I cleaned my wounds pretty well, and applied iodine, which all the nurses tell me id the thing (neosporin is bad. I am actually hoping to make it until one of the nurses I work with can look at it and prescribe me something. I think most of the pain is due to the tendon thing, and the fact that the wounds are on bendy bits. I have about 30 - 40 distinct scrtched on my right ankle!

Oh, shit, Sophia. Please go to the ER to get antibiotics if you can't get them otherwise.

Yeah, what with it being the weekend and all -- time is of the essence. Even if you could go to an Urgent Care place... does your university have a health service thingy?

I'm devastated for you, I truly am. I know you must feel, because I'm sure you love your kitty the way I do mine.

Cat scratch fever is a real thing. I hope you can get some antibios, Sophia.

Sophia, that is awful. I am so sorry. As others urged, please get to a Dr. and have them look at your wounds. Getting an infection, or worse, could be very bad.

world record for napping

went to bed at 2, work up 5:30. went bacl to bed at 6, woke up just now.

so 5+ hours of napping. so not normal for me. AND I think I'll be back to bed in another 20 min or so. don't feel sick at all, which is good.

Your day sounds a lot like mine, msbelle. Since midnight last night, I think I've been asleep for 13 hours, all told. Other than allergies, I feel fine, so I think it's catch up from last weekend and busy days all week.

Healing~ma for Sophia, and sanity~ma for the kitty....

ION, here's a funny picture (posted at WFMU with no context besides the caption: "Name that Tune"): [link]

Lair of the White Worm

...there exists a rare, giant, albino earthworm in the scrub prairies of the Palouse. It grows to be 3 feet long, and smells like lilies.

I scarcely believed it myself—that's also Sasquatch country out there, you know—so I had to look it up. The Giant Palouse Earthworm (Driloleirus americanus) is real. They're so rare, though, that one hasn't been spotted in almost 20 years…until last year. A new specimen was found, and unfortunately, fixed in formaldehyde right away.