Hey Paul,
Sorry to hear about your ordeal! Glad you are OK!!!
Gerard
On Jun 25, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Paul Asgeirsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Had a friends cat bite me last Thursday afternoon. No biggie, had
> that happen before. Swelled up about nickel size that night, next
> day was quarter size. Had coffee with a friend Friday morning,
> went to some suppliers after that. Stopped at a 7-11 on the way
> home to buy a soda pop, and fainted twice in the store. Not good!
> Paramedics find nothing wrong with me so they left. Stopped at the
> Dr. I go to on the way home, suspecting it was related to the bite
> swell. Dragon lady at the reception window want to schedule me for
> the following week. I insisted on something right away. So she
> made an appointment for 2 hrs. later. Went home to do some stuff
> and kill time and then stuff started to happen. My whole hand
> swelled twice it's normal size up to my wrist. I could hardly move
> my fingers, had red lines running up my arm, red spots appearing on
> my upper arm, so I went off to the doctor then. He saw me right
> off and was clearly agitated at what he saw. Had me get a shot of
> antibiotic right away, had my hand x-rayed, had a girl find me room
> in a hospital nearby, called a hand surgeon to see me in the
> hospital gave me all the info, and the x-rays and away I went. Was
> almost greeted at the intake window by name! Got in my room
> pronto, had the blood draws right away and then after that was done
> started me on massive doses of iv delivery anti-biotic every 4
> hours. Next morning about 6:15 the hand surgeon saw me and says,
> I'm really fortunate, this blood poisoning was caught in time, and
> said little likelihood of surgery was needed. Kept me there for 2
> full day, color changed dramatically the first day, swelling went
> down some, but still pretty big and awkward tonight, but I can make
> a fist and open doors with my right hand now!
>
> So guys, If you ever have something close to this happen, don't
> ignore it and get medical attention right away. I did nearly that,
> and came close to loosing major use of my right hand.
>
> You know, I can take a car apart and put it together, but they'll
> give you this stupid gown to wear that any automotive guy will be
> totally stumped on getting it snapped up and into!!
>
> I was totally impressed with the caring passerby's in the store who
> were so generous and willing to help someone they didn't know and
> likely they'll never see again. There's a lot of nice folks who
> out there who'll come through without being asked or care to be
> rewarded. ''Twas nice.
>
> So that's the reason I haven't answered anyone who was asking me
> questions. Sorry, but I left my computer at home!! Besides, I
> slept almost constantly for 2 days!
>
> All the best to you great folks out there in the ether land.
>
> Later, Paul A
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